Category: South Dakota
The Homestead of Lawrence Welk
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/05/09May18-Lawrence-Welk.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)His music entertained millions of listeners both over the radio and later via TV. Today we head to his homestead…
Time to Make the Donuts
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/04/19Apr18-Wall-Drug-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)What’s the first thing a father teaches his son about being a good businessman? How to make donuts of course! …
Disassociation with Wall, South Dakota
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/04/18Apr18-Wall-Drug-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)If you’ve heard of Wall, South Dakota then you’ve heard of Wall Drug. But there was a time when a…
Offering A Drink of Water
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/04/17Apr18-Wall-Drug-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)If someone is thirsty you might offer them something to drink. What seems commonplace served as a business inspiration that…
Putting Down Roots for a New Business
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/04/16Apr18-Wall-Drug-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)The Depression was in full swing and a young family was looking for a place to put down roots and…
The Good Shepherd
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/28Jun16-Huntingtons-Disease-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)In the Bible, Jesus is referred to as “The Good Shepherd” who is willing to lay down his life for…
Afflicted With a Debilitating Illness
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/27Jun16-Huntingtons-Disease-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)At first glance, today’s story will seem to be one of little hope. Yet, there hope and it’s coming from…
Going To A Stranger’s Home for a Free Meal
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/09/23Sep14-Hobo-Day-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you showed up at a strangers’ home and asked for a free meal, they might slam the door in…
A Unique Homecoming Theme
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/09/22Sep14-Hobo-Day-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many high schools and colleges pick a theme for their football homecoming. In Brookings, South Dakota the theme remains the same…perhaps…
Nick’s Hamburger Shop
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/03/27Mar14-Brookings-South-Dakota-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This hamburger shop has been around longer that just about everyone living in Brookings, South Dakota. When you’ve been in…
Why Brookings?
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/03/26Mar14-Brookings-South-Dakota-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Just about every town has a namesake. Perhaps it’s a president, general or early settler whose name was chosen to identify…
The Jumpin’ Jesse James
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/03/25Mar14-Devils-Gulch-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)After a failed bank robbery attempt in Northfield, Minnesota, the James gang headed west toward the Dakota Territory. Near what…
Devil’s Gulch
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/03/24Mar14-Devils-Gulch-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Long before Europeans ever discovered this deep ravine, native Americans had been coming here. It was a sacred place they…
The Little House on the Prairie
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/12Feb14-Laura-Ingalls-Wilder-DeSmet-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Laura Ingalls Wilder lived in several Midwestern states during her lifetime. She was well into her 60s before her first…
The Story the Author Told
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/11Feb14-Laura-Ingalls-Wilder-DeSmet-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In 1879 there was no town here. It was a vast open prairie that could at time be beautiful and…
The Wonderful Flying Machine and Henry Heitz
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/31Jan14-Elkton-Henry-Heitz.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You probably haven’t heard of Henry Heitz. However, the folks in Elkton, South Dakota know that he invented a flying…
An Elephant on the Run
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/30Jan14-Elkton-Elephant-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)The people of Elkton, South Dakota were excited that the circus was in town. But when bad weather forced its…
The Circus Comes to Elkton
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/29Jan14-Elkton-Elephant-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Just about everyone loves the circus, so people in Elkton, South Dakota were disappointed when bad weather forced the cancellation…
Sitting Bull
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/05/Sitting-Bull-2011.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)He is one of the greatest Indian chiefs ever to lead his tribes in peace and battle. Ironically, two different…
Hansen Wheel and Wagon
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/01/Wheel-and-Wagon.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 950.0KB)If American automakers are struggling to make ends meet, perhaps they should meet one of the country’s premiere wagon builders….
