Author: Tom
A Strange Meeting
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/09/26Sep14-Brandywine-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was a strange meeting – a British general requested the assistance of an American signer of the Declaration of…
A Battle Lost But An Army Respected
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/09/25Sep14-Brandywine-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was a place the new American nation lost, yet won – a battlefield where they stood ground for six consecutive…
The Battle of Brandywine
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/09/24Sep14-Brandywine-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the first years of the American Revolution, General Washington lost many battles, but he always survived to fight another day. …
Going To A Stranger’s Home for a Free Meal
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/09/23Sep14-Hobo-Day-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you showed up at a strangers’ home and asked for a free meal, they might slam the door in…
A Unique Homecoming Theme
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/09/22Sep14-Hobo-Day-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many high schools and colleges pick a theme for their football homecoming. In Brookings, South Dakota the theme remains the same…perhaps…
A Symbol of Freedom and Equality
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/09/19Sep14-Birmingham-Civil-Rights-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s a church that symbolized the march for freedom and equality, yet it’s a site of blood spilled in the…
A Place Dubbed Bombingham
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/09/18Sep14-Birmingham-Civil-Rights-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was time for change, but for those who spoke out, their life was in grave danger, in a place…
Passionate for the Cause
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/09/17Sep14-Birmingham-Civil-Rights-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The attack on this pastor’s home was meant to kill him. Instead, it inspired him. In fact, those who wanted…
The Life of a Winemaker
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/09/16Sep14-California-Organic-Winemaker-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Just as a chef might experiment with many ingredients to find the perfect dish, a winemaker works with a multitude of…
A Unique California Vineyard
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/09/15Sep14-California-Organic-Winemaker-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The state of California has great diversity in its agriculture. Part of that industry is it’s thriving vineyards and wineries…
If You Build It, They Will Come–Two Grand Hotels
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/08/12Sep14-French-Lick-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)In the movie “Field of Dreams”, a farmer builds a baseball field in the middle of his corn field. Perhaps the…
A Famous Front Porch
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/08/11Sep14-French-Lick-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Many homes have a front porch. It can be a place to relax and simply enjoy the outdoors. In this town,…
Trophies From the Game of Basketball
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/08/10Sep14-Larry-Bird-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most museums will put the artifacts behind glass, not to be touched. Sure it’s interesting to look, but it might…
The Birthplace of a Basketball Legend
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/08/09Sep14-Larry-Bird-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many of our towns and cities have people that we look up to. Perhaps they aren’t known to the rest of…
The Birthplace of Stephen Douglas
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/08/08Sep14-Stephen-Douglas-Birthplace.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Abraham Lincoln led the country through the Civil War, but it was this man who defeated him for the Senate…
Keep Your Clothes On! Inside Gadsby’s Tavern
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/08/05Sep14-Gadsbys-Tavern-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine staying in a hotel that encouraged you to sleep with your clothes and shoes on so that you could make…
A Tavern With a Rich History
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/08/04Sep14-Gadsbys-Tavern-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Many of the homes and businesses in Alexandria, Virginia can trace their history to the founding of the nation. That’s true…
El Cuartelejo
Near Kansas’ border with Colorado you can find a place called El Cuartelejo. It’s the ruins of an ancient home who’s occupants were on the run from…
Pueblo Dwellings in Kansas
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/08/02Sep14-Scott-City-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)In western Kansas you can find the foundations for an old Native American settlement. Perhaps that doesn’t seem too out of…
A Natural Wonder of Kansas
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/08/01Sep14-Monument-Rocks.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It’s one of the natural wonders of Kansas. A place of white spires rising from the prairie plains that have been…
