Author: Tom
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/04/16Apr15-Nicholas-Beazley-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)In the 1920, this was the largest commercial pilots school in the world. So large, other nation’s such as Chine…
What Started As 75 Box Cars Led to This…
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/04/15Apr15-Nicholas-Beazley-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)When Russell Nicholas came home from World War I, he wanted to begin his own business. He ended up purchasing…
150 Years Since the Assassination of Lincoln
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/04/14Apr15-Fords-Theater.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s been 150 years since John Wilkes Booth shot President Abraham Lincoln. Today, we go to the site of the…
Santa Anna’s Leg
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/04/13Apr15-Santa-Annas-Leg.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)It’s been over 150 years since Illinois soldiers faced Santa Ana in the Mexican War. However traces of that battle…
An Unusual Field Trip
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/10Apr15-Ernest-Muncreif.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many schools take field trips this time of the year. They are usually a fun event for students to get…
The Surrender of Lee at Appomattox
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/09Apr15-Appamatox-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)After four years of Civil War the conflict had claimed over 630,000 lives. It was time to begin the long…
The Place Where the Final Chapter of the Civil War Began
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/08Apr15-Appamatox-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most Americans know it as the place where the Civil War ended. Although that is not technically true…it is still…
Behind the Life of America’s Most Famous Architect
Ask an American who is the most famous architect in their country’s history and this man’s name is probably at the top of the list….
Abraham Lincoln’s Furthest West Visit
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/06Apr15-Troy-Kansas-Lincoln-Visit.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)People often associate Abraham Lincoln with the states of Illinois or perhaps his birthplace in Kentucky. But what state is…
A Work of Art for Every State
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/03Apr15-Troy-Kansas-Peter-Toth-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)To some, they resemble totem poles, but the works of art are more modern and quite intricate. At least one…
Peter Toth’s Lasting Impression
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/02Apr15-Troy-Kansas-Peter-Toth-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)Peter Toth was just a boy when his family was forced to leave Hungary. The event left a lasting impression…
Inside A Titan II Missle Silo
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/01Apr15-Titan-Missle-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)In the 1980s there were 54 Titan II missile silos across the U.S. Those missile carried the largest land-based nuclear…
Standing Alert
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/31March15-Titan-Missle-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)They were some of the largest and most devastating weapons ever developed and today we visit with a lady who…
An Interview Underground
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/30Mar15-Titan-Missle-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Over the year’s we’ve done some of our interviews underground. That’s the case for today’s feature…situated on “level seven” of…
Chiricuhua National Monument
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/08Mar15-Chiricuhua-National-Monument-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Southeastern Arizona has been a place for ranchers to graze cattle for well over a century. However, one ranch family…
Stone Spires Rising Into the Sky
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/05Mar15-Tombstone-Arizona-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It’s a place of amazing natural beauty, with stone spires rising high into the sky. It’s also a place of…
A Place of Respect
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/05Mar15-Tombstone-Arizona-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Many would consider this cemetery to be a tourist attraction. Yet it doesn’t charge admission and is a place of…
A Place Called Boot Hill
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/03Mar15-Tombstone-Arizona-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)There are several cemeteries in the west called “Boot Hill.” That’s because many of the dead died with their boots…
Tomahawk Throwing
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/12/02Mar15-Tomahawk-Maker-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Perhaps you’ve seen a circus side show or an old Western where people threw tomahawks for sport. It’s a competition…
Well Known For Craftsmanship
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/12/27Feb15-Tomahawk-Maker-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)This young man began his enterprise at the age of only ten…and now, just a few years out of high…