Author: Tom
From Slave to Soldier
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/01/10Jan22-Chattanooga-Battlefield-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine being a slave at the beginning of the Civil War only later to have an opportunity to join the…
A Focal Point of Intense Fighting
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/12/07Jan22-Chattanooga-Battlefield-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today it is a beautiful city perched along the hills and rivers of southeastern TN. But during the Civil War,…
The Luna Café
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/12/06Jan22-Luna-Cafe-2022.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In front of the Luna Café, on old route 66 near Mitchell, Illinois, you’ll find a beautifully restored neon sign…the…
Turkey Tracks
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/12/05Jan22-Turkey-Tracks-2022.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There is definitely an art to tracking and calling a wild turkey. Jerry Law had no trouble tracking this turkey….
The Turpentine Wildlife Refuge
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/12/04Jan22-Turpentine-Wildlife-Refuge-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Lots of people come to Eureka Springs, Arkansas every year to enjoy the Ozark setting and attractions. One of the…
A Trailer Full of Tigers
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/12/03Jan22-Turpentine-Wildlife-Refuge-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Occasionally you hear of a large truckload of cattle or hogs that is stranded on the highway and other trucks…
Best of 2021: The Monopoly Patent
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/12/31Dec21-Best-of-2021-Macomb-Illinois-Monopoly.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Charles Darrow had a great new board game he sold to Parker Brothers – Monopoly. The only problem was, Charles…
Best of 2021: The Making of a Real-Life Superhero
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/12/30Dec21-Best-of-2021-Evel-Knievel-Museum.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There was no stunt he wouldn’t consider. And because of his daredevil nature, some have called him the first, real-life…
Best of 2021: The Worst Bombing Crew Becomes the Best
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/12/29Dec21-Best-of-2021-Boise-City-Bombing.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)They made a mistake worthy of a court martial. A bombing crew made a wrong turn and bombed their own…
Best of 2021: The US President & The Hitchhiker
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/12/28Dec21-Best-of-2021-Bob-Slater.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s a big deal to meet the president of the United States. Some people will do just about anything to…
Best of 2021: Building a Library You Can Fish From
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/12/27Dec21-Best-of-2021-Ben-Hur.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some people fix up their office with pictures and knick knacks that remind them of their favorite things in life. …
A Gift from Prisoners
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/12/24Dec21-Algona-Nativity-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In Algona, Iowa there is a nativity scene that has been on display for over 75 years. It was a…
The Nativity Scene That is Always Set Up
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/12/23Dec21-Algona-Nativity-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)During the advent season, many families and churches will set up Nativity scenes. The figures remind us of the birth…
An Inspiration Along I-35
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/12/22Dec21-Faribault-Christmas-Tree-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Jerry Lageson is very well known for what he does every Christmas. He never set out to be popular or…
Jerry’s Christmas Tree
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/12/21Dec21-Faribault-Christmas-Tree-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)On the surface it would seem Jerry has an easy Christmas lighting situation. He puts lights on just one tree…
Remembering LeRoy Keyes
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/12/20Dec21-LeRoy-Keyes.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In1968, O.J Simpson won the Heisman Trophy…but it was this man who was runner-up in the Heisman balloting that year. …
The Oakley and the Hills of Muscatine
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/12/17Dec21-Muscatine-Car-Dealer.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)For many years Marvin Kreiger operated a car dealership in Muscatine, Iowa. Today, we take a look back at a…
Flaunting the Law on a Radio Station
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/12/16Dec21-Muscatine-Quack-Hospital.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)We appreciate the many stations that air our broadcast each day, but a century ago there was a station with…
The Thing That Put Muscatine on the Map
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/12/15Dec21-Muscatine-Pearl-Buttons.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There’s plenty of fertile farmland along the Mississippi River here. But a century ago, this city was known for something…
The Arkansas Spring Water From Alaska?
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/12/14Dec21-Blue-Springs-Heritage-Center-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Natural springs are a thing of beauty and also of mystery. Attempts to find the source of this spring have…
