Author: Tom
The Battle of Island Mound
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/21Nov14-Battle-of-Island-Mound.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)You may have never heard of the Battle of Island Mound, However the skirmish that took place here is still remembered…
Recruiting Students for Careers in Agriculture
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/20Nov14-Corey-Flournoy-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you were recruiting students for careers in agriculture, a large city might be the last place you’d think to make…
An Unlikely Choice for FFA President
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/19Nov14-Corey-Flournoy-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Twenty years ago a the Future Farmers of America made an unlikely choice for their national president…for his years were spent…
Life Without Limbs
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/18Nov14-Life-Without-Limbs-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He’s a nationally known speaker who will never experience his knees shaking or his palms sweating. That’s because he has…
A Life with No Arms or Legs
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/17Nov14-Life-Without-Limbs-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine living in a world where you had no arms or legs. Some might say it’s a life not worth living. …
Dressing For Success
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/14Nov14-Tyson-CEO-Donnie-Smith-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)How should you dress for work? It’s a question many businesses must address with their employees. Here, the answer may seem…
Influencing People in Agriculture
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/13Nov14-Tyson-CEO-Donnie-Smith-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:57 — 2.0MB)How do you influence people in agriculture? To some, it may seem like an odd question. However the answer is one…
Dreams of Becoming a Vet
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/12Nov14-Tyson-CEO-Donnie-Smith-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:57 — 2.0MB)He had dreams of becoming a vet, and while that did not come true, his work today is certainly a position…
Rounding Up the Island Herd
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/11Nov14-2014-Antelope-Island-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)Every fall there is a round-up of the herd here just outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. You can even…
Grazing Animals on an Island
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/10Nov14-2014-Antelope-Island-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)Until the 1960s, ranchers took animals by a barge from the mainland to this island for grazing. The vast rangeland…
Oceanfront Property in Arizona
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/10/07Nov14-Yuma-Arizona-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)George Strait once sang that he had some oceanfront property in Arizona and if you’d buy that he’d throw the…
A Bridge in the Desert
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/10/06Nov14-Yuma-Arizona-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Before bridges crossed rivers, communities often relied upon ferries to carry people and supplies. In some cases, those ferry operators…
A Trip to Yuma, Arizona
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/10/05Nov14-Yuma-Arizona-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Yuma, Arizona is in the Sonora dessert. The annual average rainfall is about three inches per year. So it is…
The Largest of Indian Mounds
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/10/04Nov14-Kahokia-Mounds-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:57 — 2.0MB)We’ve probably all heard of Indian mounds scattered throughout parts of North America. Here just east of present day St. Louis…
The Largest City
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/10/03Nov14-Kahokia-Mounds-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:57 — 2.0MB)Before there was a United States of America, this was the largest city within it’s modern boundaries. In fact, it’s size…
One of the Most Sobering Stories of World War II
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/10/31Oct14-USS-Indianapolis-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When Japan surrendered to the U.S., Americans rejoiced to know that the conflict was coming to an end. Buried in the…
One of the Worst Disasters in US Naval History
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/10/30Oct14-USS-Indianapolis-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was one of the worst disasters at sea in U.S. naval history. The loss of life combined with the horrific…
Top Secret Cargo Across the Pacific
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/10/29Oct14-USS-Indianapolis-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)As August of 1945 neared, one ship took a top secret cargo across the Pacific. But for the men of the…
One of the Most Important Stories of Survival Ever Told
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/10/28Oct14-USS-Indianapolis-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)He grew up in the heart of the Midwest, but during world war II, his life at sea would become one…
Success At An Early Age
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/10/27Oct14-Major-General-Arnold-Fields-2014.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Major General Arnold Fields spent 34 years in the Marines. He attributes much of his success to an organization known…
