Category: Arizona
The Zuck Family Corral
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/04/12May14-Holbrook-Petroglyphs-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)Just outside Holbrook, Arizona you can find the remains of an old corral that once housed the herd of the…
Of Golden Eggs, Geese, and Backyard Farms
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/06/25Jun13-Goose-Eggs.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.7MB)We’ve all heard of the goose that laid the golden eggs. While it would be hard to find such a…
Wrenched From a Mother’s Arms
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/25Apr13-Holocaust-Survivor-Search-Kreisberger-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine a scene in which a boy is wrenched from a mother’s arms…and is headed for certain death. No doubt…
A Diet of Chocolate and Potatoes
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/24Apr13-Holocaust-Survivor-Search-Kreisberger-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)A diet of chocolate and potatoes is probably not the most balanced ration one can eat…but during World War II…it…
A Story of Survival
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/23Apr13-Holocaust-Survivor-Search-Kreisberger-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)As World War II began, Search Kreisberger and his family struggled just to survive. His miraculous story of holocaust survival…..
Surviving the Holocaust of World War II
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/22Apr13-Holocaust-Survivor-Search-Kreisberger-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)His city bounced from one country’s control to another during World War II. No matter who was in control…this young…
“Too Tough for Women and Churches”
Holbrook, Arizona Holbrook, Arizona, is just what you’d expect from a town in the Old West. It had a reputation as a place that was…
The Boneyard
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/Boneyard-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)It’s the fifth largest air force in the world, but few of the planes here will fly. Even if they…
Looking For Used Parts
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/Boneyard-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)If you were looking for some used parts to repair your car, you might go to a scrapyard to find…
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…
Learning to Ride A…
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/06/Jed-Ward-Muni-Unicycle.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Many of us remember the struggle of learning to ride a bike as a kid. Eventually we mastered it, and…
A Lettuce Tour Ticket
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/01/Yuma-Agriculture-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)What’s the hottest ticket in the nation? There might be some music stars and sporting events near the top of…
Agriculture in Yuma, Arizona
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/01/Yuma-Agriculture-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)This county enjoys the longest growing season in the country and it supplies most of the winter vegetables you’ll find…
Oceanfront Property in Arizona
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/10/Yuma-Arizona-History-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)George Strait once sang that he had some oceanfront property in Arizona and if you’d buy that he’d throw the…
A Ferry Crossing in the Desert
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/10/Yuma-Arizona-History-21.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Before bridges crossed rivers, communities often relied upon ferries to carry people and supplies. In some cases, those ferry operators…
An Oasis in the Desert
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/10/Yuma-Arizona-History-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Yuma, Arizona is in the Sonora dessert. The annual average rainfall is about three inches per year. So it is…
Undercover at the Sale Barn
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/08/Wilcox-Livestock-Market.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 940.2KB)Imagine a place of espionage where secret agents carry modified briefcases with hidden cameras capturing images from their reconnaissance missions….
An Arizona Pheasant Farm
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/08/FFA-Pheasant-Production.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 939.4KB)Most people don’t go pheasant hunting in Phoenix, AZ. But if you to come to Molly’s farm, you will perhaps…
Casa Grande
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/07/Casa-Grande-Phoenix.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:01 — 942.9KB)Today skyscrapers in Phoenix tower above the city below. Roll back the clock six hundred years and it was this…
