Author: Tom
Watching the Ships Pass By
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/15Oct15-Soo-Locks-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)The ships here are moving so slowly, it’s sometime difficult to tell if they are in fact moving at all. …
Overcoming Big Obstacles
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/14Oct15-Soo-Locks-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Before highways crisscrossed this nation, rivers often provided the best road to move cargo and passengers. But some of those…
The Spanish Treasure Cave
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/13Oct15-Spanish-Treasure-Cave.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)In the years following Columbus’ voyage to the new world, other Europeans followed, some with ideas of conquering native American…
The Roots of the Family Tree
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/12Oct15-Mayflower-Society-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Some people enjoy tracing their family tree. A few may even trace their ancestors back to the founding of the…
The General Society of Mayflower Descendents
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/09Oct15-Mayflower-Society-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Visitors to Plymouth, Massachusetts are often fascinated with the history of the Pilgrims who landed here. But some have a…
A Famous Tunnel
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/08Oct15-Dalton-Gang-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There is a very famous tunnel running beneath the surface of a barnyard in Meade, Kansas. It was built in…
The Other Dalton Children
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/07Oct15-Dalton-Gang-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)The infamous Dalton Gang robbed individuals and businesses in the Midwest during the early 1890s. But not all of the…
Survival in the Cold
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/06Oct15-Prudhoe-Bay-Animals-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Human beings need to keep their body temperature close to 98 degrees in order to survive. So finding an animal…
The Warmest Coat
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/05Oct15-Prudhoe-Bay-Animals-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Animals that live in extreme cold of course have a heavy blanket of fur or hair to keep them warm. …
Camp Floyd
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/02Oct15-Camp-Floyd.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:57 — 2.0MB)For three years, 3500 soldiers served alongside one another in Utah Territory. It was the largest military outpost in the…
The Only Remaining Packard Showroom
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/09/01Oct15-Packard-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Name your favorite brand of car and you can probably find a dealership within a reasonable distance of your home. …
The Luxury Car of the 20th Century
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/30Sep15-Packard-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:57 — 2.0MB)It was the luxury car of the first half of the 20th century. Today the company is gone, but the…
Positioning A Product
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/29Sep15-Cherry-Farmer-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:56 — 2.0MB)Many Americans are growing more concerned about their health and diet. That means this farmer has to put some thought…
A Crop Nearly Everyone Enjoys
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/28Sep15-Cherry-Farmer-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:57 — 2.0MB)Ben LaCrosse grows a crop just about everyone enjoys. However, it’s a crop that is difficult to harvest and one…
Running the Buses Below Zero
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/25Sep15-Prudhoe-Bay-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Sometimes the snow blows or the chill sets in and it’s just too miserable to have school. However, here, the…
Headed to Prudhoe Bay on the Ice Road
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/24Sep15-Prudhoe-Bay-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you’ve seen the show Ice Road Truckers, then there’s a good chance you’ve witnessed a part of the story…
The End of the Road in Alaska
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/23Sep15-Prudhoe-Bay-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we head north, to the end of the road in Alaska. That means traveling up the Dalton Hwy to…
An Alaskan Dairy
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/22Sep15-Havemiester-Dairy-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)This family’s dairy herd is not large when compared to the nation. They joke that to get repairs for their…
The First Farmers to Come to Alaska
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/21Sep15-Havemiester-Dairy-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some of the first farmers in Alaska came here in the 1930s. They were called colonists and many picked up…
The Most Visited Area of the Fair
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/18Sep15-Alaska-State-Fair-Vegetable-Superintendant-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)What’s the most visited area of a state fair? Here it’s the crops department. It may sound unusual until you…
