Category: Iowa
An Odd Rock With An Odd Name
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/09/27Sept17-Keokuk-Geodes-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The name of this rock is just as odd as it looks. Yet it is a rock that puts this…
The Barns With An Important Link to the Past
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/03Feb17-Maasdan-Barns-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)At one time these old barns were hard to see because of the trees and weeds that attempted to engulf…
Saving the Old Barns
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/02Feb17-Maasdan-Barns-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Sometimes communities wrestle with the challenge of preserving history while trying to stay progressive at the same time. Such was…
Getting An Ice Cold Drink
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/19Dec16-Cedar-Rapids-Ice-House-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)These days we don’t give a second thought to getting ice out of a machine to cool our drinks. There…
Using Your Tools In Another Trade
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/13Dec16-Cedar-Rapids-Ice-House-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some crop farmers may take on extra work in the winter once the harvest is complete. For farmers near Waterloo,…
The Big Winter Harvest in Iowa
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/12Dec16-Cedar-Rapids-Ice-House-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The state of Iowa is well known for harvesting a strong percentage of the nation’s corn and soybeans. Once upon…
A Family Lost In The Pacific
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/07Dec16-Sullivan-Brothers-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the fall of 1942, the USS Juneau was sunk in the Pacific. On board were some young men from…
Family Members On The Same Ship
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/06Dec16-Sullivan-Brothers-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The captain of the USS Juneau saw a potential problem. He had several members of the same families serving on…
Brothers From Waterloo
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/05Dec16-Sullivan-Brothers-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Immediately after the attack on Pearl Harbor, many young men across the nation immediately volunteered for the armed forces. That…
The Shop that Time Forgot
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/07Oct16-Matthew-Edel-Blacksmith-Shop-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)His business is truly a time capsule. When Matthew Edel died in 1940, the doors were closed and no one…
The Matthew Edel Blacksmith Shop
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The Large Windmill of Elk Horn
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Losing Traditions
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/15Sep16-Danish-American-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When a couple marries they often incorporate traditions from both of their families. But for the immigrants from this nation,…
The Danes Come to America
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/14Sep16-Danish-American-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Immigrants from many countries came to the U.S. wholesale jerseys from chinaduring the 19th century, but the young men from…
Albert the Bull
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/22Mar16-Albert-the-Bull-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)He is the biggest of his kind and you certainly won’t miss him if you drive into Audobon, Iowa. He’s…
Operation T-Bone
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/21Mar16-Albert-the-Bull-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s called Operation T-Bone and for over six decades it’s had an impact on west central Iowa. It’s a mission…
The Empty ‘Big House’ Makes a Comeback
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/02/15Feb16-Fort-Madison-Big-House.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:03 — 2.1MB)It’s one very large and empty house. It’s what some call “The Big House.” But this historic and currently empty…
Not So Pleasant of a Stay
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/02/12Feb16-Fort-Madison-Prison.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most people would say this river town is a pleasant place to live. However, for those who happened to find…
The Betsy Ross House
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/02/11Feb16-Fort-Madison-Ross-House.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)In Ft. Madison, IA you will find the Betsy Ross house. But hold on you say…American flag maker Betsy Ross…
The Long Walk for Food
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/02/10Feb16-Fort-Madison-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It’s a long walk from Fort Madison, Iowa to St. Louis, Missouri. However, that’s exactly what was facing a few…
