Author: Tom
A Place Called Hildene
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/Hildene-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky and lived most of his adult years in Illinois. But where did future generations…
The Son of a US President
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/Hildene-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Being the son of a U.S. president has its perks. However, it does provide a very high bar of achievement…
British or Revolutionary?
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/St-Pauls-Church-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Methodist, Baptist, Catholic, Lutheran–there are many labels that may be placed on churches. However, during the early years of this…
St. Paul’s Church
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/St-Pauls-Church-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Just outside of New York City proper, yet well within the urban corridor, sits a church in the suburb of…
Vermont’s National Park
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/Marsh-Billings-Rockafeller-NHP-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 1.8MB)You’ve heard of Yellowstone and Yosemite, but try naming Vermont’s only National Park…..
The Father of Modern Conservation
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/Marsh-Billings-Rockafeller-NHP-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 1.8MB)Many farms today use terraces, waterways and conservation tillage to protect soil and water. However, few people today can tell…
Big Tracks
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/07/Dinosaur-Valley-Park.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 1.4MB)The animal tracks are three foot in width–and they are real–not made by an imaginary bigfoot, but plain to see…
The San Marcos Hotel and Resort
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/07/San-Marcos-Resort.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)Phoenix, Arizona has plenty of golf resorts that attract thousands of visitors, but ask someone who established the first course…
The Karate Kid
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/07/FFA-Karate-Kid-Keillie-Summey1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:30 — 1.1MB)It’s not often you get to visit with someone who’s won multiple national titles in anything. Now add in the…
Rock Creek Station
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/07/Rock-Creek-Station-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:30 — 1.1MB)Mention the name Wild Bill Hickok and many people have images of a western lawman not afraid to enter a…
Ruts That Are Never Filled
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/07/Rock-Creek-Station-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:30 — 1.1MB)If someone cuts ruts down a muddy dirt trail, someone else will probably need to come and fill them in…
Reenactment of the Civil War
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/07/Civil-War-Reenactment.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:30 — 1.1MB)Perhaps you’ve been hearing quite a bit about the Civil War. For the next four years, many sites will hosts…
The Flying Priest of Bolivia
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/07/Flying-Priest-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Buying a plane seemed like a good idea. Then again, Mike Gould didn’t know how to fly. It turned out…
To Bolivia and Back
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/07/22Jul11-Flying-Priest-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)It’s been nearly sixty years since Mike Gould was assigned to work in Bolivia. He’s spent almost all of those…
Manassas Sesquicentennial
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/07/Manassas-2011.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)As July 21st, 1861 dawned, residents of northern Virginia could not fathom what was about to take place. It’s been…
A New City Overnight
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/07/Oklahoma-City-Land-Run-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:30 — 1.1MB)If a city grows quickly, we might say it sprang up overnight. This state capital literally sprang into existence in…
Land on the Run
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/07/Oklahoma-City-Land-Run-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:30 — 1.1MB)If you found a great deal on a house or a piece of land, we might say that we ran…
Stockyards City, Oklahoma
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/07/Oklahoma-City-Cattlemens-Steakhouse-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)You might go to a fancy clothing store to get measured for a suit. But where do you go to…
The Cattlemen’s Cafe
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/07/Oklahoma-City-Cattlemens-Steakhouse-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)Why are nurses on the night shift eating breakfast in the Oklahoma City Stockyards? Here’s a place popular for breakfast…
The Banjo Museum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/07/Banjo-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)When I was in fifth grade I wanted to play the trumpet. My parents scratched together $300 for a used…
