Category: American Countryside
James’ Peak
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/22Jul14-Pikes-Peak-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You’ve perhaps never heard of James’ Peak. It more accurate to say you’ve heard of the mountain, but you simply…
A Landmark With a Name
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/21Jul14-Pikes-Peak-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)As Lewis and Clark headed west and north in 1803 to explore the newly acquire Louisiana Purchase, another explorer headed…
Going to Hell
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/07/18Jul14-Hell-Michigan.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)We go to great lengths to gather the stories you here on this program…and this time we literally went to…
The Inventor of the First Automobile
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/07/17Jul14-Elwood-Haynes.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Who invented the first automobile? You might be surprised that it wasn’t Henry Ford…but this man from Kokomo, Indiana…
A Landmark Burned to the Ground
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/07/16Jul14-Bents-Old-Fort-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was perhaps the most important stop on the entire length of the Santa Fe Trail. However, under two decades…
800 Miles and One Stop
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/07/15Jul14-Bents-Old-Fort-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Today you can travel down just about any interstate highway in America and find plenty of truck stops. Now turn…
An Enterprising Fort
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/07/14Jul14-Bents-Old-Fort-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When you think of forts in the western U.S., you may remember military fortresses built to keep the peace and…
President Lincoln at the Gettysburg Depot
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/11Jul14-Gettysburg-Depot-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)There was a mix of emotions when President Lincoln stepped onto the platform at this Gettysburg, Pennsylvania railroad depot. There…
A Historic Railroad Depot
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/10Jul14-Gettysburg-Depot-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many communities have saved and then restored their old rail depots. That’s the case for this small Pennsylvania town. However,…
The Luckiest Elephant Man in America
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/11Jul14-Gettysburg-Depot-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Some people believe that a elephant figurine will bring you good luck. If that is true, Ed Gotwald is the…
A Collection That Went Viral
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/08Jul14-Eds-Elephant-Collection-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Lots of people collect things. Sometimes the story of how and why they began collecting is more interesting than the…
A Famous Inventor
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/07Jul14-Inventor-Benjamin-Franklin.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)His first invention involved a kite–and perhaps his most famous discovery involved one too…
Honoring America’s Heroes
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/04Jul14-Tomb-Guard.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Every independence day we celebrate our freedom. This soldier is reminded of the cost of that freedom as he protects…
A Chaplain in the Civil War
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/03Jul14-Gettysburg-Chaplain-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)In the fall of 1861, Father William Corby, a Notre Dame educated priest, not yet 30 years old, joined the…
A Small Rock Marking a Big Impact
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/02Jul14-Gettysburg-Chaplain-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There are hundreds of monuments here at Gettysburg National Battlefield. Many times it’s difficult to know the story behind each…
The Role of Chaplains in the Civil War
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/01Jul14-Gettysburg-Chaplain-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)If you are a student of the Civil War, you probably know some of the important names like Generals Lee…
The Importance of Faith in Battle
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/30Jun14-Gettysburg-Chaplain-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)A soldier needs many resources in battle. One of those items is perhaps most important, yet intangible. It’s the importance…
The Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/27Jun14-World-War-I-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It’s difficult for many of us to name many specific battles or events in World War I. We may have…
The Beginning of World War I
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/26Jun14-World-War-I-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some say the event that began the first World War occurred on June 28, 1914…a century ago. Today we take…
100 Years Since The World’s First Global Conflict
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/25Jun14-World-War-I-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)This week marks 100 years since the world faced its first global conflict. It was a war that would engulf…
