Author: Tom
The Oldest Working Theater West of the Allegheny Mountains
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/07/21Jul20-Boonville-Missouri-Thespian-Hall-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Where will you find the oldest working theater west of the Allegheny Mountains? The answer may surprise you and the…
The Dominate Fixture on the Boonville Skyline
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/07/20Jul20-Boonville-Missouri-Thespian-Hall-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It dominates the skyline of Boonville, Missouri. If you’re from Boonville, you might chuckle at that statement, given the buildings…
Consistently Mispelling Your Name
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/07/17Jul20-Boonville-Missouri-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You probably don’t give much thought to signing your name on a check or receipt. It’s something we’ve done thousands…
An Important Point for Settlers
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/07/16Jul20-Boonville-Missouri-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we say hello to our listeners on KWRT in Boonville, Missouri. Their town was founded in the early 1800s…
The Nation’s Oldest Fort
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/07/15Jul20-Castillo-de-San-Marcos-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s the oldest fort in the nation’s oldest city, and that means it can tell plenty of stories about many…
A Storied History
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/07/14Jul20-Castillo-de-San-Marcos-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s a place that has been attacked by the British, the army of the confederacy and even bands of Pirates….
Conquering the Appalachian Trail – A Physical & Spiritual Journey
https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/1d004633-2e9e-47f1-9b89-a754011a2aa9/87acce9d-6e1d-427e-9030-ab9200e3ded5/a71ace57-7af4-46ac-b4b6-abf7012d0cb1/audio.mp3Podcast: Download ()You’ll soon find, this was about much more that just a very long walk – it was a walk of faith. By the…
The Arkansas Post
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/07/13Jul20-Arkansas-Post.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It is here that the Arkansas, White and Mississippi Rivers meet, and it is here that European and Native American…
Where Superstitions Reside
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/07/09Jul20-Superstitions-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If a black cat crossed my way, I might knock on wood and send bad luck away. But what if…
Standing Guard Over a Rail Line
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/07/08Jul20-Texas-Railway-History-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When we think of troops in World War I and II we may have thoughts of the battlefields of the…
Foiling a Robbery Aboard the Southern Pacific
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/07/07Jul20-Texas-Railway-History-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The Southern Pacific rail line advertised it served fresh oysters on it’s run from Texas to California. It was special…
The Second Transcontinental Route
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/07/06Jul20-Texas-Railway-History-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)We may have heard of the golden spike driven to link the first transcontinental railroad in northern Utah. The second…
The Lead Cowboy for One of the Largest Ranches
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/06/03Jul20-Robby-Hind-Parker-Cattle-Ranch-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He was the lead cowboy on one of the largest ranches in the entire country – a spread that covered…
The Arrival of Cattle in Hawaii
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/06/02Jul20-Robby-Hind-Parker-Cattle-Ranch-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When these animals first came to Hawaii, they were protected, but after thirty years and a lot of births, the…
The Title of Paniolo
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/06/01Jul20-Robby-Hind-Parker-Cattle-Ranch-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Robby Hind has the title of “Paniolo.” For people living in one state, that’s a very recognizable name, a job…
Who Are the Paniolos?
https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/1d004633-2e9e-47f1-9b89-a754011a2aa9/87acce9d-6e1d-427e-9030-ab9200e3ded5/4c062ab7-1b2d-4920-8dec-abea00c15f2b/audio.mp3Podcast: Download ()They are the cowboys of Hawaii and I visit with perhaps the biggest paniolo of all, Robby Hind, former livestock manager of the…
T or C
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/06/30Jun20-Truth-or-Consequences.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The name of this city is so long, most road signs abbreviate it. In fact, when you’re in state, it…
The Rock Spires of Pinnacles National Monument
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/06/29Jun20-Pinnacles-National-Monument.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Geologists tell us this place began as a volcano, but you certainly wouldn’t know it by climbing it’s rock spires…
Where the Buffalo Roam
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/06/26Jun20-Custer-State-Park-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s a place wnere the buffalo roam and herds of people come to watch them. I’ll take you to a…
A Road to Make You Drive Slowly
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/06/25Jun20-Custer-State-Park-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The purpose of a new road is usually to get people from one point to another more quickly and safely. …
