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Brave Former Slaves
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/20Nov24-Christiana-Riot-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the years before the Civil War, many people stood up for the cause of freedom and equality. Some of…
The Wigwam Motel
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/19Nov24-Wigwam-Hotel.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you, your kids or even your grandkids have seen the movie Cars, then you probably remember the Cozy Cones. …
How the Ocean Affected Yuma
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/18Nov24-Yuma-Crossing-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)George Strait once sang that he had some ocean front property in Arizona and if you’d buy that he’d throw…
A Ferry in the Middle of a Desert
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/15Nov24-Yuma-Crossing-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Before bridges crossed rivers, communities often relied upon ferries to carry people and supplies. In some cases, those ferry operators…
The Wealth of the Desert in Yuma
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/14Nov24-Yuma-Crossing-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Yuma, Arizona is in the Sonoran dessert. The annual average rainfall is about three inches per year. So it is…
The Mission Point Lighthouse
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/13Nov24-Mission-Point-Lighthouse-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Drive north from Traverse City, Michigan and you’ll find beautiful fruit orchards on a narrow peninsula that dead ends at…
A Northwest Michigan Lighthouse
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/12Nov24-Mission-Point-Lighthouse-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The Great Lakes shoreline is dotted with many old lighthouses. Many are not needed these days, but most have great…
The Last Ship at Fort Snelling
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/11Nov24-Fort-Snelling-Last-Boat-Out.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s the junction of two important rivers – the Mississippi and the Minnesota – and it made sense to have…
An Iconic Moment in Presidential Election History
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/10/08Nov24-Harry-Truman-Election-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s one of the most iconic pictures in presidential election history. A picture of President Harry Truman holding up a…
Harry Truman’s Hopeful Campaign
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/10/07Nov24-Harry-Truman-Election-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the summer of 1948 Harry Truman was losing the race to return for a second term as president. But…
Expecting a Different Election Outcome
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/10/06Nov24-Harry-Truman-Election-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was the day after the voting had ended and people woke up to find a different person was elected…
Cahokia Mounds
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/10/05Nov24-Cahokia-Mounds-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)We’ve probably all heard of Native American mounds scattered throughout parts of North America. Here just east of present day…
The Largest City in North America
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/10/04Nov24-Cahokia-Mounds-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Before there was a United States of America, this was the largest city within its modern boundaries. In fact, its…
The Heyday of Passenger Rail
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/10/01Nov24-French-Lick-Railroad-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The heyday of passenger rail travel was about a century ago. But don’t tell that to the folks in southern…
Boarding Trains for Popular Spots
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/10/31Oct24-French-Lick-Railroad-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Airlines might devote more flights to popular winter destinations like Phoenix or Florida. One hundred years ago they were adding…
The Spook Light
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/10/30Oct24-Spook-Light-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)People like to have answers…and perhaps that’s what makes this phenomena so interesting…there seems to be no explaining it. So…
A Story With World-Wide Fame
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/10/29Oct24-Spook-Light-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)I don’t care for stories about evil and gruesomeness at Halloween, yet a spooky tale may be in order. For…
Fort Morgan, Colorado
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/10/28Oct24-Fort-Morgan-Colorado.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This area of northeastern Colorado has long been an important place for farming. The way it developed was a bit…
The Fort Morgan, Colorado Museum
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/10/25Oct24-Fort-Morgan-Museum.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The initial route of the Oregon Trail followed the North Platte River, but over time, some decided to follow the…
The Julesburg, Colorado Dragstrip
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/10/24Oct24-Julesburg-Dragstrip.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In Julesburg, Colorado you’ll find a small airstrip that has been in use for many decades. But this is much…
