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The Williams County, Ohio History Museum
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/02/2026-0309-Williams-County-Ohio-History-Museum.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There is a large painting hanging in the historical society museum in Montpelier, Ohio depicting the role three gentlemen had…
The Origins of Wind Chill
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/02/2026-0306-Wind-Chill.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The term is used countless times each winter yet most of us don’t know where it originated. It turns out…
A Tribute to Sybil Ludington
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/02/2026-0305-Sybil-Ludington-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Along the New York – Connecticut border you’ll find a statue in tribute to Sybil Ludington. Perhaps you’ve not heard…
Another Famous Ride
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/02/2026-0304-Sybil-Ludington-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You’ve probably heard of Paul Revere’s ride that took place in April of 1775 to warn citizens of soldiers advancing…
Colonel Sanders Sheds a Tear
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/02/2026-0303-Colonel-Sanders-FFA-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He said it was perhaps the greatest moment of his life. So what was it that made Colonel Sanders shed…
Dinner With Colonel Sanders
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/02/2026-0302-Colonel-Sanders-FFA-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)We’ve all seen the image of Colonel Sanders on the many restaurants that are his legacy. Now image you had…
More Than An Ordinary Painting
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/02/2026-0227-Craig-Colorado-History-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In Craig, Colorado you’ll find a beautiful painting of a cowboy on horseback crossing a stream. The painting has quite…
The Queen of the Cattle Rustlers
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/02/2026-0226-Craig-Colorado-History-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Ranching in the late 1800s could be a difficult life. One item that made it even more challenging here was…
Rosenwald Schools
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/02/2026-0225-West-Columbia-Texas-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)They are called Rosenwald Schools. They were in part founded by a man who gave the equivalent of a billion…
A Capital You May Have Never Heard Of
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/02/2026-0224-West-Columbia-Texas-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When Texas became an independent nation from Mexico in 1836, it needed a location for a capital. That first spot…
A Prime Spot to Settle
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/02/2026-0223-West-Columbia-Texas-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When Mexico gained independence from Spain, today’s state of Texas was a prime spot for some American citizens to settle. …
Museum of Northwest Colorado
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/02/2026-0220-Museum-of-Northwest-Colorado.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)By the late 1800s most locations in this country had access to rail services. There might still be a short…
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/02/2026-0219-International-Owl-Center-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You’ve perhaps heard of the wise old owl. But are owls really that wise? And where did we get the…
Small Ideas Turning Into a Larger Thing
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/02/2026-0218-International-Owl-Center-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Sometimes a small idea turns into a very large thing. That was the case in the town of Houston, Minnesota. …
A Lifetime of Intricate Work
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/02/2026-0217-Warther-Wood-Carving-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In Dover, Ohio you will find a collection of masterpieces. They are carved scenes, mostly tied to the railroad, that…
Starting With a Rusty Knife
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/02/2026-0216-Warther-Wood-Carving-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Ernest Warther was just a young boy in charge of keeping an eye on the cows. What he did while…
Eve Bowring
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/02/2026-0213-Eve-Bowring.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)She served as Nebraska’s first female U.S. Senator. She also managed a large sandhills ranch and had quite a collection…
The Bowring Ranch
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/02/2026-0212-Bowring-Ranch-Nebraska.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In northern Nebraska you’ll find a Sandhills ranch that dates to the late 1800s. The couple who lived here met…
The Churchill Memorial
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/02/2026-0211-Churchill-Fulton-Memorial-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine a building project that involved moving 7000 large stones across the Atlantic Ocean to reconstruct a building that was…
Where the Words Were Delivered
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/02/2026-0210-Churchill-Fulton-Memorial-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most of us after heard of the phrase, “the iron curtain” to describe the communist countries of eastern Europe during…
