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Lake Superior Railroad Museum
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…
Underground in Butte
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…
Butte Speakeasy
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3:00 — 2.1MB)Beginning in 1920, the 18th Amendment made the manufacture and consumption of alcohol illegal until it was repealed in 1933. …
Last of the Raids
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…
Raptors in Peril
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. …
The Bald Eagle Comeback
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,…
The Wise FFA Owl
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…
Where FFA Began
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…
Jailhouse Rock
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…
God’s Call to Visit the Jail
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…
What’s Under Stockton, Missouri?
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…
Defeating Shelby’s Raiders
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…
Tying the Knot a Lot
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…
Vegas & Reno – Love & Divorce
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/16Feb22-Las-Vegas-Weddings-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This county performs more weddings than any other in the nation. You probably have a good idea where that county…
Tennessee’s Most Photographic Building
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/15Feb22-Clarksville-Customs-House.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The local newspaper originally described it as “an eyesore and public laughing stock.” Quite a tagline for a building that…
White Cloud, KS Past and Future
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/14Feb22-White-Cloud-Past-and-Future.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many of us like to reminisce about the way things once were. They do that a bit in White Cloud,…
Origin of the Piggy Bank
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/11Feb22-White-Cloud-Piggy-Bank-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Maybe you had a piggy bank as a child, or perhaps you still do. In a moment I’ll take you…
Pete the Pig
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/10Feb22-White-Cloud-Piggy-Bank-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)We all have causes that are close to our heart – organizations or individuals that we donate to in order…
White Cloud, Kansas
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/09Feb22-White-Cloud-Kansas.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When you drive into White Cloud, Kansas, along the banks of the Missouri River, some people will see a ghost…
Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/08Feb22-Patrick-Henry-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It may be one of the most famous speeches ever delivered. Even if you know nothing else of about the…