Herman’s farm may look like it is cut out of the 1930’s, but when you dig deeper, you find that he is using some of the methods of yesteryear to turn great profits today…
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Even by today’s standards, the cost of this battle was staggering. It was a 12 hour conflict that saw a man killed every second; that’s every second for 12 straight hours…
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You can make a quick drive from Salt Lake City to Las Vegas or an even shorter flight if you hop on a plane. Chad Hymas pushed himself there in a wheel chair…
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The fields were filled with ears of corn nearing harvest during September, but the kernels would never be shelled. In fact, it was these fields that were not large enough to bury the dead from both sides of another battle in the Civil War…
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Imagine going into a battle and having the enemy’s plan of attach in your hands. It sounds like it would not be a fair fight, but this is the story of what one general did with the plans he discovered…
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You may have heard stories of family members fighting against one another during the Civil War. At this famous battlefield, it was the teacher who sought to defeat his student…
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Some sports not only require thousands of hours of training, they also require a hefty financial investment. For those who run Alaska’s famous Iditarod, it is a part of their life. We visit with one of the Alaska most well known mushing families…
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Some athletes train for a marathon–a race just over 26 miles in length. This athlete’s family trains for an event that covers over 1100 miles. What kind of work goes into that race?
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For the next three features here on the American Countryside you’re in for a real treat as we discover what it takes to compete in one of the most grueling and storied sporting events in the nation–the famous Iditarod sled dog race…
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When you think of fertile farmland, you perhaps think of a location with deep rich soil in the Midwest. But to find the land growing the largest vegetables in the nation, you have to travel far to the north…
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You can buy feed from a lot of different places, but what makes Silver Moon Feeds special is how this one family has stayed in business for over a century and what they’re doing to make sure the company stays in business for another 100 years…
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Beginning in 1920, the 18th Amendment made the manufacturing and consumption of alcohol illegal until it was repealed in 1933. During that time something known as a speakeasy became common place–a secret location to get a drink. Let’s head underground and uncover one of those old hideaways…
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The bullet holes still scar the inside and outside of this home, a place that was a hospital during a skirmish known as ‘The Battle of the Hemp Bales’ in Lexington, Missouri…
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You’ve heard of Yellowstone and Yosemite, but try naming the State of Vermont’s only national park…..
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Many farms today use terraces, waterways and conservation tillage to protect soil and water. However, few people can tell you the man who’s revolutionary book helped spur people to action…..
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Jails aren’t supposed to be a thing of beauty, but the tanned limestone walls of this 1839 jailhouse in Carthage, Illinois are quite pretty set against the backdrop of its tree lined yard. It’s also the epicenter of violence that occurred here in the summer of 1844…..
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Today’s program comes from the studios of WCAZ Radio in Carthage, Illinois. It’s a place with a long tradition in broadcasting…a place that’s been on the air for so many decades that they originally made radios just so people could hear their signal…..
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Imagine running the Daytona 500 on a mountain road with steep grades and no guardrails. The cars may not be the same…but autos have been racing here since they day’s just after their invention.
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It’s a mountain road with hairpin curves, no guardrails and an average grade of 12%. That makes it one of the most popular and perhaps hair-raising attractions in the northeast…
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It was big news when this mountain road opened…not because it linked two cities, but rather because it linked tourists with one of the most scenic spots in the northeast. This is the story of the road that made headlines around the world…
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