http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/22Nov12-USS-Constellation.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:31 — 1.1MB)She was built in 1854, and 100 years later, she was still serving in the US Navy…..

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/21Nov12-Arbor-Day-Farm-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:29 — 1.1MB)Today corn and soybeans can be used for much more than just a food and feed ingredient for people and…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/19Nov12-Dawson-Dolly.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:31 — 1.2MB)Skagway, Alaska has a wealth of history from its gold mining days. One of the personalities who shares that story…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/20Nov12-Arbor-Day-Farm-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:30 — 1.1MB)You probably know this gentleman’s son for the salt company he founded that bears his name.  But the father was…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/16Nov12-Hulaville.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:29 — 1.1MB)Most people think you need to go to Hawaii to see hula girls.  Not so.  In fact, it was one…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/11/15Nov12-Salt-Pepper-Museum.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:33 — 1.2MB)We sometimes bill our program as a slice of Americana…and today’s broadcast certainly fills that theme. We visit with a…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/14Nov12-Victorville-California.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:29 — 1.1MB)When trains and cars made their way westward to Los Angeles, they encountered an obstacle between San Bernardino and Barstow….

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/13Nov12-Hunter-Dawson.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:30 — 2.3MB)In the days just ahead of the Civil War, one prominent young lady in New Madrid, Missouri built a grand…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/12Nov12-Union-Station-Chocolate.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:32 — 2.3MB)For 90% of this agricultural product’s history, it was used as a drink.  People certainly still drink it today, but…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/11/09Nov12-Catoctin-Mountain-Park-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:33 — 1.2MB)People have long recognized this spot as a way to get away from it all.  During the Roosevelt administration, the…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/08Nov12-Nanibajou-Lodge-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:29 — 1.1MB)Pick a paint color or new carpet for your home and it will probably fade over time.  However, the paint…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/07Nov12-Nanibajou-Lodge-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:30 — 1.1MB)Babe Ruth and Jack Dempsey were members of this exclusive club, yet they may have never set foot here.  It’s…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/06Nov12-Voting-2012.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:31 — 1.2MB)One of our greatest American freedoms is the power to vote.  You may think one ballot may not mean much,…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/04Nov12-Lincoln-Log-Cabin-Slavery-Case.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:29 — 1.1MB)Abraham Lincoln is known as the great emancipator, a champion of ending slavery in the United States.  However, in the…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/02Nov12-Double-Decker-Outhouse.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:30 — 1.1MB)Outhouses built before the ear of indoor plumbing are becoming hard to find.  Now try finding a double-decker outhouse.  That…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/10/31Oct12-Spook-Light.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)People like to have answers, and perhaps that’s what makes this phenomena so interesting. There seems to be no explaining…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/10/30Oct12-Circus-Museum.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:31 — 2.3MB)It all began with Albert, Otto, Alfred, Charles, and John. Without their last names, those first names might not mean…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/29Oct12-Joe-and-Aggies-Restaurant.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:29 — 1.1MB)If you own a restaurant that’s been in business for over 70 years, you’re probably doing some very good cooking!…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/26Oct12-Island-Mound-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:30 — 1.1MB)You may have never heard of the Battle of Island Mound.  However, what occurred there in the fall of 1862…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/25Oct12-Island-Mound-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:29 — 1.1MB)Where did the first former slaves take up arms and fight with the Union army?  You may be surprised to…