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A Trip to St. Genevieve, Missouri
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/08/15Aug14-St-Genevieve-Missouri.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)We’ve all seen a log cabin. Such structures were the norm for many Americans early in the country’s history. But…
Preparing for the Iditarod
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/08Aug14-Iditarod-Headquarters-Reddington.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Some sports not only require thousands of hours of training, they also require a hefty financial investment. For those who…
Over the Falls in a Barrel
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/01Aug14-Niagra-Falls-NY-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Don Lokor is asked many questions about Niagara Falls. He is considered the resident historian of the national landmark. The…
A Visit to Niagra Falls
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/31Jul14-Niagra-Falls-NY-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Before Yellowstone was ever made the first national park, Niagara Falls became the nation’s first state park. The thundering waters…
A Hangar to Park a Plane
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/25Jul14-Frank-Phillips-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)When Frank bought a plane he needed a hangar in which to park it. Soon the plane wasn’t the only…
The Phillips Home
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/24Jul14-Frank-Phillips-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)The president of this oil company was looking for a place to entertain business leaders from the east coast and…
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 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 Recognizable Last Name
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/23Jun14-Circus-Museum.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It all began with Albert, Otto, Alfred, Charles, and John. Without their last names, those first names might not mean…
Rebuilding the Pine Creek Grist Mill
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/13Jun14-Pine-Creek-Mill-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)Retirees are often looking for a good cause to which to devote their time. Not many take up grinding flour…
The Pine Creek Mill
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/12Jun14-Pine-Creek-Mill-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)People near Muscatine have always known of a place called Pine Creek Mill, but for most of the 20th century,…
The Methodist Museum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/06Jun14-Methodist-Museum.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)If you do something the same way day after day, you might be said to have a method to your…
The 125th Anniversary of The Great Johnstown Flood
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/30May14-Johnstown-Flood-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)It was an American disaster that was hard to imagine. A giant flood and an immense fire were destroying a…
A Story of Heroism and Tragedy
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/29May14-Johnstown-Flood-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)It was a story of miraculous heroism among a story of deep tragedy. 125 years ago a wall of water…
The Problem with 51 Inches of Rain
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/28May14-Johnstown-Flood-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)When 51 inches falls on an area in one month…well, it’s likely there’s going to be problems. Here, those problems…
The Great Johnstown Flood
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/27May14-Johnstown-Flood-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)It was one of the worst disasters in American history…the break of the south fork dam that created the great…
The Arlington Ladies
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/26May14-Arlington-Army-Ladies.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)On Memorial Day we remember our loved ones, but these ladies recognize our fallen soldiers this weekend and every day…
The Museum of Osteology
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/03/14Apr14-Museum-of-Osteology-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s called the Museum of Osteology. It’s a one-of-a-kind place. But many of you are asking what’s osteology?
