Category: Arkansas
Same Old Sam
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/01/18Jan23-Sam-Walton-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He was one of the wealthiest men in America. Yet almost everyone that ever worked with him would tell you…
Sam’s Mismatched Floor Tiles
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/01/17Jan23-Sam-Walton-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It you walked into a business that had just remodeled its space and noticed the floor tiles did not match,…
Losing a Lease that Led to Success
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/01/16Jan23-Sam-Walton-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s said, “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.” Perhaps that’s how Sam should have regarded the fact that his…
The Turpentine Wildlife Refuge
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/12/04Jan22-Turpentine-Wildlife-Refuge-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Lots of people come to Eureka Springs, Arkansas every year to enjoy the Ozark setting and attractions. One of the…
A Trailer Full of Tigers
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/12/03Jan22-Turpentine-Wildlife-Refuge-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Occasionally you hear of a large truckload of cattle or hogs that is stranded on the highway and other trucks…
The Arkansas Spring Water From Alaska?
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/12/14Dec21-Blue-Springs-Heritage-Center-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Natural springs are a thing of beauty and also of mystery. Attempts to find the source of this spring have…
Blue Spring Heritage Center
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/12/13Dec21-Blue-Springs-Heritage-Center-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Just outside of Eureka Springs, Arkansas you will find one of the largest natural springs in the area. It’s captivating…
Where the Delta Meets the Ozarks
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/03/17Mar21-Powhatan-Arkansas-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we welcome our listeners in southern MO and northern AR on 92.3 KSAR. Folks there may know of a…
Remembering Powhatan, Arkansas
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/03/16Mar21-Powhatan-Arkansas-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There’s a good chance you’ve never heard of Powhatan, Arkansas. However, this was once a thriving city with steamboat traffic…
A Famous Ridge of Land
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/11/09Nov20-Crowleys-Ridge-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You’ll find the town of Kennett, Missouri in the state’s bootheel, about 15 miles west of the Mississippi River. It’s…
Crowley’s Ridge
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/10/06Nov20-Crowleys-Ridge-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Lots of rivers, towns and mountains are named after people who settled in a specific area. This man never imagined…
A Peaceful Tale of Gangsters
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/10/30Oct20-Hot-Springs-Gangsters.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There aren’t too many peaceful stories about gangsters…but in a moment you’ll hear one. A story of how one American…
The Arkansas Post
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/07/13Jul20-Arkansas-Post.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It is here that the Arkansas, White and Mississippi Rivers meet, and it is here that European and Native American…
Listening to the Call of the Wild
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/08/02Sep19-Stuttgart-Arkansas-Ducks.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Every year thousands of people come to Stuttgart, Arkansas to listen to calls from the wild that are worth thousands…
An Unusual Herd
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/07/18Jul18-Aligator-Farm-2018.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Farms come in many shapes and sizes, raising crops, livestock and many other combinations. But in central Arkansas, there is…
The Second Governor of Arkansas
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/21Feb18-Fayetteville-Historical-Society-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)He was the second governor of Arkansas – a U.S. Senator and a man who led troops in battle. However…
A Man Who Voted to Stay With the Union
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/20Feb18-Fayetteville-Historical-Society-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)During the Civil War, some states along the border of north and south had two state governments, one aligned with…
One of the Oldest Homes in Fayetteville
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/19Feb18-Fayetteville-Historical-Society-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It’s one of the oldest homes in Fayetteville, Arkansas. When you know the list of occupants, you really get a…
A Museum That Curates the Old
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/01/31Jan18-Calico-Rock-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)You think of a museum as a place that preserves the old. Here, the museum curates the old, but it’s…
Filling Up the Empty Storefronts
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/01/30Jan18-Calico-Rock-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Storefronts that were once full, were empty. What could be done? How could a small town of 1000 turn it…
