Category: Nebraska
Trading in the 1800s
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/09/02Oct19-Museum-of-Fur-Trade-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When you did business on the high plains in the 1800s, transactions often took place in trade items. That was…
Lewis and Clark…or Alexander McKenzie
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/09/01Oct19-Museum-of-Fur-Trade-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Have you heard of Lewis and Clark or Alexander McKenzie? Chances are you have heard of one but not the…
The Museum of Fur Trade
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/09/30Sep19-Museum-of-Fur-Trade-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Today we say hello to our listeners on KSCR in Chadron, NE. They know of a long time museum that…
A Trip to the Rhino Barn
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/09/23Sep19-Ashfall-Fossil-Beds-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)If you were going to a rhino barn, you’d of course expect to see rhinos, perhaps at a zoo. This…
An Amazing Site to See and Visit
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/09/20Sep19-Ashfall-Fossil-Beds-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)In sharing these stories with you for over two decades I’ve seen a lot of interesting places, but I recently…
Volcanic Ash in Nebraska
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/09/19Sep19-Ashfall-Fossil-Beds-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)When you think volcanoes spewing clouds of hot ash, you probably do not think of the state of Nebraska. But…
A 70 Year Heritage in Nebraska
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/08/19Aug19-KKOW-Radio.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Sometimes a station’s call letters can tell you a lot about the city or area from which it broadcasts. Today…
Time in a POW Camp
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/04/10Apr19-Bill-Shuck-B-17-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)By the end of WW II, Bill Shuck was in POW camp with 9000 other English and American airman. This…
Bailing Out of a Burning Plane
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/04/09Apr19-Bill-Shuck-B-17-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Bill Shuck’s B17 bomber had been struck by flack…and now he and the crew had to bail out of the…
The First Taste of War in a B-17
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/04/08Apr19-Bill-Shuck-B-17-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Today we say hello to listeners on two new affiliates, KBRF in Fergus Falls, MN and KIMn Gilette, WY. Today’s…
From Church to Concert Series
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/02/05Feb19-Jason-Brown-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)Jason grew up singing on the farm and in church each Sunday. It led him to make it a career. …
One of the Most Famous Americans
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/02/04Feb19-Sequoyah-2019.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)His work helped teach an entire nation to read and write within a matter of just a few years. In…
Lining Up for Repeat Purchases
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/06/12Jun18-Kool-Aid-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Marketing and advertising are keys to getting a product known and bought by consumers. Perhaps no one did it better…
Part of the Meal for Troops
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/06/11Jun18-Kool-Aid-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was a part of some meals served to U.S. troops during World War II. However, you probably don’t associate…
The Story of Edwin Perkins
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/06/08Jun18-Kool-Aid-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Today we say hello to our listeners on KHAS in Hastings, Nebraska. Residents have probably heard of a man named…
Making An Investment in the Future
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/03/08Mar17-Shickly-Nebraska-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Shickley, Nebraska is a small town that’s made a big investment in its future. It’s been an important journey in…
Dedicated Citizens Creating Positive Change
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/03/06Mar17-Shickly-Nebraska-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we return to a small town in Nebraska, five years after we first shared their story of how dedicated…
Willa Cather’s Hometown
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/16Feb18-Willa-Cather-Red-Cloud-Nebraska-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)This place owes much of it’s identity to someone who passed away in 1947. As the years passed, holding on…
Important Stories To This Town
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/15Feb18-Willa-Cather-Red-Cloud-Nebraska-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Perhaps you’ve never heard of Willa Cather. If not, you should. She’s a Pulitzer Prize winning author who penned many…
More Than a Winner on the Field
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/04Mar16-Boys-Town-6.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)The goal of just about every coach is to win a game. That certainly true of this coach, but he’ll…