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Raising Money for a New Capitol Building
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/08/23Aug21-XIT-Ranch-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When the state of Texas needed to build a new state capitol building they had a plan in place to…
Civil War in New Mexico?
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/08/20Aug21-Glorietta-Pass.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When you think of the American Civil War you probably don’t think of battlefields in states such as New Mexico?? …
Fighting for What Was Owed
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/08/19Aug21-Harriet-Tubman-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You may soon see her face on our currency. She is a lady who’s story inspires young and old –…
The Illegal Farm Sale, That Wasn’t
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/08/18Aug21-Harriet-Tubman-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the late 1850s there was a sale of a farm that was against the laws of the country. Both…
Heroin of the Underground Railroad
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/08/17Aug21-Harriet-Tubman-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)She is one of the best known figures associated with he Underground Railroad. Her courage led her to become well…
Cruelties of Slavery
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/08/16Aug21-Harriet-Tubman-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)At the age of five she was already being leased out by her slave owner to check muskrat traps in…
Silent Hero of the Game
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/08/13Aug21-Cooperstown-Bat-Company-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many of us played the game of baseball as a kid. Perhaps you had a baseball hero…for me it was…
The Man Behind the Bats
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/08/12Aug21-Cooperstown-Bat-Company-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)A baseball bat is, of course, a critical part of the game – but did you ever wonder where those…
The Story Behind Baseball Bats
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/08/11Aug21-Cooperstown-Bat-Company-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Major league baseball players are required to use wooden bats – aluminum bats are not allowed. For many decades the…
The Vice President Who Dueled
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/08/10Aug21-Vice-President-Center-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There are plenty of interesting stories to be found in the history of the U.S. presidency…and if you take a…
The Unknown Vice Presidents of the United States
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/08/09Aug21-Vice-President-Center-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Elbridge Gerry, Rufus King, Schyler Colfax…they’re names probably not that familiar to both of us…yet at one time they were…
Creating a German Town
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/07/06Aug21-Herman-Missouri-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Why did one family move their piano making business from Philadelphia to a fledgling community in the Midwest? In may…
Advertising for Settlers
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/07/05Aug21-Herman-Missouri-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we might look at a travel guide for insights on where to take a vacation. Those who looked at…
How Long Did The First Transcontinental Flight Take?
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/07/04Aug21-Pioneers-of-Flight.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today a transcontinental flight from New York to L.A. might take about five hours. But do you know how long…
How Fish Have Changed in the Adirondacks
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/07/03Aug21-The-Wild-Center-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Lots of people come to the Adirondacks of New York state to enjoy the fishing. What may look common place…
Animals of the Adirondacks
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/07/02Aug21-The-Wild-Center-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There are plenty of creatures to be found in these woods. Nicole’s job is to help tell their story, and…
The Wild Center
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/07/30Jul21-The-Wild-Center.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There is usually only misery that comes from living through a bad ice storm. That was partly the case with…
The Other End of the Hudson
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/07/29Jul21-Adirondack-Adventures-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You may recall that the Hudson River terminates in New York City. Most of us wouldn’t think that swimming in…
Reading the Water
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/07/28Jul21-Adirondack-Adventures-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Lindsey’s job is to “read” the water. It’s an ever-changing task and her ability to read those waters correctly has…
Reviving Small Town Theatres
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/07/27Jul21-Fairbault-Paradise-Center-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many small towns lost their old theatres and opera houses over the years. It some cases they were torn down,…
