Month: July 2013
Native American Portraits
What on the surface may appear to be just a bunch of paintings of important Native American leaders, is actually a very rare and well-known…
Visiting St. Joseph, Mo.
We’ve spent a lot of time in historic St. Joseph, Missouri, over the past week. If any of our shows piqued your interested and have…
Fashion from Three Hundred Years Ago
You may believe the fashions of two hundred and three hundred years ago was drab and uninspiring. Come to this museum and you will find…
Adding to the Show-Me State
When the state of Missouri was first established, it was missing what is today its northwest corner of six counties. This was a well-known prairie,…
Civil War Deaths Off the Battlefield
Many soldiers died in the Civil War to things uncommon today. Simple adjustments in sanitation and cleanliness were a big part of that story. Today we take…
Raising the Civil War Death Toll
In recent years, the casualty estimates from the Civil War have been raised. Joe Houts says there’s a good reason for it, and his great-great grandfather’s…
Medicine in the Civil War
Most of us would do good just to know the name of our great, great grandfather. Joe Houts not only knows his name, but could write…
History’s First House Flipper?
Imagine building a grand, castle-like home for your wife, only to have her grow tired of it just a few years after moving in. No…
The St. Joe Seven: Great Experiences In One of the Midwest’s Most Historic Towns
All this week, The American Countryside is in St. Joseph, Missouri. I’ve been around St. Joe for most of my life and here are seven…
Video: St. Joe’s Early Entrepreneur
The latest American Countryside video features St. Joseph, Missouri, and one of its early entrepreneurs. William Wyeth helped outfit settlers as they headed west from…