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Nashville’s Downtown Presbyterian Church
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/03/21Mar12-Nashville-Presbyterian-Church-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:55 — 1.3MB)There has been a church at this site for about two centuries now. At lot has happened during that time…
Nashville’s Egyptian Style Church
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/03/20Mar12-Nashville-Presbyterian-Church-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:55 — 1.3MB)It may seem odd to find an Egyptian style building in downtown Nashville. The story become even more unique when…
Counseling Others About Ag Business
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/03/19Mar12-Sarah-Aubrey.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:57 — 1.4MB)Many farmers have considered beginning their own small business that might sell ag products directly to consumers. There are many…
Great Acoustics
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/03/16Mar12-Ryman-Auditorium-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:56 — 1.3MB)The Mormon Tabernacle is regarded as having the best acoustics in the nation. What place ranks second? It’s a place…
The Union Gospel Tabernacle
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/03/15Mar12-Ryman-Auditorium-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:56 — 1.3MB)This place was once known as Union Gospel Tabernacle. Some of the greatest evangelists of the 19th and 20th centuries…
Building a Church for a Preacher
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/14Mar12-Ryman-Auditorium-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:56 — 1.3MB)There was once a river boat captain, whose life was changed by a preacher. He built a church for that…
The Landmark Inn
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/03/13Mar12-Landmark-Inn.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:56 — 1.3MB)Gary says people should be wary of realtors who say, “Just make a bid on it.” If you do make…
Boys on Board in the Civil War Navy
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/03/12Mar12-Civil-War-Navy-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:55 — 1.3MB)Imagine boys 11 to 15 years of age going to war. It was reality for these young men and the…
The Navy in the Civil War
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/09Mar12-Civil-War-Navy-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:56 — 1.3MB)Perhaps you’ve heard of the story of the Monitor and Merramack…the first two ironclad ships to do battle in the…
A State Capitol in a Downtown Hotel
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/08Mar12-Oklahoma-City-Capitol-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:56 — 1.3MB)This state’s government was ready to move out of its temporary home in a downtown hotel. However, the route to…
Home Is Where the Sign Hangs
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/03/07Mar12-Oklahoma-City-Capitol-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)It’s said, “home is where the heart is.” And in this state it can be said, “The capitol is where…
Where To Put the Capital?
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/03/Oklahoma-City-Capitol-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Voters often face multiple choices when electing candidates for office. But the residents of this state had a most unique…
Butte Speakeasy
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/Butte-Speakeasy.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 954.7KB)Beginning in the 1920’s, the 18th amendment made the manufacturing and consumption of alcohol illegal. During that time, something known…
Last Indian Raid Museum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/02/Last-Indian-Raid.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Americans are familiar with the fate of Custer and his men at the Little Big Horn. It was far from…
Opening Day of Trout Season
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/02/Bennett-Springs.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)It’s a section of stream that annually sees 150,000 anglers take their chances against about a half million trout. Some…
A Great Train Robbery
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/02/Jesse-James-Train-Robbery.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Great train robberies are the stuff of some great wild west movies. In real life though, they say the first…
A Famous Speech in History
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/02/28Feb12-Patrick-Henry-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)It may be the most famous speech in American history. In fact, it’s the final line of that speech that…
A Man on the Move
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/02/27Feb12-Patrick-Henry-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)His leadership skills rivaled Washington and Jefferson, and his speaking ability surpassed them. While Washington and Jefferson had their famous…
The Wallace Family
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/02/24Feb12-Henry-Wallace.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)This father and son pair both served as the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. The son even became Vice President of…
The Customs House
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/02/23Feb12-Customs-House.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)The local newspaper originally described it as an eyesore and public laughing stock. Quite a tagline for a building that…