Category: North Dakota
The Knife River Indian Village
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/06Jan17-Knife-River-Indian-Village.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Two centuries ago, these villages contained more people than the city of St. Louis…yet only a handful of Europeans and…
Sacagawea
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/09/17Oct16-Sacagawea-2016.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)She is probably the most well known Native American woman in our country’s history…a lady vital to the success of…
An Aviation Pioneer
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/06Sep13-Hatton-Elison-Museum-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Carl Ben Eielson hailed from Hatton, North Dakota. He was a pioneer in aviation and helped open the vast Alaskan…
The Hero from Hatton
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/05Sep13-Hatton-Elison-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we say hello to our listeners on 600 KSJB covering eastern and central North Dakota. Folks there know of…
Scenic Route 14: The North Dakota Boy and the Top of the World
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/09/ScenicRoute-014.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 9:35 — 6.6MB)Carl Ben Eielson grew up in North Dakota, but his aviation career took him much further north than that. The…
Beyond Bismarck: Five Fun Visits in North Dakota
Some may think North Dakota has few places to explore. I have found quite the opposite. While cities such as Fargo, Grand Forks and Bismarck…
The Aviation of Carl Ben Eielson
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/04Sep13-Hatton-Elison-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)If you live in the states of North Dakota or Alaska and you quite likely have heard of Carl Ben…
Fort Union
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/06/Fort-Union-2010.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:01 — 942.2KB)It was the site of a vast trading network on the northern plains. It’s history spanned forty years and today,…