American Countryside » Oklahoma

A Field Trip to Rodeo

Tom — Thu, 06 May 2010 05:01:41 +0000

Many schools take field trips. They’re usually fun events for students to get some time out of the classroom. But some field trips don’t go as planned. That was certainly the case for this ag teacher who was convinced to allow some of his students to try their hand at rodeo…

The Battered Bucket Award

Tom — Wed, 05 May 2010 05:01:07 +0000

There are major awards like Oscars, Grammys and Nobel Peace Prizes; then there is the Battered Bucket Award. You’ve probably never heard of it, but if you won it, you probably messed up in a memorable way to get it…

1943 FFA American Star Farmer Wayne Boothe

Tom — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 05:01:21 +0000

Every year the National FFA selects one student as the Star Farmer of America. It’s quite an honor. Today we visit with the oldest living person to have won that award–a man that’s still speaking at chapter FFA banquets each spring…

Accidental Family Farm History in Cordell, Oklahoma

Tom — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 05:01:09 +0000

Wayne Booth resides in Cordell, Oklahoma thanks to a snowstorm over a century ago. The story of that storm and the farm that made him national news is today’s edition of The American Countryside…

Pawnee Bill’s Wild West Show

Tom — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 05:01:43 +0000

It may have seemed this famous western showman had married the wrong woman. After all, his bride was a city girl who didn’t grow up around horses and cowboy life. It turned out that she might have been the better cowboy of the pair…

A Cowboy Named Gordon Lillie

Tom — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 05:01:48 +0000

Many of us had childhood heroes, and for Gordon it was the famous showman Buffalo Bill. What he might never have imagined was how he would eclipse the fame of the legend…

Jim Thorpe

Tom — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 05:01:31 +0000

In 1912 he was proclaimed the world’s greatest athlete and some of his Olympic records from that year still stood two decades later. He was a well rounded athlete that even won the Dancing with the Stars competition of his day…

A Star Athlete

Tom — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 05:01:42 +0000

When you think of historically great collegiate football programs, names like Notre Dame, Penn State and Alabama might come to mind. Most people don’t name the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in that list, but with this star athlete on the team, they beat the top programs of their day.

Sequoia

Tom — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:01:20 +0000

His work helped teach almost an entire nation to read and write within a matter of just a few years. We introduce you to one of the most famous native Americans…

Blue and Gold Sausage

Tom — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:01:52 +0000

This FFA advisor found a fund raiser that was so successful, he had to quit teaching just to operate the new business…