Category: Illinois
Chicago Community Gardens
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/11/18Nov11-Chicago-Community-Gardens.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)They are small plots of land, but add them together and they account for a growing trend in the city…
The Carthage, Illinois Jail
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/11/Carthage-Illinois-Jail.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 1.9MB)Jails aren’t supposed to be a thing of beauty, but the tan limestone walls of the 1839 jailhouse in Carthage,…
The Story Behind Lincoln Park’s Lily Pool
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/09/Lincoln-Park-Lilly-Pool.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)This famous architect was hired to design one of Chicago’s famous park landscapes. No sooner did he design it than…
Buying a Russian Mig
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/09/Quincy-World-Aerospace-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)It can be a hassle filling out paperwork when you buy or trade a new car or truck. But what’s…
The World Aerospace Museum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/09/Quincy-World-Aerospace-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Quincy, Illinois has a nice airport which links its citizens to thousands of flights around the globe. But what many…
Springfield, Illinois: New Salem Village
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/07/Springfield-Illinois-New-Salem1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:30 — 1.1MB)Where was Abraham Lincoln living when he won his first political office? You may have forgotten that it was this…
Springfield, Illinois: Lincoln’s Tomb
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/06/Springfield-Illinois-Lincolns-Tomb1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:30 — 1.1MB)Arlington National Cemetery is the most visited cemetery is the nation. Which one ranks second? Well, a stop here honors…
Springfield, Illinois: The Cozy Dog
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/06/Springfield-Illinois-Cozy-Dog.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:30 — 1.1MB)Route 66 is full of pieces of Americana, and in Central Illinois you’ll find a drive-in over 65 years old,…
Springfield, Illinois: History Comes Alive
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/06/Springfield-Illinois-History-Comes-Alive.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:31 — 1.2MB)It’s been 150 years since Abraham Lincoln was President, but you can still visit with him and get his thoughts…
Springfield, Illinois: A Presidential Museum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/06/Springfield-Illinois-Lincoln-Library1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:31 — 1.1MB)This week we’re in Springfield, Illinois–of course any stop here likely includes the Abraham Lincoln presidential library. It’s a place…
West of the Mississippi…To Illinois
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/05/Kaskaskia-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Today we head west of the Mississippi River to the state of Illinois. Yes, that’s west…..
The Liberty Bell of the West
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/05/Kaskaskia-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)The Liberty Bell tolled for freedom in Philadelphia…or was it really in the State of Illinois?
Carving a Capital from the Wilderness
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/05/Kaskaskia-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Roll back the clock 250 years and this city’s population might rival some of the largest towns on the east…
Illinois’ Original State Capital
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Vandalia-Illinois-State-Capitol.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)State capitals range in size form huge cities such as Atlanta, Georgia all the way down to Montpelier, Vermont’s mere…
Lincoln Celebrates With Champagne and Raisins
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Vandalia-Illinois-Lincoln-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)What was Abraham Lincoln doing with 81 bottles of champagne and 14 pounds of raisins? Thankfully he didn’t consume them…
Lincoln at Illinois’ Other Capital
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Vandalia-Illinois-Linoln-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)You can go to Springfield, Illinois and learn plenty about President Abraham Lincoln. His home and Presidential Library are there….
Santa Anna’s Leg
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Santa-Annas-Leg.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)It’s been over 150 years since IL soldiers faced Santa Ana in the Mexican War. However traces of that battle…
Farming Big with Small Equipment
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/Phil-Corzine-Brazil-Agriculture-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)It’s amazing some of the technology that can be found on the farm these days. However, if you go to…
A Different Place to Farm
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/Phil-Corzine-Brazil-Agriculture-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:01 — 942.2KB)Midwestern farms experience temperatures that can often range from below zero to over 100 during the course of the year….
Stumps in the Road
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/17Feb11-National-Road-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:05 — 977.0KB)Folks in Ramsey, Illinois know that just a few miles to the south, one of the nation’s first roads once…