Posted in American Countryside

Retirement With a Big Idea

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/08/14Aug17-Appalachian-Trail-Bruce-Sweet-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Bruce Sweet recently retired from his job, but he had a very big idea in mind.  It was something that…

Continue Reading... Retirement With a Big Idea
Posted in American Countryside Michigan

Something Glittering After a Rain

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/07/11Aug17-Iron-Mine-Tour-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There was something glittering on the ground after a big rain.  It wasn’t gold, but it was certainly interesting.  So…

Continue Reading... Something Glittering After a Rain
Posted in American Countryside Michigan

Digging An Ore Mine To Drum Up Business

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/07/10Aug17-Iron-Mine-Tour-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Many a business has thought of unique ideas to drum up new customers.  So what did one group of hotel…

Continue Reading... Digging An Ore Mine To Drum Up Business
Posted in American Countryside Michigan

The First Snow Skiing Club

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/07/09Aug17-Ishpeming-Ski-Jump-5.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It would be hard to identify the very person that ever began snow skiing.  The concept has been around for…

Continue Reading... The First Snow Skiing Club
Posted in American Countryside Michigan

Flying…With a Little Bravery Mixed In

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/07/08Aug17-Ishpeming-Ski-Jump-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)For centuries humans have desired to zoom into the air like birds.  But how do you get that feeling when…

Continue Reading... Flying…With a Little Bravery Mixed In
Posted in American Countryside Michigan

Kids Flying Above the Ground

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/07/07Aug17-Ishpeming-Ski-Jump-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many people say that kids need to be more active.  And, if you want a kid to excel in sports…

Continue Reading... Kids Flying Above the Ground
Posted in American Countryside Michigan

A Different Purpose for the Doghouse

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/07/04Aug17-Ishpeming-Ski-Jump-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Kids can sometimes come up with fantastic and perhaps, unwise stunts to pass their time around home.  Such was the…

Continue Reading... A Different Purpose for the Doghouse
Posted in American Countryside Michigan

A Perfect Place for Snow Sports

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/07/03Aug17-Ishpeming-Ski-Jump-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Depending on where you live in the nation, certain sports may be more popular than others.  When you live in…

Continue Reading... A Perfect Place for Snow Sports
Posted in American Countryside Michigan

Moving a Fort to a Better Location

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/07/02Aug17-Mackinaw-Fort-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Forts are often built to defend a military position.   But when your fort is not in the best location for…

Continue Reading... Moving a Fort to a Better Location
Posted in American Countryside Michigan

An Innocent Game of Lacrosse

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/07/01Aug17-Mackinaw-Fort-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)It seemed like an innocent game of lacrosse.  A group of men invited locals to come watch what was billed…

Continue Reading... An Innocent Game of Lacrosse
Posted in American Countryside Michigan

A Strategic Fort Location

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/07/31Jul17-Mackinaw-Fort-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today it is a well-known summer vacation spot.  Turn back the clock about three centuries and people would have known…

Continue Reading... A Strategic Fort Location
Posted in American Countryside Best of Missouri

A Grand Mansion For the Family

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/07/28Jul17-Hunter-Dawson-Home.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)In the days just ahead of the Civil War, one prominent young lady in New Madrid, Missouri built a grand…

Continue Reading... A Grand Mansion For the Family
Posted in Alabama American Countryside

The Wishbone Studios

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/07/27Jul17-Wishbone-Studios-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Directly across the street from the airport in Muscle Shoals, Alabama you’ll find a simple square building with some cabins…

Continue Reading... The Wishbone Studios
Posted in Alabama American Countryside

One of Those Names Behind the Big Names

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/07/26Jul17-Wishbone-Studios-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)His name is Billy Lawson…and if the name sounds familiar…well, you’ve certainly heard his work.  He’s one of those names…

Continue Reading... One of Those Names Behind the Big Names
Posted in Alabama American Countryside

Meeting Someone Famous

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/07/25Jul17-George-Lair-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Did you ever meet someone famous? Did you immediately recognize them, or did someone have to nudge you and point…

Continue Reading... Meeting Someone Famous
Posted in Alabama American Countryside

Just Right For the Radio

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/07/24Jul17-George-Lair-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)We all listen to music, but we often don’t give much thought to where that music was recorded and the…

Continue Reading... Just Right For the Radio
Posted in Alabama American Countryside

A Big Deal in the Music World

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/07/21Jul17-George-Lair-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)You’ve perhaps heard of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, but maybe you don’t know just how big a deal this place is…

Continue Reading... A Big Deal in the Music World
Posted in Alabama American Countryside

A Who’s Who Kind of Cemetery

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/07/20Jul17-Coon-Dog-Cemetery-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Not just anyone gets to buried at Arlington National Cemetery.  The same holds true for this little cemetery down some…

Continue Reading... A Who’s Who Kind of Cemetery
Posted in Alabama American Countryside

A Special Cemetery

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/07/19Jul17-Coon-Dog-Cemetery-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)It looks like many cemeteries in the U.S.  There are grave markers and flowers surrounding by many trees.  But this…

Continue Reading... A Special Cemetery
Posted in American Countryside Washington

The City That Was Last

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/07/18Jul17-Cle-Elum-Washington-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This is a city that was last.  And in this case, being last isn’t all that bad, for what came…

Continue Reading... The City That Was Last