http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/12/17Jan13-Hell-Cats-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)Many military museums tell the story of an entire war, or perhaps the history of a fort or military outpost….

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/12/16Jan13-Hell-Cats-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)They were often known as the Hell Cats.  Others knew them by the name, “Suicide Squad” for their hard fought…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/12/15Jan13-Salt-Pepper-Museum.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)We sometimes bill our program as a slice of Americana, and today’s broadcast certainly fills that theme. We visit with…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/12/14Jan13-Route-66-Angel-Delgadio-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)According to Angel Delgadio, I’m about the 600th person to interview him.  I feel fortunate to get to talk to…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/12/11Jan13-Route-66-Angel-Delgadio-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)Angel Delgadio has lived over 85 years on route 66 in Arizona.  He remembers the Depression years when people headed…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/12/10Jan13-Wal-Mart-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)He was one of the wealthiest men in America.  Yet almost everyone that ever worked with him would tell you…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/12/09Jan13-Wal-Mart-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It you walked into a business that had just remodeled its space and noticed the floor tiles did not match,…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/12/08Jan13-Wal-Mart-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)It’s said, “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.”  Perhaps that’s how Sam should have regarded that fact that his…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/12/07Jan13-Bluff-Dwellers-Cavern.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Arthur Browning thought he was just going to check the traps on his farm one morning back in 1927.  What…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/12/04Jan13-Antelope-Island-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Every fall there is a round-up of the herd here just outside of Salt Lake City, Utah.  You can even…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/12/03Jan13-Antelope-Island-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Until the 1960s, ranchers took animals by a barge from the mainland to this island for grazing.  The vast rangeland…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/02Jan13-Antelope-Island-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)Jeremy Shaw is responsible for patrolling a lake larger than the state of Rhode Island.  It’s a unique place that’s…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/01Jan13-Best-of-2012-Holbrook-Arizona.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)There are many towns in the western U.S. that had rough and tumble beginnings. They are places where it was…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/31Dec12-Best-of-2012-Dublin-Bottling-Works.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)Some of you may well remember the days of returning soda bottles to the store to get a few cents…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/28Dec12-Best-of-2012-Boston-Corbett.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)At one time, Boston Corbett was one of the most widely known men in the nation. He was the man…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/27Dec12-Best-of-2012-Ryman-Auditorium.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)There was once a river boat captain, whose life was changed by a preacher. He built a church for that…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/26Dec12-Best-of-2012-Las-Vegas-Endurance-Plane.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)If you’ve ever flown into the Las Vegas airport, you may have noticed a colorful Cessna airplane hanging from the…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/25Dec12-Noel-Missouri-Post-Office.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)At Christmas we may sing, “The First Noel.”  In the United States, this is the “Only Noel.”  Confused?  Join me…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/24Dec12-Stones-River-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 1.4MB)Nearly a century and a half ago two armies shared a sentimental tune before one of the deadliest battles of…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/21Dec12-Stones-River-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)The Union army was defeated at Fredricksburg, Virginia in mid December 1862.  President Lincoln needed a victory to bolster the…