Category: Missouri
50 Years of Broadcasting Major League Baseball
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/04/13Apr18-Denny-Matthews-50th-Season-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)162 games a year for 50 years…that’s over 8000 baseball games…and this man has seen virtually every single one of…
Keeping the Listener Interested Calling a Ballgame
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/04/12Apr18-Denny-Matthews-50th-Season-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)When a baseball broadcaster has to describe a game that is lackluster at best, they may resort to talking about…
Getting a Mule to Obey
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/04/11Apr18-Wilbur-Taylor-Mules-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Mules can be stubborn. So what do you do with a mule that simply won’t obey? Wilbur was told what…
A Medic Caring for Four Legs
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/04/10Apr18-Wilbur-Taylor-Mules-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Medics are an important part of an army, taking care of the wounded on the front lines, risking their own…
Taking Skills from the Farm to War
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/04/09Apr18-Wilbur-Taylor-Mules-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Like many young American men in the 1940s, Wilbur Taylor was headed to war. But his job would be a…
More Than Two Blocks of Murals
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/03/16Mar17-Cape-Girardeau-River-Mural-2018.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Michelangelo had a very large canvass when he began work on the Sistine chapel. Make a trip to this river…
Where Civil War Engineers Ran Out of Names
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/03/15Mar17-Cape-Girardeau-Civil-War-2018.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Civil War engineers were simply running out of names…but that doesn’t mean the forts here were not important. It’s a…
Rememberance of the Trail of Tears
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/03/14Mar17-Pulaski-County-Route-66-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Many of us have heard of the Trail of Tears. This community chose to honor those who were forced to…
A Long Stretch of Original Route 66
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/03/13Mar17-Pulaski-County-Route-66-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Old Route 66 is a major tourist attraction in many communities along the highway. But here you’ll find some of…
Wildlife That Draws People Here
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/03/12Mar17-Pulaski-County-Wildlife-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Deer, turkey, black bear and mountain lion – they are just a few of the creatures roaming these woods and…
A Unique Look at the Outdoors
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/03/08Mar17-Pulaski-County-Wildlife-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)When you grow up with something all of your life, you may not realize exactly how special it is. That…
A Japanese Teenager’s Journey to the US
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/01Mar18-Barbara-Law-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)As a Japanese teenager, Barbara was taught to defend herself from American soldiers arriving in her country. She ended up…
Living In Japan When World War II Ended
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/28Feb18-Barbara-Law-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)This week we are featuring Barbara Law who recently passed away. She was a teenager living in Japan when World…
A Look Back At The Story of Barbara Law
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/27Feb18-Barbara-Law-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)This past week Barbara Law of King City, Missouri passed away at the age of 87. I had the honor…
The First Library of Its Kind In The State
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/26Feb18-Grant-City-Library.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Many of us use a library, not only for books, but for many other resources as well. But in this…
Development in Missouri’s Smallest County
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/23Feb18-Grant-City-Dollar-General-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)When you live in Missouri’s smallest county, both in land area and population, you sometimes need to be resourceful in…
All Ears On A Small Town
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/09Feb18-Fulton-Churchill-Iron-Curtain-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Fulton, Missouri is today a town of about 10,000 people. When compared to the cities of the world it is…
A Big Name With a Big Speech
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/08Feb18-Fulton-Churchill-Iron-Curtain-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Many colleges invite dignitaries to their campus to give a lecture. But this was no ordinary speaker and this was…
A Symbol of Determination in the Face of Crisis
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/07Feb18-Fulton-Churchill-Iron-Curtain-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)He was a symbol of determination in the face of crisis – a man who led one of the great…
A Determined Person in Waynesville, Missouri
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/01/02Feb18-Old-Pulaski-County-Stagecoach-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Sometimes all it takes is one determined person. That was the case in Waynesville, MO. If not for one such…
