Category: Oklahoma
Springing Into Existence
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/10/09Nov23-Oklahoma-Land-Run-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If a city grows quickly, we might say it sprang up overnight. This state capital literally sprang into existence in…
Running to Get a Deal
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/10/08Nov23-Oklahoma-Land-Run-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you found a great deal on a house of a piece of land, we might say that we ran…
Blue & Gold Sausage
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/12/14Dec22-Blue-Gold-Sausage.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This FFA advisor found a fund raiser that was so successful, he had to quit teaching just to operate the…
Creating the New Capitol
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/03/14Mar22-Oklahoma-State-Capitol-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This state’s government was ready to move out of its temporary home in a downtown hotel. However, the route to…
The Capitol Is Where the Sign Says It Is
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/03/11Mar22-Oklahoma-State-Capitol-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s said, “home is where the heart is.” And in this state it can be said, “The capitol is where…
Multiple Choice State Capital
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/03/10Mar22-Oklahoma-State-Capitol-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Voters often face multiple choices when electing candidates for office. But the residents of this state had a most unique…
You Can Lead a Horse to Water But He Won’t Drink Oil
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/10/12Oct21-Bartlesville-Oil-Well-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)George Keeler noticed his horses wouldn’t drink from this spot on the Caney River. The location is today an important…
Attracting More Than a Railroad
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/10/11Oct21-Bartlesville-Oil-Well-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)William Johnstone and George Keeler were looking for a way to attract the railroad to their new town. Who knew…
The Cattlemen’s Steakhouse
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/04/29Apr21-Cattlemens-Steakhouse-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You might go to a fancy clothing store to get measured for a suit. But where do you go to…
Beer for Breakfast
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/04/28Apr21-Cattlemens-Steakhouse-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Why are nurses on the night shift eating breakfast in the Oklahoma City Stockyards? In a moment we’ll take you…
The $175,000 Banjo
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/04/21Apr21-American-Banjo-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When I was in fifth grade I wanted to play the trumpet. My parents scratched together $300 for a used…
Dueling Banjos
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/04/20Apr21-American-Banjo-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You’ve heard of dueling banjos…now multiply it times several hundred. It’s a unique convention of sights and sounds that entertains…
What One Man Did with the Skeletons in His Closet
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/03/19Mar21-Osteology-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Jay has a lot of skeletons in his closet. Oh, but there’s much more. He has skeletons just about everywhere…
Unearthing a Career
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/03/18Mar21-Osteology-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Jay’s father could have scolded him for what he’d unearthed. Most parents would say, “Put down that filthy thing!” His…
No Man’s Land
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/02/26Feb21-Boise-City-Oklahoma-Dust-Bowl-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s the only county in the nation that border’s five different states. Some have called it “No Man’s Land” but…
Black Sunday
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/02/25Feb21-Boise-City-Oklahoma-Dust-Bowl-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The date was April 14th, 1935 in Boise City, Oklahoma. What began as a beautiful Sunday morning turned into something…
Dust Bowl Epicenter
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/02/24Feb21-Boise-City-Oklahoma-Dust-Bowl-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You can’t pinpoint anyone place the Dust Bowl began. However, one of the hardest hit locations was in the Oklahoma…
The Worst Bombing Crew Becomes the Best
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/02/23Feb21-Boise-City-Oklahoma-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)They made a mistake worthy of a court martial. A bombing crew made a wrong turn and bombed their own…
The U.S. Town Bombed By Its Own Planes
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/02/22Feb21-Boise-City-Oklahoma-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)During World War II, many cities along the U.S. coastline prepared for an invasion from the enemy. However, after the…
Tracking a Giant in the Oklahoma Panhandle
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/02/19Feb21-Boise-City-Oklahoma-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There were giants roaming the panhandle of Oklahoma. That’s what we can decipher from the clues they left behind. Journey…
