Category: Missouri
In Search of a New Home
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/08/21Aug19-Arcadia-Academy-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Most people do not go in search of a new home while driving a large, new school bus. That’s what…
Buildings Predating the Civil War
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/08/20Aug19-Arcadia-Academy-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Drive through Ironton, MO and you’ll find a campus of buildings that dates to the days prior to the Civil…
Scars of Bullet Holes
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/08/16Aug19-Battle-of-the-Hemp-Bales-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)The bullet holes still scar the inside and outside of this home–a place that was a hospital during a skirmish…
12 Stores Devoted to the Same Item
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/08/14Aug19-Hamilton-MO-Star-Quilt-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)You might expect a town of less than 2000 people to not have too many stores when compared to much…
Attracting Thousands of Visitors to a Small Town
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/08/13Aug19-Hamilton-MO-Star-Quilt-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Jenny Doan is perhaps the most famous one of these in the world. And due to that fact, there are…
A Premier Angus Herd Owner
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/08/12Aug19-Hamilton-MO-JC-Penney.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)He had one of the premiere Angus herds in the country. In fact, his prize winners could be found at…
In the Hands of the Jury
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/08/09Aug19-Wayne-Cryts-5.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Wayne Cryts future was in the hands of a jury. If he was found guilty he would most likely spend…
Going to Jail to Defend Your Decision
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/08/08Aug19-Wayne-Cryts-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)If you believed you were innocent and your stance was lawful, would you go to jail to defend that decision? …
Stealing Grain or Taking What Is Rightfully Yours?
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/08/07Aug19-Wayne-Cryts-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Was it stealing grain, or just taking what was rightfully yours? The answer to that question depended on whether you…
Defying a Federal Court Order
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/08/06Aug19-Wayne-Cryts-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)This farmer was ready to defy a court order, cross a line of federal marshals, and perhaps give his life…
Soybeans In a Person’s Life
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/08/05Aug19-Wayne-Cryts-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)When Wayne Cryts finished his soybean harvest in 1979 he had no idea the role those bushels of beans would…
When Rules Don’t Make Sense
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/07/29July19-Growing-Up-Amish-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Sometimes rules and laws just don’t make sense. David wondered why he couldn’t have a telephone but he could borrow…
Growing Up Amish
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/07/26July19-Growing-Up-Amish-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)As an Amish youth, David saw a vastly different world with modern conveniences all around him. As he became a…
Looking At Life Differently
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/07/25July19-Growing-Up-Amish-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)David Mast had to repeat the eighth grade…along with just about everyone else in his class. In a moment you’ll…
Dave Roever
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/06/03Jul19-Dave-Roever-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)His name is Dave Roever, spelled R-o-e-v-e-r. If you’ve not heard or seen his message, you need to watch him…
Looking In the Mirror
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/06/02Jul19-Dave-Roever-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)What do you see when you look in the mirror? What Dave Roever saw was far from himself. In fact,…
Hit by a Sniper’s Bullet
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/06/01Jul19-Dave-Roever-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Dave Roever was serving his country in Vietnam when a sniper’s bullet would change his life forever. And in turn…
A Trip to Jefferson City, Missouri
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/05/04Jun19-Missouri-Capitol.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)As a senior in college, I used to give tours of this building. It’s still one of my favorite places…
A Hidden Gem
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/05/08May19-Beverly-Hillbillies-Car-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Every once in awhile you uncover a hidden gem of a place. That’s what today’s feature is all about. And…
An Old, Beat-up Vehicle That Attracts Thousands
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/05/07May19-Beverly-Hillbillies-Car-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Some people love to have the newest car. In fact, they may spend plenty of time looking for just the…
