http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/27Dec12-Best-of-2012-Ryman-Auditorium.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)There was once a river boat captain, whose life was changed by a preacher. He built a church for that…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/26Dec12-Best-of-2012-Las-Vegas-Endurance-Plane.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)If you’ve ever flown into the Las Vegas airport, you may have noticed a colorful Cessna airplane hanging from the…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/25Dec12-Noel-Missouri-Post-Office.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)At Christmas we may sing, “The First Noel.”  In the United States, this is the “Only Noel.”  Confused?  Join me…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/24Dec12-Stones-River-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 1.4MB)Nearly a century and a half ago two armies shared a sentimental tune before one of the deadliest battles of…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/21Dec12-Stones-River-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)The Union army was defeated at Fredricksburg, Virginia in mid December 1862.  President Lincoln needed a victory to bolster the…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/20Dec12-Denver-Sleigh-Works.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 1.4MB)Santa needs a sleigh to make deliveries around the world. This man makes sure he will never run out of…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/18Dec12-Kidder-Massacre.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:57 — 1.4MB)Today messages can be relayed to a military patrol within a split second.  But in the 1860s, it took a…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/17Dec12-First-Helicopter.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:57 — 1.4MB)The first operational helicopters took flight in the 1930s.   Wide spread production of the aircraft didn’t occur for another…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/14Dec12-Osage-Village.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 1.4MB)Perhaps the first Europeans to come to his part of southwest Missouri were amazing to see such a vast village…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/13Dec12-Cherokee-Strip.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 1.4MB)Imagine a train chugging south out of Kansas with people jumping from the cars all along its route. The reason…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/12Dec12-Missouri-Governor-Cemeteries.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:57 — 1.4MB)Down dirt and gravel roads, off the main highway on paths once well traveled, but now forgotten, you can find…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/11Dec12-Pearl-Harbor-Wilbur-Wright-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:57 — 1.4MB)For those who survived the attack on Pearl Harbor, many soon found themselves assigned to duties throughout the Pacific.  But…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/10Dec12-Pearl-Harbor-Wilbur-Wright-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:56 — 1.3MB)He was a survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor.  Interestingly, his ship was not hit by a torpedo, yet…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/07Dec12-Pearl-Harbor-Wilbur-Wright-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:57 — 1.4MB)Before 1941, Pearl Harbor was a place unknown to many Americans.  That was certainly the case for Wilbur Wright, an…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/06Dec12-Camp-Floyd-Utah-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:57 — 1.4MB)For three years, 3500 soldiers served alongside one another in Utah Territory.  It was the largest military outpost in the…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/05Dec12-Camp-Floyd-Utah-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 1.4MB)In the summer of 1858, U.S. soldiers went to Utah to put down a supposed Mormon rebellion.  However, their three…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/04Dec12-Camp-Floyd-Utah-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:57 — 1.3MB)In 1857, rumors of rebellion made to the oval office.  President James Buchanan ordered troops to head to the trouble…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/03Dec12-Dalton-Gang.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.7MB)Today these streets and the adjacent alley are peaceful avenues lines with small town businesses. The fall of 1892, it…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/30Nov12-USS-Indianapolis-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 1.4MB)When Japan surrendered to the United States, Americans rejoiced to know the conflict was coming to an end.  Buried in…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/29Nov12-USS-Indianapolis-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 1.4MB)Of the many stories we’ve covered, our programs this week tell the story of the worst loss of life at…