Author: Tom
Logging to Create A Park
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/06/05Jul18-Smokey-Mountain-Railroad-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Visitors to Smoky Mountain National Park can wander miles of trails that meander through endless forests. It wasn’t that long…
A Bell That Took Time to Become Famous
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/06/04Jul18-Liberty-Bell.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)July 4th, 1776. It’s Indpendence Day in the United States and one of the symbols of our freedom is the…
When George Washington Surrendered
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/06/03Jul18-Fort-Necessity-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was the only time General Washington ever surrendered an army…and that just may have everything to do with July…
Shaping Independence
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/06/02Jul18-Fort-Necessity-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It’s a war most American know little about, yet it’s a conflict that shaped America’s war for Independence just a…
Naturalist John Muir
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/06/29Jun18-John-Muir-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Over a century ago, President Roosevelt was so interested in preserving natural wonders, he traveled all the way to California…
Nature Closer to Home
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/06/28Jun18-John-Muir-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When this man’s trip to the Amazon fell through, he instead began to travel this country to see all that…
An Unusual Museum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/06/27Jun18-Vinegar-Museum-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When you pull up to this small building, you may be surprised to learn that people are making detours just…
Knowledgeable About Vinegar
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/06/26Jun18-Vinegar-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s a product you can find named in the Bible and in ancient texts. However, it’s something that is familiar…
Putting the Town on the Map
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/06/25Jun18-Vinegar-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Lawrence Diggs is not you average citizen. If he seemed out-of-place here, he certainly wasn’t for long as the residents…
An American Idol
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/06/22Jun18-American-Idol-Garett-Miles.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You never know who you might meet when doing an interview. On a recent trip to Alabama to a historic…
A Place Known As Traveler’s Rest
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/06/21Jun18-Travelers-Rest-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was a meeting place, a point were Lewis and Clark twice stopped during very important points in their journey…
The Lolo Trail
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/06/20Jun18-Travelers-Rest-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was the most difficult climb in their journey west–the Rocky mountains of Montana and Idaho. We hit the Lolo…
Poker Alice
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/06/19Jun18-Rapid-City-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)She was simply known as Poker Alice. She was an expert card player who used to begin each game by…
Rapid City’s Historical Museum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/06/15Jun18-Rapid-City-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we say hello to our listeners on KOTA in Rapid City, South Dakota. Residents there know of an amazing…
Alibates Flint
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/06/14Jun18-Alibates-Flint.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s called Alibates flint…and this spot in the panhandle of Texas is the only place in the world where you…
The Discovery of Black Hills Gold
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/06/18Jun18-Rapid-City-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Perhaps you’ve heard of Black Hills gold. Its discovery rapidly changed life in today’s western South Dakota…
One of the First Oil Boom Towns
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/06/13Jun18-Drake-Oil-Well-Museum.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In a moment we head to oil country in the U.S…but this isn’t a trip to Oklahoma, Texas or even…
Lining Up for Repeat Purchases
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/06/12Jun18-Kool-Aid-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Marketing and advertising are keys to getting a product known and bought by consumers. Perhaps no one did it better…
Part of the Meal for Troops
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/06/11Jun18-Kool-Aid-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was a part of some meals served to U.S. troops during World War II. However, you probably don’t associate…
The Story of Edwin Perkins
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/06/08Jun18-Kool-Aid-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Today we say hello to our listeners on KHAS in Hastings, Nebraska. Residents have probably heard of a man named…