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A Name You Still Know Today
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/02/21Feb25-Nathan-Hale-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He was the sixth of twelve children born on a 300 acre farm in central Connecticut. While all of the…
A 150 Year Old Donut
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/02/20Feb25-150-Year-Old-Donut.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There’s a donut in Montana, that while very interesting, is not a donut anyone probably wants to consume. That’s because…
Fort Kehough
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/02/19Feb25-Fort-Keough.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Miles City, Montana is a hub for the ranch lands of the southeastern part of the state. Part of its…
Range Riders Museum
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/02/18Feb25-Range-Riders-Museum.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the 1930s a group of cowboys in southeastern Montana wanted to preserve the ranch history they saw slowly vanishing. …
Nevada City, Montana
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/02/17Feb25-Nevada-City-Montana-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)What would a jukebox from the 1800s look like? A trip to this old Montana town will give you a…
Preserving History in Montana
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/01/14Feb25-Nevada-City-Montana-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some people like to preserve a piece of the past. What this family did here was preserve an entire town…
A Montana Gold Mining Town
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/01/13Feb25-Nevada-City-Montana-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Just northwest of Yellowstone National Park you’ll find some old mining towns with quite a story. When gold was found…
The Pancake Days in Glenn, Michigan
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/01/12Feb25-Glenn-Michigan-Pancake-Days.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Occasionally a winter storm will leave motorists stranded and locals will come to their aid. That was the case in…
Chugwater, Wyoming
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/01/11Feb25-Chugwater-Wyoming.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It is noted to be the longest running image used on a license plate anywhere in the world. The image…
The Sleeping Bear Dunes
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/01/10Feb25-Sleeping-Bear-Dunes-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When the first European settlers came to this area, they may not have given much thought to the natural landmark…
Empire, Michigan
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/01/07Feb25-Sleeping-Bear-Dunes-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many people come to this area of Michigan each year for the beauty of the woods and the Lake Michigan…
The Springfield Armory
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/01/06Feb25-Springfield-Armory-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Along the Connecticut River in the city of Springfield, Massachusetts you’ll find a series of buildings that for nearly two…
Not Quite a Pipe Organ
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/01/05Feb25-Springfield-Armory-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In Springfield, Massachusetts you’ll find a site that resembles a large pipe organ. In fact, that is part of it’s…
Making Our Own Weapons
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/01/04Feb25-Springfield-Armory-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When the colonies declared there independence from England, they had to fight a war using guns mostly made in other…
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/01/03Feb25-Eureka-Springs-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine a seven story hotel in which each floor is a ground floor. We’ll take you to the town where…
A Place Where Water is More Than Water
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/01/31Jan25-Eureka-Springs-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you think water is just water, then don’t tell the folks in this small town, because it’s the water…
70 Miles From Land
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/01/30Jan25-Dry-Tortugas-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Alcatraz was known as one of the most difficult prisons from which to make an escape. It’s location in San…
Dry Tortugas
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/01/29Jan25-Dry-Tortugas-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The name of a place can sometimes tell you a lot about what the surrounding area may be like. That…
Too Many Floral Print Shirts
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/01/28Jan25-Little-White-House-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you go to a tropical location, some people might decide to don a floral print shirt. But things got…
The Little White House
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/01/27Jan25-Little-White-House-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This Naval Base would not have drawn much attention if not for a doctor who ordered a president he needed…
