Author: Tom
The Missourians Who Saved French Vineyards
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/03/04Apr22-Herman-Missouri-Stone-Hill-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)We know that France is known for its vineyards but many of us don’t know that in the mid 1800s…
What Hermann, Missouri is Known For
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/03/01Apr22-Herman-Missouri-Stone-Hill-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Mention the town of Hermann, Missouri and anyone who has heard of it will immediately know it’s known for this…
Meet A Championship Hot Air Balloon Pilot
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/03/31Mar22-Hot-Air-Balloon-Pilot-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine a competition where you fly a hot air balloon equipped with survival gear over snow capped mountains in the…
Flying a Craft That’s Seven Stories High
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/03/30Mar22-Hot-Air-Balloon-Pilot-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)What’s seven stories high and can hold two million light bulbs. It may sound like the set up for a…
Volstead and the Cooperatives
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/03/29Mar22-Volstead-Act-Granite-Falls-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Just about all of us have heard of farm cooperatives and no doubt, many of you listening to this use…
Do You Know Andrew Volstead?
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/03/28Mar22-Volstead-Act-Granite-Falls-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you know American history the name Andrew Volstead may ring a bell. This US Representative from small town Minnesota…
Granite Falls Arts
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/03/25Mar22-Grand-Falls-Minnesota-Arts-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Drive into Granite Falls, Minnesota and you’ll soon see that this small town looks a little different than many. You…
Building a Place for Art in Small Town America
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/03/24Mar22-Grand-Falls-Minnesota-Arts-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In small towns in might be easy to say that things like the arts – galleries, music festivals, sculptors and…
Be Wary of “Just Bid on It”
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/03/23Mar22-Landmark-Inn.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Gary says people should be wary of realtors who say, “Just make a bid on it.” If you do make…
The Biggest Steer on Record
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/03/22Mar22-Big-Ben-the-Steer-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He is the biggest steer on record – a beef that was over 16 feet in length and weighed well…
No Beef Better than Ben
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/03/21Mar22-Big-Ben-the-Steer-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Beef producers are usually looking for an efficient, high quality steer to feed. Perhaps there was none better than Ben,…
Belmont State Park
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/03/18Mar22-Belmont-State-Park.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the short stretch of the Mississppi River where Missouri borders Kentucky is a spot where Civil War strategy was…
The Boys Who Manned the Civil War Navy
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/03/17Mar22-Civil-War-Naval-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine boys 11 to 15 years of age going to war. It was reality for these young men and the…
Battle of the Iron Clads
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…
Copper Queen Mine
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…
Creating the New Capitol
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…
The Capitol Is Where the Sign Says It Is
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…
Multiple Choice State Capital
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…
Luxury Painted with Turkey Feathers
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…
The Most Powerful Steam Locomotive in US History
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…
