http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/28Aug15-Jack-Dempsey-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)When Jack Dempsey held the heavyweight boxing title, he had to defend his belt against the world’s top fighters…and one…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/27Aug15-Jack-Dempsey-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)If you called someone a “big baby” you would probably insult them as a whining coward. Jack WAS a big…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/21Aug15-Bullhead-City.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Every rancher knows they need good fences to keep the herd from running wild on the neighbor’s property.  In the…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/17Aug15-Royal-Gorge-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)For over seven decades, this bridge was a record setter, the highest suspension bridge in the world.  It continues to…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/14Aug15-Royal-Gorge-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Thousands of people still drive to this location to be amazed by the natural beauty of this place.  It makes…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/04Aug15-Movie-Manor-Motel-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)When you check into this hotel, you’ll find the name of a movie star on your door.  In fact, you…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/03Aug15-Movie-Manor-Motel-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Many folks have fallen asleep on their couch while watching a movie.  In the case of one man in Monte…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/03Dec14-Sand-Creek-Masacre-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s been 150 years since a massacre on the high plains angered a nation.  The subsequent military investigations showed that…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/02Dec14-Sand-Creek-Masacre-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)While U.S. troops fought Confederate forces in the eastern half of the country, troops on the high plains were concerned…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/01Dec14-Sand-Creek-Masacre-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most of the battles during the Civil War were fought east of the Mississippi River.  However, today we take you…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/10/31Oct14-USS-Indianapolis-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When Japan surrendered to the U.S., Americans rejoiced to know that the conflict was coming to an end.  Buried in the…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/10/30Oct14-USS-Indianapolis-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was one of the worst disasters at sea in U.S. naval history.  The loss of life combined with the horrific…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/10/29Oct14-USS-Indianapolis-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)As August of 1945 neared, one ship took a top secret cargo across the Pacific.  But for the men of the…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/10/28Oct14-USS-Indianapolis-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)He grew up in the heart of the Midwest, but during world war II, his life at sea would become one…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/09/10Oct14-Kit-Carson-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Comic books tell the story of larger than life characters.  In the mid 1800s, the comic books of the days took…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/09/09Oct14-Kit-Carson-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Sometimes it’s not what you know but who you know.  In Kit Carson’s case, it was both that made him a…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/09/08Oct14-Kit-Carson-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This well-known frontiersman loved to hear the stories of those traveling west.  One day, he decided it was time to sneak…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/23Jul14-Pikes-Peak-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Today we may rely on the latest advancements in science and medicine to help cure disease.  Of course, in the…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/22Jul14-Pikes-Peak-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You’ve perhaps never heard of James’ Peak.  It more accurate to say you’ve heard of the mountain, but you simply…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/21Jul14-Pikes-Peak-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)As Lewis and Clark headed west and north in 1803 to explore the newly acquire Louisiana Purchase, another explorer headed…