http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/12/04Jan19-Fort-Bridger-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You usually don’t think of a fort coming under new ownership.  But that’s what happened to this site that bears…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/12/03Jan19-Fort-Bridger-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He was one of the best known mountain men of the early 19th century.  A man who was skilled in…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/12/02Jan19-Remembering-Fred-Mares.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Image a man who speaks over ten languages, can play multiple musical instruments and serenade customers with his wonderful voice. …

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/12/01Jan19-Best-of-2018-Hartsdale-Pet-Cemetary.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Ed Martin Jr. has helped bury dogs, cats, birds, guinea pigs and he’s even heard of a lion cub on…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/12/31Dec18-Best-of-2018-Dan-Meers-KC-Wolf.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Dan Meers has nearly a dozen suits he wears to work.  The odd thing is, all the suites are alike. …

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/12/28Dec18-Best-of-2018-Wall-Drug.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)What’s the first thing a father teaches his son about being a good businessman?  How to make donuts of course! …

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/12/27Dec18-Best-of-2018-Todd-Syrup-Farm.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)Lots of people enjoy pure maple syrup.  But if you ask this farmer what he thinks of it, well you’ll…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/12/26Dec18-Best-of-2018-Billy-the-Kid.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)When two different cities, in two different states claim to have the body of the same man, well, you know…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/12/25Dec18-Holiday-Christmas-Store.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If Santa Claus needed a place to buy all of his decorations, this would be it. It’s big business in…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/12/24Dec18-Twas-the-Night-Before.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)We know the words of “’twas the night before Christmas;” words that helped solidify the image of Santa over 200…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/12/21Dec18-Stones-River-National-Battlefield-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:03 — 2.1MB)The Union army was defeated at Fredricksburg, Virginia in mid December 1862.  President Lincoln needed a victory to bolster the…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/12/20Dec18-College-of-the-Ozarks-Fruitcake-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)The college president smelled something.  It was not a bad odor, but rather something pleasant.  And soon his nose led…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/12/19Dec18-College-of-the-Ozarks-Fruitcake-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Many of us have Christmas traditions.  At this college there is a Christmas tradition that has raised money for these…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/12/18Dec18-St-James-Coffeehouse-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s a business that is run totally by volunteers.  What’s interesting is many of the volunteers are middle and high…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/12/17Dec18-St-James-Coffeehouse-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Many towns have one or more coffee houses.  But in St. James, Missouri the local coffeehouse may have a familiar…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/12/14Dec18-Vacuum-Museum-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Perhaps today’s edition of our show is advice for husbands who need to purchase an anniversary gift.  If you make…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/12/13Dec18-Vacuum-Museum-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today’s topic is the history of vacuum cleaners during the 1920s and 30s.  Think it sounds boring?  Hold on and…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/12/12Dec18-Vacuum-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)I have a feeling today’s subject is really going to suck you in.  In a moment you’ll see what a…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/12/11Dec18-Vacuum-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)How much money can a high school kid make working a summer job?  For Tom Gasko, he made enough cash…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/12/10Dec18-Dinosaur-National-Monument-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Perhaps we’ve seen a dinosaur skeleton on display at a museum.  This stretch of land in eastern Utah might well…