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The Married Life at Fort Hays
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/10/26Oct17-Fort-Hays-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)For an enlisted man at Fort Hays, it wasn’t enough to win a young woman’s heart and ask her hand…
Enlisting in the 19th Century Army
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/10/25Oct17-Fort-Hays-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The Army certainly needs strong, upstanding young men and women to fill its ranks today. But in the late 19th…
A Fort Among the Plains
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/10/24Oct17-Fort-Hays-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)As Americans moved from east to west, a network of forts sprang up across the high plains to protect travel…
Inside Iraan
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/10/23Oct17-Iraan-Texas-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Andrew travels on-location for each of the features you hear on this program. Today, we journey to a spot that…
Former Barren Ranch Country
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/10/20Nov17-Iraan-Texas-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This land in southwest Texas appeared to be barren ranch country. You could buy it for a relatively cheap price…
Navigating Salmon in Alaska
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/10/19Nov17-Alaska-Riverboat-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)To many of us, salmon are just another type of fish we might eat. But to the people of Alaska,…
Aboard An Alaskan Riverboat
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/10/18Nov17-Alaska-Riverboat-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When the city of Fairbanks swelled with the Klondike gold rush in the late 1800s, a fleet of riverboats began…
Riding Alaska’s Riverboat Discovery
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/10/17Nov17-Alaska-Riverboat-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When you think of a riverboat captain, you probably think of life on the Mississippi, Ohio or Missouri. Instead, we’ll…
Building An Alaskan Highway
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/10/16Nov17-Jean-Richardson-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)It’s a chore for most states to build and repair roads and bridges. Mary Carey fought with her state for…
Headed North To Alaska
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/10/13Nov09-Jean-Richardson-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Jean Richardson’s mother had always dreamed of moving to Alaska and teaching school there. When she did move north, the…
An Iceberg Expert
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/10/12Nov09-Alaska-Glaciers-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If there is such a thing as a famous iceberg, it would probably be the chuck of ice that sunk…
Alaska’s Famous Ice
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/10/11Nov09-Alaska-Glaciers-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Alaska has plenty to offer visitors when it comes to natural beauty. One of the most popular attractions for tourists…
The Largest Wooden Frame Structure in the World
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/10/10Oct17-Noahs-Ark-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It is a place that really must be seen to be fully appreciated. It’s the largest wooden frame structure in…
No Other Boat Like This
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/10/09Oct17-Noahs-Ark-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Maybe you have a boat you enjoy taking on the water to fish, ski or just relax. It’s safe to…
Not a Covered Bridge
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/08/06Oct17-Whitewater-Canal-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most people see this structure and think it’s just a covered bridge. That answer is partially correct. When you uncover…
The Power Source Before Electricity
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/08/05Oct17-Whitewater-Canal-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we flip a switch and use electricity to run most conveniences around our homes and businesses. However, before the…
Getting From One Point to Another
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/08/04Oct17-Whitewater-Canal-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the days before roads crisscrossed the nation, rivers served as one of the best ways to get from one…
Fire In the Form of Vegetables
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/08/03Oct17-Hatch-Chile.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you play with fire your liable to get burned. But on Jim Lidle’s farm, fire is what they grow. …
The Little Giant
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/08/02Oct17-Stepen-Douglas.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Abraham Lincoln led the country through the Civil War…but it was this man who defeated him for the senate just…
A Small Chapter of the Civil War
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/09/29Sept17-Keokuk-Famous-People.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Whether you are a student of history or not, we each know something about the Civil War. However, the next…