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Pioneer Days of Ten Sleep, Wyoming
If you are a resident of Wyoming, a four or five hour drive to get somewhere may not seem too bad. In a state where…
A Museum Dedicated to Advertising
If it were not for sponsors…daily broadcasts like this…and radio stations themselves for that matter would not be able to pay the bills. So perhaps…
Amazing Photos from A Historic Event
This company was created from scratch in the 1860s. From the start, those founders knew that their work would be important to the building of…
West from Mile Zero
This is Mile Zero. For several years mile zero of this railroad would only take you to the banks or a river with no bridge. …
Lincoln’s Site To Begin a Railroad
Abraham Lincoln had an important decision to make. Where would be the beginning point of a new railroad. We don’t know the reasons for his…
Who Inhabited Russel Cave?
Today you might get bad teeth from drinking too much soda…ten thousand years ago teeth were a problem as well…but archeologists tell us the problem…
The Unusual National Park Cave
It’s a cave in the national park system…yet it is far different that well known sites such as Mammoth Cave or Carlsbad Caverns… https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/09/13Sep21-Russell-Cave-1.mp3Podcast: Play…
The Salt King’s Home
You probably know this gentleman’s son for the salt company he founded that bears his name. but the father was equally important, for it was…
A Place With No Trees Was No Place For Him
You may enjoy a tree for its beauty, it’s shade, or perhaps the fruit that comes from it. But when it comes right down to…
Where is the Applegate Trail?
Most people have heard of the Oregon Trail…but few have come across the Applegate Trail…yet it was the latter that offered a different and some…
