http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/06Jun14-Methodist-Museum.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)If you do something the same way day after day, you might be said to have a method to your…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/05Jun14-Roy-Hawthorne-Navajo-Codetalker-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Roy Hawthorne had three brothers who had already volunteered for the Army.  So when Roy was 17, he too joined…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/04Jun14-Roy-Hawthorne-Navajo-Codetalker-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Our series with Navajo codetalker, Roy Hawthorne continues today.  Remember, you can hear the full interview on the Scenic Route…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/03Jun14-Roy-Hawthorne-Navajo-Codetalker-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)When World War II began, many men here in Navajo country volunteered for the armed forces.  Some of those men…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/02Jun14-Roy-Hawthorne-Navajo-Codetalker-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This week you’ll be hearing a series of programs with World War II Navajo codetalker, Roy Hawthorne.  You can also…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/30May14-Johnstown-Flood-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)It was an American disaster that was hard to imagine. A giant flood and an immense fire were destroying a…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/Navaho-Code-Talker-Roy-Hawthorne.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:01:24 — 42.2MB)Beginning in 1942, Navajo men began using their native language to send coded messages in combat during World War II. …

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/29May14-Johnstown-Flood-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)It was a story of miraculous heroism among a story of deep tragedy.  125 years ago a wall of water…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/28May14-Johnstown-Flood-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)When 51 inches falls on an area in one month…well, it’s likely there’s going to be problems. Here, those problems…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/27May14-Johnstown-Flood-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)It was one of the worst disasters in American history…the break of the south fork dam that created the great…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/26May14-Arlington-Army-Ladies.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)On Memorial Day we remember our loved ones, but these ladies recognize our fallen soldiers this weekend and every day…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/23May14-The-Lone-Ranger.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB) No matter your age, you’ve most likely heard of the Lone Ranger, his horse Silver and his faithful Indian…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/22May14-Bass-Reeves-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Perhaps you’ve heard the phrase, “Wanted, Dead or Alive!”  It certainly was used on some occasions, but near Ft. Smith,…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/21May14-Bass-Reeves-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)If a fugitive is captured, they are usually transported to a jail to await a hearing before a court of…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/20May14-Bass-Reeves-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)He was one of the first African American U.S. marshalls in the nation.   His reputation as a crack shot…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/19May14-Law-In-the-Indian-Territory.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)In Ft. Smith, Arkansas you can find the courtroom where Judge Issac Parker used to preside.  It was a place…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/04/16May14-Uranium-Mine-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)It’s a museum with its mine underneath the floor – an unusual, but effective idea on promoting the industry that…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/04/15May14-Uranium-Mine-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)Many mining booms begin quite by chance. That was the case about 100 miles west of Albuquerque. However, the mineral…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/04/14May14-Holbrook-Petroglyphs-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)I’ve always enjoyed the chance to view Native American petroglyphs.  The ancient rock writing is fascinating, but it’s hard to…