Author: Tom
Heider Tractor
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/02Dec24-Heider-Tractor.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the early 19th century, many companies began to build tractors. A wide variety of designs were used to try…
The Near-End of the NBA Lakers
Today the Los Angeles Lakers are one of the most recognized teams in the NBA. But one night in Carroll, Iowa back in 1960, the…
The First Thanksgiving at Berkley Plantation
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/28Nov24-Berkley-Plantation-Thanksgiving.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You may have thought Thanksgiving dates back to the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony in today’s state of Massachusetts. But, in…
Handy Skills for Landing in an Iowa Cornfield
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/27Nov24-Lakers-Plane-Crash-Carroll-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)During World War II many airplanes made landings on places other that a smooth concrete runway. The planes of the…
A Town Buzzed by a DC-3
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/26Nov24-Lakers-Plane-Crash-Carroll-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was a cold, snowy night in 1960. Residents of one Iowa town were mostly asleep when they suddenly began…
Horses & Riders Racing Mail
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/25Nov24-Hollenberg-Pony-Express-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The pony express was in operation for just a little over a year, however the story of horses and riders…
Location, Location, Location
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/22Nov24-Hollenberg-Pony-Express-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)They say that in real estate, the three most important things are location, location, location. That was true even in…
The Christiana Riot
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/21Nov24-Christiana-Riot-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s called the Christiana Riot – a showdown between a slave owner and those harboring his runaway slaves. It led…
Brave Former Slaves
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/20Nov24-Christiana-Riot-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the years before the Civil War, many people stood up for the cause of freedom and equality. Some of…
The Wigwam Motel
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/19Nov24-Wigwam-Hotel.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you, your kids or even your grandkids have seen the movie Cars, then you probably remember the Cozy Cones. …
How the Ocean Affected Yuma
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/18Nov24-Yuma-Crossing-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)George Strait once sang that he had some ocean front property in Arizona and if you’d buy that he’d throw…
A Ferry in the Middle of a Desert
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/15Nov24-Yuma-Crossing-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Before bridges crossed rivers, communities often relied upon ferries to carry people and supplies. In some cases, those ferry operators…
The Wealth of the Desert in Yuma
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/14Nov24-Yuma-Crossing-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Yuma, Arizona is in the Sonoran dessert. The annual average rainfall is about three inches per year. So it is…
The Mission Point Lighthouse
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/13Nov24-Mission-Point-Lighthouse-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Drive north from Traverse City, Michigan and you’ll find beautiful fruit orchards on a narrow peninsula that dead ends at…
A Northwest Michigan Lighthouse
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/12Nov24-Mission-Point-Lighthouse-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The Great Lakes shoreline is dotted with many old lighthouses. Many are not needed these days, but most have great…
The Last Ship at Fort Snelling
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/11Nov24-Fort-Snelling-Last-Boat-Out.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s the junction of two important rivers – the Mississippi and the Minnesota – and it made sense to have…
An Iconic Moment in Presidential Election History
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/10/08Nov24-Harry-Truman-Election-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s one of the most iconic pictures in presidential election history. A picture of President Harry Truman holding up a…
Harry Truman’s Hopeful Campaign
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/10/07Nov24-Harry-Truman-Election-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the summer of 1948 Harry Truman was losing the race to return for a second term as president. But…
Expecting a Different Election Outcome
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/10/06Nov24-Harry-Truman-Election-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was the day after the voting had ended and people woke up to find a different person was elected…
Cahokia Mounds
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/10/05Nov24-Cahokia-Mounds-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)We’ve probably all heard of Native American mounds scattered throughout parts of North America. Here just east of present day…
