Author: Tom
A White House Social Aid
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/10/24Oct19-Tom-Dittmer-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Every U.S. President hosts a variety of events at the White House throughout the year. OF course it takes a…
The Wildlife of Denali
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/10/23Oct19-Denali-National-Park-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Denali National Park is home to north america’s tallest peak, and many types of wildlife. Today, we venture there for…
Denali…Or Mount McKinley
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/10/22Oct19-Denali-National-Park-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Denali National Park is home to a peak for which the park is named–Denali, which means the great one. Many…
The Coonskin Library
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/10/21Oct19-Coonskin-Library.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It’s called the Coonskin Library, a private library established on the American frontier. But few people today would know the…
Man’s Best Friend
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/10/18Oct19-Old-Drum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)We’ve all heard of man’s best friend…but it was this dog that probably gave us the phrase so common today. …
The Statue of Old Drum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/10/17Oct19-Old-Drum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)In the courthouse square in Warrensburg, Missouri you will find a statue in tribute to a dog named Old Drum. …
A Weather Balloon That Either Was or Wasn’t
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/10/16Oct19-Roswell-Flying-Saucer-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It’s a story over seventy years old, yet a story still talked about today. In fact, it even had its…
A Hoax…Or Reality?
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/10/15Oct19-Roswell-Flying-Saucer-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Today you’ll hear from Glenn Dennis a man who’s story you may believe or perhaps you’ll think it’s all a…
An Unusual News Release
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/10/14Oct19-Roswell-Flying-Saucer-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)The military issues press releases all of the time, but this one was certainly unique and still stirs controversy today. …
A Conversation with ‘The Fonz’
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/10/11Oct19-Henry-Winkler-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He’s played many parts, but he will forever be known as the Fonz, Arthur Fonzerelli, aka Henry Winkler…
Henry’s Story
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/10/10Oct19-Henry-Winkler-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Henry struggled with dyslexia as a child. In fact, his challenge was not diagnosed until he was in his 30s. …
One of the Largest Mines in the World
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/10/09Oct19-Missouri-Mines-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)In Park Hills, Missouri you will find the old Powerhouse for one of the largest mines in the world. Today…
Miners Who Helped Found A New State
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/10/08Oct19-Missouri-Mines-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)They were just some lead mining families from southeastern Missouri. But if I told you the last name of the…
A Place Known as Park Hills
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/10/07Oct19-Missouri-Mines-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Today we say hello to our listeners on KREI in Farmington, MO. Folks there know the industry that drew some…
Surviving a Grizzly Bear Attack
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/09/04Oct19-Museum-of-Fur-Trade-5.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Being attacked by a grizzly bear was bad in itself. Now imagine your friends left you for dead and you…
The Story of Hugh Glass
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/09/03Oct19-Museum-of-Fur-Trade-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)If you know Hugh Glass, then you most likely know him for his run in with a Grizzly Bear. There…
Trading in the 1800s
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/09/02Oct19-Museum-of-Fur-Trade-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When you did business on the high plains in the 1800s, transactions often took place in trade items. That was…
Lewis and Clark…or Alexander McKenzie
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/09/01Oct19-Museum-of-Fur-Trade-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Have you heard of Lewis and Clark or Alexander McKenzie? Chances are you have heard of one but not the…
The Museum of Fur Trade
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/09/30Sep19-Museum-of-Fur-Trade-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Today we say hello to our listeners on KSCR in Chadron, NE. They know of a long time museum that…
A Beautiful, Natural Wonder
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/09/27Sep19-Canyon-de-Chelly.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It is one of the most beautiful natural wonders in the nation…and a place who’s centuries old history provides a…
