Category: Tennessee
A Trial that Captivated the Nation
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/08Jul16-Scopes-Trial-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Imagine a packed crowd in a sweltering courtroom. Refreshment vendor are allowed inside during recesses and chimps perform on the…
John Scopes on Trial
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/07Jul16-Scopes-Trial-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)His last name is forever linked to one of the most publicized trial in American history. It was John Scopes…
Bringing a Trial to Town
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/06Jul16-Scopes-Trial-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)Cities might devise many plans to help increase commerce and spur business growth. Bringing a trial to your town would…
Scenic Route – Rippa Villa Plantation
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/06/ScenicRoute-008.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 11:05 — 2.5MB)You’ve heard of marriages arranged because the bride and groom have certain cherished last names? How about marriages arranged based…
Two Times A Prisoner of War
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/23May13-Rippavilla-Plantation-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Imagine being taken a prisoner of war, not once but twice and while you were away from home, the opposing…
Not Thrilled With a Choice of Spouse
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/22May13-Rippavilla-Plantation-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)There are times when a family is not thrilled with a son’s choice of a spouse. There may be many…
The Sheriff Bufford Pusser Festival
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/05/16May13-Bufford-Pusser-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)This weekend in Adamsville, Tennessee, the annual Sheriff Bufford Pusser Festival will be held. It’s the 25th such event and…
Carrying a Stick Instead of a Weapon
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/15May13-Bufford-Pusser-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)This week we’re in Adamsville, Tennessee, former home of famous lawman Bufford Pusser. The famous lawman from Walking Tall was…
The Life of Sheriff Buford Pusser
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/05/14May13-Bufford-Pusser-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)If you’ve ever seen the movie “Walking Tall” then you know part of the story of Sheriff Buford Pusser. He…
The Bus Line of the 1800s
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/02/25Mar13-Tennessee-River-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You could say it was the bus line of the 1800s. A network of transportation that could take you just…
Beefing Up the Hulls of Ships
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/03/22Mar13-Tennessee-River-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Necessity is the mother of invention. When the Civil War began, it was relatively easy to sink wooden ships, so…
Shiloh National Battlefield
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/03/21Mar13-Tennessee-River-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)Each year, thousands of people will travel to southern Tennessee to see the famous national battleground at Shiloh. What most…
The Last Train to Clarksville
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/03/14Mar13-Last-Train-to-Clarksville.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)In the summer of 1966 the Monkees released “The Last Train to Clarksville.” The song went to number one on…
Train Service from Clarksville
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/02/13Mar12-Clarksville-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)In the early and mid 1900s, passenger train service was common in most cities of any size. Today the passengers…
The International Towing and Recovery Museum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/09/Towing-Museum-2011.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Not long after the first cars were made, the first cars began to break down or get involved in accidents….
Die or Betray a Friend?
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/09/Sam-Davis-2011-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Sam Davis had an important choice to make. His decision would determine if he would live or be hung…..
A Story Everyone from Tennessee Knows by Heart
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/09/Sam-Davis-2011-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)His job was to use his stealth to maneuver through enemy lines and gather as much information as possible for…
Salt and Pepper Museum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/04/Salt-and-Pepper-Museum.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 954.3KB)Here’s the story of a woman who built her own museum–by accident at the beginning, but one that people from…
The Hermitage
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/03/Hermitage-2010.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 953.1KB)Mt. Vernon and Monticello are well known presidential homes. Alongside those well known names is another home and plantation, not…
Andrew Johnson
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/02/Andrew-Johnson-2010.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:03 — 957.1KB)Every February we celebrate the birthdays of Lincoln and Washington. But what about some of the other lesser known individuals…
