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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/07/15Jul24-Little-America-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)One young sheepherder never forgot a frigid night he spent on the plains of Wyoming.  The miserable weather had him…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/07/12Jul24-First-Female-Office-Holder.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In 1869 Wyoming territory gave women the right to vote and to hold public office.  Just a few months after…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/07/11Jul24-South-Pass-City-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The Oregon Trail crossed the Continental Divide at South Pass in Wyoming.  Just west of that pass you’ll find a…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/07/10Jul24-South-Pass-City-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There had been rumors of gold in this area for years, but there always seemed to be a better place…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/07/09Jul24-Mountain-Men-of-the-West.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If I were to ask you to name some famous Mountain Men of the 1800s, there are usually some common…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/07/08Jul24-Mountain-Man-Rendezvous-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was called the Mountain Man Rendezvous and it was held for sixteen years, mostly in the present state of…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/06/05Jul24-Mountain-Man-Rendezvous-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the early 1800s, the demand for beaver pelts for top hats was strong, but the world supply was short. …

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/09/15Sep23-Willard-Hotel-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The President, of course, lives in the White House.  But over the decades, when a president or president-elect has needed…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/09/14Sep23-Old-Faithful-Inn-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Depending on where live in the country, you sometimes have to ready your home for the cold winter months.  Now…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/09/13Sep23-Old-Faithful-Inn-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today you can take a highway loop to the sites at Yellowstone National Park.  In the days before cars, that…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/09/12Sep23-Old-Faithful-Inn-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the latter half of the 1800s, explorers and early visitors to what is today Yellowstone National Park were amazed…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/09/21Sep21-Wyoming-Homesteader-Hester-Currence.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you are a resident of Wyoming, a four or five hour drive to get somewhere may not seem too…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/01/07Jan19-Fort-Bridger-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)This fort serviced the Pony Express, the Oregon Trail, and was around so long it even slept travelers by car. …

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/12/04Jan19-Fort-Bridger-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You usually don’t think of a fort coming under new ownership.  But that’s what happened to this site that bears…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/12/03Jan19-Fort-Bridger-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He was one of the best known mountain men of the early 19th century.  A man who was skilled in…