Posted in American Countryside Nevada

The Elephant in the Room

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/08/30Aug24-California-Trail-Center-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Pioneers that headed west on overland trails saw many sites.  Interestingly one that many wrote about was an elephant.  You…

Continue Reading... The Elephant in the Room
Posted in American Countryside Nevada

The California Trail

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/08/29Aug24-California-Trail-Center-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Just west of South Pass, Wyoming, overland travelers of the mid 19th century came to a fork in the road. …

Continue Reading... The California Trail
Posted in American Countryside Nevada

The Father of Legal Gambling

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/06/02Jul24-Father-of-Legal-Gambling.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When most people think of big time gambling they think of Las Vegas.  No doubt there was plenty of illegal…

Continue Reading... The Father of Legal Gambling
Posted in American Countryside Nevada

The Basque

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/06/01Jul24-The-Basque.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The high desert regions of Nevada, Oregon and Idaho you will often find a people called the Basque who are…

Continue Reading... The Basque
Posted in American Countryside Nevada

Lovelock Cave

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/06/28Jun24-Lovelock-Cave.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today this area is a mostly dry lake bed.  However, we have evidence this was once a much wetter place. …

Continue Reading... Lovelock Cave
Posted in American Countryside Nevada

Chief Winnemucca

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/06/27Jun24-Chief-Winnemucca.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Along interstate 80 in north central Nevada you’ll come to a town with a unique name – a name that…

Continue Reading... Chief Winnemucca
Posted in American Countryside Nevada

Tying the Knot a Lot

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/17Feb22-Las-Vegas-Weddings-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)February is of course the month noted for love…it’s the month we celebrate Valentine’s Day.  There are many weddings that…

Continue Reading... Tying the Knot a Lot
Posted in American Countryside Nevada

Vegas & Reno – Love & Divorce

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/16Feb22-Las-Vegas-Weddings-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This county performs more weddings than any other in the nation.  You probably have a good idea where that county…

Continue Reading... Vegas & Reno – Love & Divorce
Posted in American Countryside Nevada

An Expert on a Reality Show

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/01/21Jan22-Mark-Hall-Patton.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It today’s world of reality television shows, things that once may have seemed quite ordinary have become worldwide hits. One…

Continue Reading... An Expert on a Reality Show
Posted in American Countryside Nevada

The Colorful Cessna at Las Vegas Airport

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/01/17Jan22-Las-Vegas-Endurance-Plane-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you’ve ever flown into the Las Vegas airport, you may have noticed a colorful Cessna airplane hanging from the…

Continue Reading... The Colorful Cessna at Las Vegas Airport
Posted in American Countryside Nevada

The Longest Flight

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/01/13Jan22-Las-Vegas-Endurance-Plane-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)What’s the longest time a plane has stayed in the air without landing and with the same two men at…

Continue Reading... The Longest Flight
Posted in American Countryside Best of Nevada

A Man From Every State to Build the Hoover Dam

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/04/02May19-Boulder-City-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It took men from every state in the nation and many nations of the world to build Hoover Dam…

Continue Reading... A Man From Every State to Build the Hoover Dam
Posted in American Countryside Best of Nevada

An Engineering Feat in the Desert

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/04/01May19-Boulder-City-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It’s still an engineering wonder of the world – a feat some thought impossible, yet something that became a reality…

Continue Reading... An Engineering Feat in the Desert
Posted in American Countryside Best of Nevada

A Casino With A Great History

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/08/03Sep18-Golden-Nugget-Casino.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Ask someone to name a casino in Vegas and they can rattle off names like the Belagio, Stratosphere, MGM and…

Continue Reading... A Casino With A Great History
Posted in American Countryside Nevada

Buying Land With a Catch

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/04May17-El-Dorado-Mine-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)All Shawna’s father wanted was a five acre patch of land to access the Colorado River.  He soon learned that…

Continue Reading... Buying Land With a Catch
Posted in American Countryside Nevada

Hiring Women to Populate a Town

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/03May17-El-Dorado-Mine-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The proposal had to sound ridiculous to just about everyone who heard it, save the men who sprang the idea. …

Continue Reading... Hiring Women to Populate a Town
Posted in American Countryside Nevada

The El Dorado Mine

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/02May17-El-Dorado-Mine-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)This canyon was once a bustling place full of men looking to make big money in the gold mines.  The…

Continue Reading... The El Dorado Mine
Posted in American Countryside Nevada

An Unusual White Rock

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/01May17-El-Dorado-Mine-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)A place can be deceiving.  That was exactly the case here in what is today’s desert south of Las Vegas….

Continue Reading... An Unusual White Rock
Posted in American Countryside Best of Nevada

A Valentine’s Wedding Record

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/14Feb14-Las-Vegas-Wedding-Chapel-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)My grandparents were married on Valentine’s Day and they celebrated 76 wedding anniversaries.  But today, we honor a Valentine’s wedding…

Continue Reading... A Valentine’s Wedding Record
Posted in American Countryside Best of Nevada

More Weddings Than Anywhere in the Nation

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/13Feb14-Las-Vegas-Wedding-Chapel-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This county performs more weddings than any other in the nation.  You probably have a good idea where that county…

Continue Reading... More Weddings Than Anywhere in the Nation