Category: American Countryside
Afflicted With a Debilitating Illness
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/27Jun16-Huntingtons-Disease-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)At first glance, today’s story will seem to be one of little hope. Yet, there hope and it’s coming from…
The Name Behind the Tsukamoto School
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/24Jun16-Marielle-Tsukamoto-5.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)The Tsukamoto school in Sacramento is a place of triumph. Some may not know the story behind the name, but…
A Smaller Than Normal Home
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/23Jun16-Marielle-Tsukamoto-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When Marielle arrived in Arkansas, she found her new home must have been constructed for a group of second graders. …
Bob Fletcher, Hero
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/22Jun16-Marielle-Tsukamoto-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Bob Fletcher is a hero to many around Sacramento. When others were wronged, he stepped in to make things right…
Selling a Car for $5
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/21Jun16-Marielle-Tsukamoto-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Why would anyone sell a perfectly good car for just five dollars? It was the sad truth that was happening…
Executive Order 9066
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/20Jun16-Marielle-Tsukamoto-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Farming in California’s central valley can have it’s challenges, however it can also provide the right soil and climate for…
The Value of Whaling
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/17Jun16-New-Bedford-Whaling-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)The residents of this city were so wealthy,wholesale jerseys their annual per capita income was the equivalent of purchasing two…
A Good Place To Hide
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/16Jun16-New-Bedford-Whaling-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)A slave escaping his master needed a good place to hide. StLouisRamsJerseysOnline Perhaps that what made this job perfect for those…
A Different Kind of Oil Industry
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/15Jun16-New-Bedford-Whaling-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Oil has long been big business for certain areas of the country. Two centuries ago this city was known for…
Predicting Earthquakes
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/14Jun16-Old-Faithful-of-California-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Earthquakes are unpredictable and often very deadly. So how could one predict those events to help save lives? This man…
Another Old Faithful
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/13Jun16-Old-Faithful-of-California-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Old Faithful geyser is in Yellowstone National Park. Well, one of the nation’s “old faithfuls” is in the park, the…
Kokee State Park
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/10Jun16-Kokee-State-Park.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most people head to Hawaii for the balmy weather, so it’s quite unexpected to find this place has beautiful ocean…
The Highest Point in the Flattest State
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/09Jun16-Mount-Sunflower-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)You can see for many miles from the summit, but it helps when you’re looking across the flattest state. Still…
On the Slopes of Mt. Sunflower
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/08Jun16-Mount-Sunflower-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)They’re called “highpointers” – people who seek to summit the highest point in each of the 50 states. There’s not…
A Place to Check the Herd…and Much More!
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/07Jun16-Mount-Sunflower-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It was a great place to check on his herd. Who knew it would one day be a place that…
Jazz Funerals
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/06Jun16-New-Orleans-Cemetery-5.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)You’ve heard the song “When the Saints Wholesale Chicago Bears Jerseys Go Marching In” but did you know it’s still…
Cemeteries in the Movies
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/03Jun16-New-Orleans-Cemetery-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)People often enjoy a chance to tour the sets of famous movies. Some of those backdrops are public places easily…
Putting the ‘Fun’ in Funerals
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/02Jun16-New-Orleans-Cemetery-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)A funeral is often an tearful occasion. While we honor and respect loved ones, it is an emotional time for…
New Orleans’ ‘Unusual’ Cemeteries
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/01Jun16-New-Orleans-Cemetery-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)In New Orleans you’ll find what many consider an unusual way to bury the dead. It involves moving bodies over…
When Caskets Floated
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/31May16-New-Orleans-Cemetery-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Once a casket is buried, you probably expect it to stay in the ground. The fact that the caskets here…
