Category: Miscellaneous
Flaunting the Law on a Radio Station
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/12/16Dec21-Muscatine-Quack-Hospital.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)We appreciate the many stations that air our broadcast each day, but a century ago there was a station with…
Trying to Stay a Step Ahead of the Union Troops
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/08/10Aug18-Jefferson-Davis-Capture-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He was the president of the confederacy and in the Spring of 1865, he and members of his cabinet were…
A Peaceful Part of the Middle East
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/17Apr17-Osama-of-Jordan-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The country of Jordan is bordered by Syria on the north and Iraq on the east. Despite the unrest in…
In The Outback of Austalia
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/30Apr15-Australia-Ayers-Rock-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Today we head back to the outback for a fascinating look at central Australia. It’s a place where the views…
The Historic Surrender Table
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/02/08Mar13-Custer-Monroe-Michigan-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)There are several portraits that show the surrender of General Lee to General Grant at Appomattox. Those scenes usually display…
Managing the Biggest Telescope in the World
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/02/04Mar13-Arecibo-Observatory-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)Today we say hello to our listeners in the Archbold, Ohio area. One of their farm kids grew up to…
Just What Is a Close Call With an Asteroid?
On occasion you may here a story about an asteroid making a close pass to our planet. So who tells you whether it will be a “close call” or a direct hit? And how far in advance could they tell you the answer? Today we visit with a man who can provide many of those answers…..
Farming Next to the Ocean
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/02/26Feb13-AgriGold-Puerto-Rico-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)The scenery that surrounds this place looks anything but Midwestern. Yet, it’s the work that is done here that impacts…
President’s Week 2013: Teddy Roosevelt
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/02/21Feb13-Roosevelt-Inauguration.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)He is one of four faces on Mt. Rushmore…but what you may not know is exactly how he became president….
President’s Week 2013: Grover Cleveland
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/02/20Feb13-Grover-Cleveland.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)James Buchanan was the only U.S. president to never marry, but this president was also a bachelor when he arrived…
President’s Week 2013: Ulysses Grant
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/02/19Feb13-Ulysses-Grant-Birthplace.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)Presidential birthplaces are visited by many tourists each year. But no home may have quite the story as this small…
President’s Week 2013: Thomas Jefferson
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/02/18Feb13-Thomas-Jefferson-Agriculture.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)His face is one of four carved into Mt. Rushmore…but few know the story of how this well known president…
Mastodon State Historic Site
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/02/15Feb13-Mastadon-State-Historic-Site.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)Imagine you found the bones of an animal and had little idea exactly what you had found. Now imagine making…
Jay Eudy’s Pedal Tractors
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/12/14Feb13-Jay-Eudy-Pedal-Tractors-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)Lots of kids love riding a pedal tractor and these days there are plenty of colors, sizes and models to…
Looking For Someone to Paint Tractors
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/12/13Feb13-Jay-Eudy-Pedal-Tractors-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)It all began with some local implement dealers who needed a young man who could paint tractors. When they asked…
The Role of Lincoln’s Parents
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/12/12Feb13-Abraham-Lincoln-Log-Cabin-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)We may remember that President Abraham Lincoln’s birthday is February 12th. But we often forget the important role of his…
Abraham Lincoln’s Step Mother
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/12/11Feb13-Abraham-Lincoln-Log-Cabin-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)Abraham Lincoln lost his mother to a sudden illness when he was just nine years old. Within a year his…
The History of Cereal
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/02/08Feb13-Kelloggs-Cereal.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)Grocery stores devote plenty of shelf space to cereals, but the historic route those breakfast foods took to get there…
The First Nationally Televised State Funeral
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/12/07Feb13-Sam-Rayburn-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)In November of 1961, this small town in north Texas was overwhelmed with people coming to pay their respects to…
The Power of Speaker of the House
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/12/06Feb13-Sam-Rayburn-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)Many governors, senators and representatives may aspire to one day become president of the United States. However, this man believed…
