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Helen Netherton
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/05/Helen-Netherton-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Today we make history on our broadcasts. Out story is with the oldest person we have ever interviewed for the…
The First President Born After the Civil War
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/05/2011-Harding-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)We all know about the President who led the nation through the Civil War. But who was the first president…
An Unlikely Field Trip
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/05/06May10-Ernest-Muncreif-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:05 — 1.9MB)Many schools take field trips this time of the year. They are usually a fun event for students to get…
Illinois’ Original State Capital
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Vandalia-Illinois-State-Capitol.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)State capitals range in size form huge cities such as Atlanta, Georgia all the way down to Montpelier, Vermont’s mere…
Lincoln Celebrates With Champagne and Raisins
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Vandalia-Illinois-Lincoln-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)What was Abraham Lincoln doing with 81 bottles of champagne and 14 pounds of raisins? Thankfully he didn’t consume them…
Lincoln at Illinois’ Other Capital
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Vandalia-Illinois-Linoln-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)You can go to Springfield, Illinois and learn plenty about President Abraham Lincoln. His home and Presidential Library are there….
Taliesin
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Frank-Lloyd-Wright-Taliesan-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Ask an American who is the most famous architect in their country’s history and this man’s name is probably at…
An Architect’s Inspiration
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Frank-Lloyd-Wright-Taliesan-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Most people know him as a famous architect. They don’t realize his early years and perhaps the inspiration for his…
From Japan to the United States
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Barbara-Law-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)As a Japanese teenager, Barbara was taught to defend herself from American soldiers arriving in her country. She ended up…
Using Self Defense Against the Americans?
Barbara Law was a teenager living in Japan when World War II ended. Her country’s surrender signaled many changes in her life, including instruction on…
World War II From the Other Side of the Globe
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Barbara-Law-11.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Probably all of us have heard stories about World War II. Perhaps we have friends or relatives who have shared…
The Runestone
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Runestone-KXRA-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)The ancient writing on this stone shows that Europeans had traveled to the interior of North America over a century…
A Rock in a Farmer’s Field
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Runestone-KXRA-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Many a farmer has found a rock in his field, but the rock Olaf Ohman found was different than anything…
Santa Anna’s Leg
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Santa-Annas-Leg.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)It’s been over 150 years since IL soldiers faced Santa Ana in the Mexican War. However traces of that battle…
An Agriculture Student from the Ivory Coast
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Ivory-Coast-Ag-Student.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)It’s not everyday you find a young man who hails from the nation of Ivory Coast attending a farm conference…
New Hampshire’s Town and Country Motor Inn
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Town-and-Country-Inn-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 953.7KB)The Northeastern United State is home to many long time, family owned resort motels. One of the most famous properties…
A Transformed Working Class
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Ybor-City-Florida-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)When U.S. soldiers crossed the Atlantic to fight in World War I, they not only preserved freedom, they also discovered…
Ybor City, Florida
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Ybor-City-Florida-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Mention Ybor City to someone in Tampa, Florida and they will probably tell you about all the great restaurants, bars…
Famous, But Not for Fort Sumter
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Fort-Sumter-2011.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)One hundred fifty years ago, Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter. The man who returned fire for the Union, became…
A Deadly Trip
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/De-Soto-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Imagine walking all the way from Arkansas to Mexico City. That’s what this expedition attempted to do. When they finally…
