http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/24Feb14-Obamas-Grandparents.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The Dunhams were just another pair of Kansas high school graduates.  They stayed in touch with classmates and tried to…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/21Feb14-Prez-Week-James-Monroe.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Thomas Jefferson’s home is one of the best known and most visited in the United States.  However, just drive down…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/20Feb14-Prez-Week-Dolly-Madison.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He was one of our most important presidents…yet the first lady may just be better known than her husband.  The…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/19Feb14-Prez-Week-Thomas-Jefferson.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Thomas Jefferson is known to have composed much of the Declaration of Independence…but he wasn’t happy with the final product. …

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/18Feb14-Prez-Week-John-Adams.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)His presidency was sandwiched between presidential greats George Washington and Thomas Jefferson…and unfortunately, much of his work in helping form…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/17Feb14-Prez-Week-George-Washington-Birthplace.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)George Washington’s birth date was always clear…February 22, 1732.  The location of his birth though was difficult to pinpoint.  It’s…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/14Feb14-Las-Vegas-Wedding-Chapel-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)My grandparents were married on Valentine’s Day and they celebrated 76 wedding anniversaries.  But today, we honor a Valentine’s wedding…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/13Feb14-Las-Vegas-Wedding-Chapel-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This county performs more weddings than any other in the nation.  You probably have a good idea where that county…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/12Feb14-Laura-Ingalls-Wilder-DeSmet-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Laura Ingalls Wilder lived in several Midwestern states during her lifetime.  She was well into her 60s before her first…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/11Feb14-Laura-Ingalls-Wilder-DeSmet-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In 1879 there was no town here.  It was a vast open prairie that could at time be beautiful and…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/10Feb14-Declaration-of-Independence-Matlack.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You’ve probably not heard of Timothy Matlack, but you’ve certainly heard about the words he wrote.  We’ll tell you why…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/07Feb14-US-Marshals-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Who makes sure that the scientists of Antarctica are accountable to the law?  It may sound like a strange question,…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/06Feb14-US-Marshals-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)They are the longest tenured federal law enforcement group in the United States.  Their important work has played a critical…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/05Feb14-Heavener-Oklahoma-Runestone-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s a long way from Norway to Oklahoma.  That’s precisely why this story seems so hard to believe.  However, could…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/04Feb14-Heavener-Oklahoma-Runestone-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You can find ancient carvings of Native Americans in many parts of the country.  So when early settlers happened upon…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/03Feb14-Heavener-Oklahoma-Runestone-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you want to learn the story of ancient Vikings you would of course travel to Scandinavia…or Oklahoma of course. …

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/31Jan14-Elkton-Henry-Heitz.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You probably haven’t heard of Henry Heitz.  However, the folks in Elkton, South Dakota know that he invented a flying…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/30Jan14-Elkton-Elephant-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)The people of Elkton, South Dakota were excited that the circus was in town.  But when bad weather forced its…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/29Jan14-Elkton-Elephant-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Just about everyone loves the circus, so people in Elkton, South Dakota were disappointed when bad weather forced the cancellation…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/28Jan14-World-War-I-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When the World War I museum and Liberty Memorial were dedicated in 1926 by President Calvin Coolidge, it’s said he…