Category: Texas
The Cemetery that Drew a Crowd
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/07Sep16-Del-Rio-Texas-Cemetery.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most cemeteries are peaceful memorials to those who have passed. That was the case here, until one of the newly…
The Waters – Del Rio
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/06Sep16-Del-Rio-Texas-Water.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)When the first pioneers set about buildings homes and towns they often looked for a good water source to sustain…
The Unusual Goat Gland Doctor
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/05Sep16-Del-Rio-Texas-Dr-Brinkley-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You can still find the mansion and the hotel here in Del Rio, Texas of a once prominent and controversial…
Dr. Brinkley’s Million Watt Signal
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/02Sep16-Del-Rio-Texas-Dr-Brinkley-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)We are thankful for the many stations that air our broadcasts every day, but nothing could match the power of…
Black Seminole Scouts
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/01Sep16-Black-Seminole-Scouts.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)At one time, this group of people left the US for Mexico to find a safe haven.But in the years…
Roy Bean’s Jersey Lilly
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/26May16-Judge-Roy-Bean-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Housing a bar and a courtroom in the same location may seem a bit odd today. It was unusual back…
The Judge ‘West of the Pecos’
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/25May16-Judge-Roy-Bean-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He was the man who dispensed law “West of the Pecos.” His unique way of ruling on legal questions is…
The Law of Langtry
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The Adventures of Roy Bean
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/23May16-Judge-Roy-Bean-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Roy Bean found a steady job supplying railroad work camps. Then he discovered something rail workers really wanted…something to drink…
The Kickapoo Attack at Fort Lancaster
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/19May16-Fort-Lancaster-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)You might think of a “fort” as a place with high, secure walls that could repel an attack. The reality…
An Abandoned Fort in the Civil War
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/18May16-Fort-Lancaster-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When the Civil War began, U.S. troops at some forts suddenly found men headed two different directions, north or south. …
The Army’s Camel Train
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/17May16-Fort-Lancaster-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Before the days or cars and trucks, horses and mules were often called upon to bear the load. But at…
Fort Lancaster, Texas
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/16May16-Fort-Lancaster-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today’s traveler might meet the occasional challenge of a traffic jam or a flat tire, but the travelers here back…
Getting An Appointment
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/12/16Jan15-War-in-the-Pacific-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)Getting an appointment to one of the military academies can be difficult. But Mike Hagee had a hometown connection that…
The War in the Pacific Museum
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A Permanent Trip to Luckenbach
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/21Mar14-Luckenbach-Texas-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)Hayden Whittington began driving to Luckenbach, Texas before most people had ever heard of it. He remembers the days when…
Back to Luckenbach, Texas
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/20Mar14-Luckenbach-Texas-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:03 — 2.1MB)This town has been on the map since the 1840s. Yet many would tell you no one every came looking…
A Ghost Town with a Steady Stream of Visitors
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/19Mar14-Luckenbach-Texas-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)In the hill country surrounding Fredericksburg, Texas, there are many communities settled by German immigrants. They became place to get…
The National Museum of the War
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Tanks and Barbed Wire in a Tropical Oasis
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/12Mar14-Combat-Zone-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the middle of Texas’s hill country you’ll find a tropical oasis. There’s sand and palm trees, but you’ll also…
