Category: Missouri
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…
The Old Stagecoach Stop
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/01/01Feb18-Old-Pulaski-County-Stagecoach-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s simply known as the “Old Stagecoach Stop.” That title gives you an idea of what the building might have…
Recycling With Positive Change
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/16Jan18-Purdy-Missouri-Recycling-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)We’ve all heard of recycling programs, but this one in a small town in southern Missouri has a bit of…
A Different School Fundraiser
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/15Jan18-Purdy-Missouri-Recycling-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)If you have kids or grandkids in school, you’ve probably been asked to buy something as part of a school…
The Only Noel
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/11/19Dec17-Cave-Caroling.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)At Christmas we may sing, “The First Noel.” In the United States, this is the “Only Noel….”
A Place To See at Christmastime
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/11/18Dec17-Kansas-City-Union-Station-Christmas.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)It’s one of those places you love to see at Christmas. The century old building with its magnificent architecture plays…
The Denver Sleigh Works
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/12/08Dec17-Denver-Sleigh-Works-2017.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Santa needs a sleigh to make deliveries around the world. This man makes sure he will never run out of…
Mummy Bundles
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/11/22Nov17-Mummy-Exhibit-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today’s show is about something called mummy bundles. That term may give you scary visions of Halloween goblins, but it…
Mummies
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/11/21Nov17-Mummy-Exhibit-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)When you think of mummies, you perhaps have pictures of Eqyptian mummies and the pyramids. But today’s program will take…
How the Squeaky Wheel Gets the Grease
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/11/20Nov17-Lock-N-Lube.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It’s said the squeaky wheel gets the grease. Russell’s problem was that he had plenty of squeaking wheels and none…
The Biggest Race of Its Kind
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/09/19Sept17-Missouri-River-340-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine a race that might last over three days and in that time, you may not sleep at all, or…
Days of Sprinting
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/09/18Sept17-Missouri-River-340-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Folks in Clinton, Missouri know there is quite a racer in their midst, a man who’s sprint was not measured…
The Top Mounted Military Man in the Nation
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/08/08Sep17-Nathan-Boone-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Before their was a U.S. cavalry, this man was noted to be the top mounted military man in the nation. …
The Baby of the Boone Family
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/08/07Sep17-Nathan-Boone-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most of us remember the frontiersman and explorer, Daniel Boone from our history books. However, we may not be familiar…
British Soldiers Residing in the US
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/08/06Sep17-Lathrop-Missouri-Mules-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine a small U.S. farm town with British soldiers who had residences there. No, we are not talking about the…
The Mule Capital of the World
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/08/05Sep17-Lathrop-Missouri-Mules-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was once the mule capital of the world. You can still find some mules there and if you go…
When The Teeth Are The Main Attraction
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/08/04Sep17-Strongman-Steve.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Every dentist that has ever advised not to crush ice or hard candy with one’s teeth will not want to…
Mules in World War I
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/08/01Sep17-World-War-I-Mules-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)My grandfather was born in 1903 and remembered the nation’s fight to win World War I. In fact, my grandfather…
A Coveted Tool to Defeat the Enemy
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/08/31Aug17-World-War-I-Mules-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Even before the United States entered World War I, American farms were important in helping the allies win the conflict. …
Stories of a Pioneer Girl Growing Up
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/08/30Aug17-Laura-Ingels-Wilder-Home-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It is hard to imagine it happened mostly by accident…eight books and a ten year television series all based on…
