Category: Texas
The Origins of Juneteenth
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/06/19Jun24-Galveston-Juneteenth-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The federal government established Juneteenth as a national holiday in 2021. However, the celebration of the events of that date…
Two Years After the Emancipation Proclamation
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/06/18Jun24-Galveston-Juneteenth-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)On January 1st, 1863, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. However, that document that freed slaves had little impact if…
The Galveston Hurricane
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/06/17Jun24-Galveston-Hurricane-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It is the deadliest hurricane in U.S. history – a storm that hit Galveston, Texas in September 1900 that causes…
A Catastrophic Impact
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/06/14Jun24-Galveston-Hurricane-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we may think of this city as a beach getaway. In 1900 it certainly had beaches but it was…
The Spindletop Museum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/04/02May14-Spindletop-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When this area struck it rich, the town was growing so quickly, they were renting the barber chairs as a…
The Big Gusher Suprise
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/04/01May14-Spindletop-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There just had to be oil under this hill, but no one could seem to drill down to it. After…
The Old Government Building with a Story
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/04/16Apr24-Austin-French-Legation-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In Austin, Texas near the state capitol building you’ll find another old government building in a beautiful green space. It…
A Smaller Version of an Embassy
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/04/15Apr24-Austin-French-Legation-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many countries establish embassies in other nations and usually those diplomatic sites are in a country’s capital. That is the…
Monument Hill, Texas
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/04/12Apr24-Monument-Hill-Texas.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)On a high bluff overlooking the Colorado River in La Grange, Texas you’ll find a monument to men who gave…
Texas German Brewery
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/04/11Apr24-Texas-German-Brewery.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Germany is often known for its breweries and when immigrants sailed to the new world, they often brought that beer…
Winning a National Championship in a Big Way
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/03/18Mar24-Babe-Didrikson-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)While individuals compete in track and field events, there is often a team component to the standings, with points awarded…
An Olympic Qualifier on Another Level
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/03/15Mar24-Babe-Didrikson-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s difficult to know exactly how many medals this athlete might have won at the Olympics. She qualified for several…
Wide Enough Streets for U-Turns
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/03/14Mar24-Fredericksburg-Texas.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today cities don’t need to be laid out so that ox carts can make U-turns. However, that was the plan…
Riding A Horse Into the Hotel Lobby
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/03/13Mar24-Menger-Hotel-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine a well-known general riding his horse into the lobby of a hotel…and it was met with applause. Another military…
Racing to Get a Hotel Room
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/03/12Mar24-Menger-Hotel-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today just about every hotel room in America has a private bathroom included. Turn back the clock over a century…
A Look Back at the Kennedy Assassination
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/09/22Sep23-Eugene-Boone-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the tragic events that unfolded in Dallas when President Kennedy was assassinated, we may forget that a police officer…
A Personal Connection to Jack Ruby
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/09/21Sep23-Eugene-Boone-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In November of 1963 Lee Harvey Oswald shot President Kennedy. Just two days later, Jack Ruby shot Oswald. Deputy Eugene…
Searching the Texas School Book Depository
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/09/20Sep23-Eugene-Boone-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the early afternoon of November 22nd, 1963, Deputy Eugene Boone was searching the 6th floor of the Texas School…
Watching the Presidential Motorcade
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/09/19Sep23-Eugene-Boone-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Deputy Eugene Boone was watching President Kennedy’s motorcade pass Main Street on November 22, 1963. But just moments after the…
The First Televised State Funeral
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/01/01Feb23-Sam-Rayburn-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In November of 1961, this small town in north Texas was overwhelmed with people coming to pay their respects to…
