Author: Tom
Escaping a POW Camp in the Midwest
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/12/19Dec14-Algona-POW-Camp-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)If a soldier is taken as a prisoner of war, they may try to escape to freedom. That was the…
Enemy Soldiers Working the Fields of Home
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/12/18Dec14-Algona-POW-Camp-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Imagine the pain of losing a son or daughter who was fighting in a war. Now imagine hiring one of…
A Shortage of Labor at Home During World War II
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/12/17Dec14-Algona-POW-Camp-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)When young men went to fight in Europe and the Pacific during World War II, many communities were left with…
Experiencing World War II In a Unique Way
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/12/16Dec14-Algona-POW-Camp-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)During World War II, some U.S. communities experienced the conflict in a unique way. They became the homes for foreign…
Farming Taro
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/14Dec14-Hawaii-Taro-Farmer-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)We have all heard of corn and soybeans, but most of us are not familiar with taro. However, go to…
A Sixth Generation Farm in Hawaii
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/12Dec14-Hawaii-Taro-Farmer-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Some long-time ag operations in the U.S. are designated as Century Farms. Family members have been stewards of those acres…
Martial Law Following Pearl Harbor
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/11Dec14-Pearl-Harbor-Jimmy-Lee-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)When we think of Pearl Harbor during World War II, we often focus on just the events of December 1941. …
Witness To Pearl Harbor
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/10Dec14-Pearl-Harbor-Jimmy-Lee-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)The December 7th attack on Pearl Harbor cost the lives of over 2000 American servicemen and women. Over half of…
On The Banks of Pearl Harbor
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/09Dec14-Pearl-Harbor-Jimmy-Lee.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Jimmy Lee’s family lived on the banks of Pearl Harbor. As a kid, one of his jobs was feeding their…
A Unique Tie to the Family Farm
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/08Dec14-Berkley-Plantation-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Malcolm Jameson’s family has a unique tie to their family farm. It all began with a grandfather who fought on…
Calls to Start and End the Day
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/05Dec14-Berkley-Plantation-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Any good bugler knows to play Reveille in the morning, Taps in the evening. But how did those calls become…
Keep Your Comments Brief – Or Else!
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/04Dec14-Berkley-Plantation-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Public speakers are often warned to keep their comments brief. Long windedness can bore an audience…or even worse it might…
The Sand Creek Masacre
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/03Dec14-Sand-Creek-Masacre-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s been 150 years since a massacre on the high plains angered a nation. The subsequent military investigations showed that…
A Sad Chapter in American History
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/02Dec14-Sand-Creek-Masacre-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)While U.S. troops fought Confederate forces in the eastern half of the country, troops on the high plains were concerned…
High Tensions Far From War
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/01Dec14-Sand-Creek-Masacre-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most of the battles during the Civil War were fought east of the Mississippi River. However, today we take you…
The First Thanksgiving Feast
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/28Nov14-Berkley-Plantation.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You may have thought Thanksgiving dates back to the pilgrims of Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts, but this place claims to…
The Butterball Turkey Talkline
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/27Nov14-Turkey-Talkline.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You’ve heard from her before, but considering the way some of us cook, maybe you should listen again. If your…
A November Pardon for the Birds
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/26Nov14-Turkey-Pardon.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s one of the most controversial decisions that can be made in the legal system. The end of November has…
A Trip to Joe & Aggie’s Cafe
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/25Nov14-Joe-Aggies-Cafe.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we’re at Joe & Aggie’s café, a restaurant that’s been serving up great meals for over 70 years now…
The Wigwam Hotel
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/24Nov14-Wigwam-Hotel.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you, your kids or even your grand kids have seen the movie Cars, then you probably remember the Cozy…
