Category: American Countryside
From the Hardwood to Another Competition
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/10Sep13-Miss-America-Shelby-Ringdahl-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)I first became acquainted with Shelby Ringdahl when she played basketball at Columbia Rock Bridge High School, a team which…
From Pearl Harbor into World War II
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/09/09Sep13-Al-Bodenlos.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Al Bodenlos can tell you plenty about building airport runways. Of course, most of those he helped build were on…
An Aviation Pioneer
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/06Sep13-Hatton-Elison-Museum-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Carl Ben Eielson hailed from Hatton, North Dakota. He was a pioneer in aviation and helped open the vast Alaskan…
The Hero from Hatton
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/05Sep13-Hatton-Elison-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we say hello to our listeners on 600 KSJB covering eastern and central North Dakota. Folks there know of…
The Aviation of Carl Ben Eielson
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/04Sep13-Hatton-Elison-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)If you live in the states of North Dakota or Alaska and you quite likely have heard of Carl Ben…
Antietam Battle’s Blood Lane
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/03Sep13-Antietam-Battle-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The fields were filled with ears of corn nearing harvest during September, but the kernels would never be shelled. In…
Knowing Someone Else’s Battle Plan
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/02Sep13-Antietam-Battle-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine going into a battle and having the enemy’s plan of attach in your hands. It sounds like it would…
The Old Log Cabin Inn
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/30Aug13-Old-Log-Cabin-Inn.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When you operate a restaurant that features a talking crow and airplane rides, you will certainly stand out compared to…
A Unique Hall of Fame
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/29Aug13-Route-66-Hall-of-Fame.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)There are many Halls of Fame across this nation. Most will display items related to those enshrined. This one is…
Taking Care of Unordinary Pets
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/28Aug13-National-Tiger-Sanctuary-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Rob Patrick has to help feed his pets. It takes about 100,000 pounds of raw meat a year. Of course…
A Home for Big Cats
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/27Aug13-National-Tiger-Sanctuary-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Animal shelters may care for unwanted cats. But when it comes to these kind of cats, it takes a special…
The Pontiac Wagon
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/26Aug13-Pontiac-Oakland-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Today we take a look at a very old Pontiac wagon. No, we’re not talking about a station wagon, but…
A Car Named for Oakland County, Michigan
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/23Aug13-Pontiac-Oakland-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)If I were to tell you that there is a car named for Oakland County, Michigan you’d probably not recognize…
The Walldog Museum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/22Aug13-Walldogs.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)What is a “walldog” and why is there a museum devoted to it? Well, the answer can be found in…
Little House on the Prairie
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/21Aug13-Laura-Ingalls-Wilder.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)It’s hard to imagine it happened by chance–8 books and a 10 year television series–all based on one young pioneer…
Where Horses Wouldn’t Drink
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/20Aug13-Bartlesville-Oklahoma.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)George Keeler noticed his horses wouldn’t drink from this spot on the Caney River. The location is today an important…
The Battle of the Hemp Bales
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/19Aug13-Battle-of-the-Hemp-Bales.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)The bullet holes still scar the inside and outside of this home, a place that was a hospital during a…
Clark Gable and the Cyclorama
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/16Aug13-Atlanta-Cyclorama-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Many people remember Clark Gable in the movie Gone With the Wind. But have you seen him in his role…
The Bankruptcy of a Circus Benefits a City
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/15Aug13-Atlanta-Cyclorama-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Never was the bankruptcy of a circus so fortuitous to a city. Not only did they pick up what would…
What Started as a Campaign Poster…
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/14Aug13-Atlanta-Cyclorama-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)It began life as a campaign poster, although you would have to have one very large wall to ever hang…
