Author: Tom
The Life of Sheriff Buford Pusser
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/05/14May13-Bufford-Pusser-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)If you’ve ever seen the movie “Walking Tall” then you know part of the story of Sheriff Buford Pusser. He…
Protecting a President
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/05/13May13-Presidential-Limo-Museum-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)After delivering a speech at the Washington Hilton Hotel, President Ronald Regan was hit by a bullet fired by John…
President Kennedy’s Bubbletop Car
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/10May13-Presidential-Limo-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)You may have heard people say that President Kennedy would have never been assassinated in Dallas if he ordered the…
A Luxurious and Secure Automobile Collection
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/09May13-Presidential-Limo-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Today we begin a three part series on one of the most luxurious and secure automobiles in America – the…
A Great Collection of Buildings
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/08May13-Henry-Ford-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)The birthplace of America is often considered to be Independence Hall, the site of the signing of the Declaration of…
Three Men – One Amazing Museum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/07May13-Henry-Ford-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Edison, Ford and Firestone. They are some of the best known inventors and businessmen of the 20th century. But not…
Lava Beds National Monument
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/06May13-Lava-Tubes-National-Park.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)In this barren stretch of the West, you can find the landscape scarred by the lava from thousands of years…
The Battle of Boonville
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/03May13-Battle-of-Booneville.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)As you may know, we do all of our stories from the actual location where they occur. While we did…
Own Your Own Railroad
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/06/Moberly-Missouri-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB) Ever dream of owing your own railroad? Well, now you have the next best thing–you can rent a railroad…
The Home of the Buffalo Bill Show
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/01May13-Buffalo-Bill-Show-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)In 1883 Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show debuted in Omaha. Much of the practice and many of the performers were…
A Wild West Traveling Show
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/30Apr13-Buffalo-Bill-Show-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)It was a national and international hit…a traveling show that captivated audiences with scenes from the wild west. Most people…
The Streetcars of New Orleans
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/29Apr13-New-Orleans-Streetcar.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In many cities taxies, busses and subways may be the best ways to get around town if you don’t have…
A Visit to a Cemetery
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/26Apr13-New-Orleans-Cemetery.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)A couple of centuries ago this city had problems with caskets rising with the water and floating down the streets….
Wrenched From a Mother’s Arms
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/25Apr13-Holocaust-Survivor-Search-Kreisberger-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine a scene in which a boy is wrenched from a mother’s arms…and is headed for certain death. No doubt…
A Diet of Chocolate and Potatoes
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/24Apr13-Holocaust-Survivor-Search-Kreisberger-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)A diet of chocolate and potatoes is probably not the most balanced ration one can eat…but during World War II…it…
A Story of Survival
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/23Apr13-Holocaust-Survivor-Search-Kreisberger-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)As World War II began, Search Kreisberger and his family struggled just to survive. His miraculous story of holocaust survival…..
Surviving the Holocaust of World War II
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/22Apr13-Holocaust-Survivor-Search-Kreisberger-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)His city bounced from one country’s control to another during World War II. No matter who was in control…this young…
A Company With a Different Beginning
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/19Apr13-3M-Two-Harbors-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Roll back the clock to the late 1800s and the people of Two Harbor, Minnesota would tell you this company…
A New Variety of Diet
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/18Apr13-3M-Two-Harbors-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)There are many people that tout a variety of diet plans. We may have a new idea to add to…
The Need for More Lighthouses
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/17Apr13-3M-Two-Harbors-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)It’s been over a century since one major storm hit the shores of western Lake Superior. However the twenty plus…