Category: American Countryside
The Bus Line of the 1800s
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/02/25Mar13-Tennessee-River-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You could say it was the bus line of the 1800s. A network of transportation that could take you just…
Beefing Up the Hulls of Ships
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/03/22Mar13-Tennessee-River-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Necessity is the mother of invention. When the Civil War began, it was relatively easy to sink wooden ships, so…
Shiloh National Battlefield
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/03/21Mar13-Tennessee-River-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)Each year, thousands of people will travel to southern Tennessee to see the famous national battleground at Shiloh. What most…
Remember the Raisin!
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/02/20Mar13-River-Raisin-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)We all recall the battle cry, “Remember the Alamo” but 200 years ago it was “Remember the Raisin!” So what…
The War of 1812
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/02/19Mar13-River-Raisin-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s long been said that the only thing most Americans can tell you about the War of 1812 is what…
Mastadon Park
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/02/18Mar13-Mastadon-Park.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 1.4MB)Imagine you unearthed the bones of an animal and had little idea of what you found. Now imagine making up…
The Story of Daddy Bryson
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/02/15Mar13-Smokey-Mountain-Railroad.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)His name was Daddy Bryson…and he became one of the best known train engineers in the Smoky Mountains…not because of…
The Last Train to Clarksville
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/03/14Mar13-Last-Train-to-Clarksville.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)In the summer of 1966 the Monkees released “The Last Train to Clarksville.” The song went to number one on…
Train Service from Clarksville
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/02/13Mar12-Clarksville-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)In the early and mid 1900s, passenger train service was common in most cities of any size. Today the passengers…
Plant City, Florida’s Strawberries
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/03/12Mar13-Plant-City-Strawberries-Ray-Clark.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)Plant City, Florida is well known for its strawberries. In fact, their annual strawberry festival will attract more people than…
A Family With Military History
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/03/11Mar13-Custer-Monroe-Michigan-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)When news of the defeat at the Little Bighorn reached Monroe, Michigan, this town had an extra reason to mourn….
The Historic Surrender Table
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/02/08Mar13-Custer-Monroe-Michigan-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)There are several portraits that show the surrender of General Lee to General Grant at Appomattox. Those scenes usually display…
The Hometown of George Armstrong Custer
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/03/06Mar13-Custer-Monroe-Michigan-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)We know him for the battle at the Little Bighorn. But to know just that one fact is to miss…
A Train Depot in Palm Springs
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/02/05Mar13-Palm-Springs-History.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)When the rails came through this stretch of dry wilderness, the only people living here were the Cahuilla Indians. What…
Managing the Biggest Telescope in the World
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/02/04Mar13-Arecibo-Observatory-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)Today we say hello to our listeners in the Archbold, Ohio area. One of their farm kids grew up to…
Just What Is a Close Call With an Asteroid?
On occasion you may here a story about an asteroid making a close pass to our planet. So who tells you whether it will be a “close call” or a direct hit? And how far in advance could they tell you the answer? Today we visit with a man who can provide many of those answers…..
New Ways to Explore the Universe
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/02/28Feb13-Arecibo-Observatory-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)It’s a marvel of science and engineering – a construction project so large that it took three years to complete….
Near Liberation from a POW Camp
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/02/27Feb13-POW-Tom-Crosby.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 1.4MB)American troops had finally made it to Manila and were attempting to free POWs like Tom Crosby. Just when things…
Farming Next to the Ocean
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/02/26Feb13-AgriGold-Puerto-Rico-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)The scenery that surrounds this place looks anything but Midwestern. Yet, it’s the work that is done here that impacts…
Planting Three or Four Crops a Year
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/02/25Feb13-AgriGold-Puerto-Rico-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)Most farmers plant their seeds in the spring and harvest in the fall. But on this farm, Spring is just…
