Author: andrew
Scenic Route 14: The North Dakota Boy and the Top of the World
Carl Ben Eielson grew up in North Dakota, but his aviation career took him much further north than that. The latest edition of The Scenic…
Beyond Bismarck: Five Fun Visits in North Dakota
Some may think North Dakota has few places to explore. I have found quite the opposite. While cities such as Fargo, Grand Forks and Bismarck…
Scenic Route 13: Paula Neuman Gris
On this edition of The Scenic Route, Andrew talks to Paula Neuman Gris, who was just three years old when her family was broken up…
More on Lake Bemidji
Wednesday’s show featured information on the statue of Paul Bunyan and Babe, his trusty blue ox sidekick, on the shores of Lake Bemidji. That’s a…
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…
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…