http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/03/16Mar22-Civil-War-Naval-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Perhaps you’ve heard of the story of the Monitor and Merramack…the first two ironclad ships to do battle in the…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/03/15Mar22-Copper-Queen-Mine.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You’ll find plenty of wild mining stories in southern Arizona.  One of the biggest tales includes a mine where you…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/03/14Mar22-Oklahoma-State-Capitol-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This state’s government was ready to move out of its temporary home in a downtown hotel.  However, the route to…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/03/11Mar22-Oklahoma-State-Capitol-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s said, “home is where the heart is.”  And in this state it can be said, “The capitol is where…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/03/10Mar22-Oklahoma-State-Capitol-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Voters often face multiple choices when electing candidates for office.  But the residents of this state had a most unique…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/03/09Mar22-Lake-Superior-Railroad-Museum-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some people will go to great lengths to create something luxurious.  But have you ever heard of someone spending an…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/03/08Mar22-Lake-Superior-Railroad-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)What is the most powerful steam locomotive in U.S. history?  We may say the Big Boy and that answer would…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/03/07Mar22-Lake-Superior-Railroad-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many towns and cities have restored their old rail depots.  That’s the case in Duluth, Minnesota and the building is…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/04Mar22-Butte-Montana-Speakeasy-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we head under ground…both literally and figuratively as we uncover some of this city’s history and dig up some…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/03Mar22-Butte-Montana-Speakeasy-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Beginning in 1920, the 18th Amendment made the manufacture and consumption of alcohol illegal until it was repealed in 1933. …

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/02Mar22-Last-Indian-Raid.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Americans are familiar with the fate of Custer and his men at the Little Big Horn.  It was far from…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/01Mar22-Bald-Eagles-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The Dickerson Park Zoo in Springfield, MO is a great place to come and learn about a variety of animals. …

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/28Feb22-Bald-Eagles-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When I was a kid it was a big deal to see a bald eagle in the wild.  In fact,…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/25Feb22-FFA-History-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You have to give Henry Groseclose a lot of credit.  Not only did he use his hospital stay to write…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/24Feb22-FFA-History-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The week of George Washington’s birthday is annually celebrated as National FFA week.  Today we trace the history of the…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/23Feb22-Stockton-Jailhouse-Rock-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Elvis once sang about the jailhouse rock.  In fact, many of us know that tune decades after it was first…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/22Feb22-Stockton-Jailhouse-Rock-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Randy Hayward says he’s always tried to follow what God wanted him to do with his life.  But what happened…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/21Feb22-Stockton-Missouri-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There were many reason the first pioneers selected specific spots to begin town and cities.  It’s easy to find the…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/18Feb22-Stockton-Missouri-Jailhouse.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we say hello to our listeners on KYOO in Bolivar, Missouri.  Just up the road in Stockton, town residents…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/17Feb22-Las-Vegas-Weddings-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)February is of course the month noted for love…it’s the month we celebrate Valentine’s Day.  There are many weddings that…