Author: Tom
A Trip Off the Beaten Path
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/25Jun15-Grand-Coulee-Dam-2015.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It is the largest hydroelectric dam in the nation…spanning just a few feet shy of one mile across and over…
The 1930’s Largest Lake in the World
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/24Jun15-Lake-of-the-Ozarks-2015.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)In the 1930s it became the largest lake in the world…and interestingly, that record setter was nestled in the undeveloped…
Possibly the Only Expert in the World
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/23Jun15-Hair-Museum-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)If you have a valuable heirloom you’d like to sell, you might see an expert appraiser to assess its value….
Curator of A Unique Museum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/22Jun15-Hair-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)You might not picture our founding fathers wearing broaches or other jewelry. However, this lady says it’s just one of…
An Odd Method of Tracking A Family History
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/19Jun15-Hair-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Today many people like to trace their family tree. Before the age of photos and computerized records, there was another…
An Airplane Born From Tragedy
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/17Jun15-Strategic-Air-Museum-Pilot-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It’s a plane that was born from tragedy, and interesting, a plane that would go on to haul millions of…
Living in Death Valley
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/16Jun15-Death-Valley-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Very few people have attempted to live inside Death Valley National Park, but one that did built one of the…
The 20 Mule Team
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/15Jun15-Death-Valley-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Some of you might remember 20 mule team borax and the old episodes of the Death Valley TV show. Today…
How Death Valley Earned Its Name
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/12Jun15-Death-Valley-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Because Death Valley is such a difficult environment to support plant and animal life…most suppose that is how it earned…
Zig-Zagging Down the Runway
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/18Jun15-Strategic-Air-Museum-Pilot-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)The first time Don tried to fly this plane, he must have appeared to be a drunk pilot, for his…
A Place of Beauty and Danger
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/11Jun15-Death-Valley-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)On the border of California and Nevada you will find a place that has daunted countless travelers for the past…
Walk the Streets of a Fictional Town
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/10Jun15-Old-Tuscon-Studios-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Many movie greats have walked the streets of this fictional town, and you can too. It’s a story that has…
Building Homes and Movie Stars
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/0Jun15-Old-Tuscon-Studios-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It’s tough to find someone skilled in building an adobe home. So this movie studio called on some experts who…
A Town Built for Hollywood
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/08Jun15-Old-Tuscon-Studios-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It the early days of movies, most were shot on lots in Hollywood, but one of the first ventures outside…
A Boom Town Called Tombstone
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/05Jun15-Tombstone-Courthouse-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)In the 1880’s, stagecoaches brought dozens of people each day to a boom town called Tombstone. But it was a…
Dig Your Grave When You Get There
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/04Jun15-Tombstone-Courthouse-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)When this man set out to find his fortune he was told he’d need to dig his grave when he…
Demonstrating a New Rifle at the White House
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/03Jun15-Spencer-Rifle.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Imagine that you had developed a new type of rifle that could helpful to the US Military. How would you…
The World’s Greatest Athlete
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/02Jun15-Jim-Thorpe.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)In 1912, he was proclaimed “The World’s Greatest Athlete” and some of his Olympic records stood two decades later. He…
Bartering Is What Built the Place
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/01Jun15-Buckhorn-Saloon.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)When people can’t pay cash for items they want, they may try to barter. That’s what this saloon did, and…
From the Field to the Press Box
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/29May15-Rex-Hudler-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)His major league career spanned over 20 seasons and even included a stint in Japan. He’s still a part of…
