Category: American Countryside
Death Valley
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/Death-Valley-2011-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Because Death Valley is such a difficult environment to support plant and animal life, most suppose that is how it…
Crossing the Nation’s Hottest Valley
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/Death-Valley-2011-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)On the border of California and Nevada you will find a place that has daunted countless travelers for the past…
A Talking Dog
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/Rogers-Theatre-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Today we make history on the American Countryside, for today we feature a talking dog. Don’t think dogs can talk?…
Roger’s Theatre
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/Rogers-Theatre-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)There was a time when just about every town in America boasted a one or two screen, main street movie…
Moose Tours
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/Moose-Tours.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)A town’s residents may pay taxes in order to support city services. In this town, the moose may be funding…
Clark’s Trading Post
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/Clarks-Trading-Post-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Imagine a animal show where bears bolted from the stage to barrel past tourist and make a break for the…
A Roadside Stopper
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/Clarks-Trading-Post-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Along I-93 in northern New Hampshire you’ll find a spot that’s been attracting families for three and four generations now….
A Place Called Hildene
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/Hildene-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky and lived most of his adult years in Illinois. But where did future generations…
The Son of a US President
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/Hildene-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Being the son of a U.S. president has its perks. However, it does provide a very high bar of achievement…
British or Revolutionary?
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/St-Pauls-Church-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Methodist, Baptist, Catholic, Lutheran–there are many labels that may be placed on churches. However, during the early years of this…
St. Paul’s Church
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/St-Pauls-Church-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Just outside of New York City proper, yet well within the urban corridor, sits a church in the suburb of…
Vermont’s National Park
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/Marsh-Billings-Rockafeller-NHP-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 1.8MB)You’ve heard of Yellowstone and Yosemite, but try naming Vermont’s only National Park…..
The Father of Modern Conservation
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/Marsh-Billings-Rockafeller-NHP-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 1.8MB)Many farms today use terraces, waterways and conservation tillage to protect soil and water. However, few people today can tell…
Big Tracks
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/07/Dinosaur-Valley-Park.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 1.4MB)The animal tracks are three foot in width–and they are real–not made by an imaginary bigfoot, but plain to see…
The San Marcos Hotel and Resort
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/07/San-Marcos-Resort.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)Phoenix, Arizona has plenty of golf resorts that attract thousands of visitors, but ask someone who established the first course…
The Karate Kid
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/07/FFA-Karate-Kid-Keillie-Summey1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:30 — 1.1MB)It’s not often you get to visit with someone who’s won multiple national titles in anything. Now add in the…
Rock Creek Station
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/07/Rock-Creek-Station-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:30 — 1.1MB)Mention the name Wild Bill Hickok and many people have images of a western lawman not afraid to enter a…
Ruts That Are Never Filled
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/07/Rock-Creek-Station-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:30 — 1.1MB)If someone cuts ruts down a muddy dirt trail, someone else will probably need to come and fill them in…
The Flying Priest of Bolivia
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/07/Flying-Priest-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Buying a plane seemed like a good idea. Then again, Mike Gould didn’t know how to fly. It turned out…
To Bolivia and Back
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/07/22Jul11-Flying-Priest-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)It’s been nearly sixty years since Mike Gould was assigned to work in Bolivia. He’s spent almost all of those…
