Author: Tom
A CIA Agent During the Cold War
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/03/CIA-Agent-Tony-Gallagher-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:01 — 949.0KB)Imagine a having a career that you could tell no one about. For much of his life, Tony lived in…
Behind Enemy Lines as a CIA Agent
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/03/CIA-Agent-Tony-Gallagher-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 952.2KB)Today we say hello to our listeners on KDRO in Sedalia, MO. We caught up with Tony Gallagher in your…
A Look at the Life of Tony Gallagher
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/03/CIA-Agent-Tony-Gallagher-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 951.0KB)Tony’s father wanted him to become a priest and that led Tony to become…? Well, we’ll give you many guesses,…
France’s Gift of the 40 and 8 Boxcars
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/03/40-and-8-Boxcars-21.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 952.0KB)Thousands of boxcars crisscross the country each day with a variety of cargo. But these boxcars were truly special, because…
The 40 and 8 Boxcar
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/03/40-and-8-Boxcars-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 954.1KB)The term 40 & 8 doesn’t mean much to most Americans–unless you happened to serve in France during one of…
The Hermitage
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/03/Hermitage-2010.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 953.1KB)Mt. Vernon and Monticello are well known presidential homes. Alongside those well known names is another home and plantation, not…
Beginning A New Farm Business
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/03/Sarah-Aubrey.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 953.7KB)Many farmers have considered beginning their own small business on the farm that might sell ag products direct to consumers….
The Events at Osawatamie, Kansas
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/03/John-Brown-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 954.1KB)The shots at Ft. Sumter in April of 1861 are often considered the first military action of the Civil War….
The John Brown Historic Site
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/03/John-Brown-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:01 — 948.6KB)In the years just ahead of the Civil War, thousands of people came to Kansas ahead of a critical vote…
A Safari Couple’s Museum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/03/Safari-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 955.3KB)Osa Johnson was certainly not an imposing figure, but give her a gun and she could drop some of the…
The Safari Museum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/03/Safari-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 956.1KB)Many towns have a museum of local history. But why is Chanute, Kansas home to the Safari Museum? It may…
Creating Tastier Vegetables
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/03/Monsanto-Tasty-Vegetables1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 951.6KB)President George Bush made headlines when he banned broccoli from the White House and Air Force One. Perhaps he’d eat…
Raising Cattle in the Heat
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/03/McElhaney-Cattle-Company-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 955.3KB)Angus Brown is used to dealing with 120 plus degree heat and three inches of rain a year. It’s a…
The McElhaney Cattle Company
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/03/09Mar10-McElhaney-Cattle-Company-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 1.9MB)Along Interstate 8 in Southwestern Arizona, you can find one of the largest cattle operations in the nation. It’s called…
The Budweiser Clydesdales
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/03/Budweiser-Clydesdales-20101.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 951.0KB)Irocnically, this well known team of horses was first assembled during the prohibition years. Today, they continue to be some…
Defending the Alamo
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/03/Alamo-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:03 — 957.8KB)It’s one of the most famous buildings at the center of one of the most famous battles in history. A…
A Tennessee Congressman at the Alamo
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/03/Alamo-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 953.1KB)James Bowie and William Barrett Travis are two of the famous names to defend the Alamo. Perhaps the most well…
Mission San Antonio de Valero
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/03/Alamo-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 953.7KB)Today we head to Mission San Antonio de Valero. Most people believe they have never heard of the place, but…
When Life Gives You Lemons…
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/03/Spencer-Citrus-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 954.1KB)When life throws you a lemon, you make lemonade. Mark certainly has plenty of lemons, but he doesn’t have to…
A Citrus Family Tradition
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/02/Spencer-Citrus-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 953.3KB)You’ve probably bought their fruit and not even realized it. This is a family-owned citrus packer that grows, packs, markets…
