Author: Tom
Illegal Americans in Mexico?
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/28Mar16-Sutters-Fort-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)California had an immigration problem. There were simply too many Americans coming to Mexico illegally. Sounds strange today, but that’s…
John Sutter
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/25Mar16-Sutters-Fort-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)If it were not for this Captain of the Swiss Guard, the history of California might be much different. Never…
Inventing a New Persona
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/24Mar16-Sutters-Fort-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)The right title can open doors sometimes closed to an average person. So what do you do if you don’t…
California or Bust!
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/23Mar16-Sutters-Fort-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He had California on his mind but he had a lot of trouble getting there. It was an adventure that…
Albert the Bull
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/22Mar16-Albert-the-Bull-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)He is the biggest of his kind and you certainly won’t miss him if you drive into Audobon, Iowa. He’s…
Operation T-Bone
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/21Mar16-Albert-the-Bull-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s called Operation T-Bone and for over six decades it’s had an impact on west central Iowa. It’s a mission…
The Incident at Whitman Mission
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/18Mar16-Walla-Walla-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)By the end of 1847, the Cayuse Tribe had lost half of their members due to a measles outbreak. The…
The Measles Outbreak of 1847
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/17Mar16-Walla-Walla-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In 1847 there was a measles outbreak in Oregon country. The disease hit both whites and natives, but the death…
The Whitman’s of Walla Walla
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/16Mar16-Walla-Walla-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)As white settlers moved westward, missionaries often moved ahead of them. Their faithful goal was to evangelize to the native…
What’s in a Name? Walla Walla!
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/15Mar16-Walla-Walla-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:03 — 2.1MB)It’s one of the most unique city names in the nation: Walla Walla, Washington. So what’s behind the name?
A Very Large Museum to Industry
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/14Mar16-Sloss-Furnaces-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s the kind of place kids would love to climb around, on and through. It’s also a place that tells…
Building Rails, Building Fortunes
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/11Mar16-Sloss-Furnaces-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)It’s hard to imagine today’s largest city in Alabama didn’t even exist at the time of the Civil War. However,…
The Los Islenos Museum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/10Mar16-St-Bernard-Parish-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine moving from a place of volcanic rock and only two inches of rain per year, to a swamp. It’s…
A Place Not on the Way to Anywhere
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/09Mar16-St-Bernard-Parish-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)St. Bernard Parish is not on the way to anywhere. And that fact, makes this story one to be told…
Colonists from the Canaries
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/08Mar16-St-Bernard-Parish-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Where did the bulk of the early settlers east of New Orleans originally call home? The answer will probably surprise…
Keeping Out the British
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/07Mar16-St-Bernard-Parish-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When Spain acquired New Orleans and the Louisiana Territory, they had several challenges. One of the biggest was finding folks…
More Than a Winner on the Field
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/04Mar16-Boys-Town-6.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)The goal of just about every coach is to win a game. That certainly true of this coach, but he’ll…
Turning a Team Into a Winner
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/03Mar16-Boys-Town-5.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)When this coach took over his new team, they hadn’t won a game the season prior. In his first season…
Coaching At Boys Town
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/02Mar16-Boys-Town-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)Kevin Kush grew up with the game of football, and today football remains a big part of his life. However,…
Home Away From Home
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/01Mar16-Boys-Town-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s a home away from home…a place to come when homelife has a formidable set of challenges that keeps a…