http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/06Mar17-Dianne-Harris-Selma-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Normally our parents would not like the idea of their children being arrested by the police.  In this case, one…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/03Mar17-Dianne-Harris-Selma-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)The year was 1965.  Diane’s mother wanted to be a part of the civil rights marches in town, but her…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/02Mar17-Dianne-Harris-Selma-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Dianne Harris grew up in Selma, Alabama.  The city is still her home today.  Perhaps she could never have imagined…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/01Mar17-Enterprise-Boll-Weevil-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)In the middle of a busy intersection you will find one of the most unique monuments in the world.  While…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/28Feb17-Enterprise-Boll-Weevil-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Certain crops grow better in specific climates.  That was certainly the case for farmers in southern Alabama.  However, when their…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/27Feb17-Enterprise-Boll-Weevil-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Cotton was king in the southern U.S. in the early 20th century.  However it was one of the tiniest of…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/02/24Feb17-Presidents-Week-Calvin-Coolidge-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It all happened in the middle of the night.  The citizens of the United States went to bed on August…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/02/23Feb17-Presidents-Week-Herbert-Hoover-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s Presidents Week on the and today’s feature focuses on a graduate of Stanford who used his engineering degree to…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/22Feb17-Presidents-Week-Woodrow-Wilson.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)He was the son of a Presbyterian minister who went on to teach school and lead the nation during a…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/21Feb17-Presidents-Week-Theodore-Roosevelt.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)To date, no U.S. president has been born in North Dakota…but this commander-in-chief’s experiences there may be the reason he…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/20Feb17-Presidents-Week-William-McKinley.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some history students will remember the slogan “Remember the Maine”, a war cry that sent the U.S. into battle against…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/02/17Feb17-Jefferson-Highway-2017.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)In the nineteen teens and early 20s motorists did not find their route by a highway number but rather a…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/02/16Feb17-Cawhawba-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some people who come here will say there’s nothing to see. However, others will find things everywhere both from the…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/02/15Feb17-Cawhawba-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Maybe you had to memorize the state capitals when you were in elementary school.  Today’s feature is about one that…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/02/14Feb17-Cawhawba-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)When the thirteen colonies began to grow into more states, those new governments had to establish capitals.  Many of those…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/02/13Feb17-Refuge-KC-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When you arrive in a place you’ve never been before, it make take awhile to figure things out. In fact,…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/10Feb17-Refuge-KC-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Our travels intentionally try to steer clear of controversy and today’s topic is one we had planned for several months. …

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/09Feb17-Refuge-KC-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Just a block down the street from Rich’s office is a grocery store catering to the needs of folks from…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/08Feb17-Refuge-KC-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Richard Casebolt is the Founder and president of something called Refgue KC.  It’s a ministry both in word and deed,…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/07Feb17-David-Rice-Atchison-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)President Trump was recently sworn in as this nation’s 45th president.  Or was he?  That question is not a debate…