http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/28Nov12-USS-Indianapolis-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 1.4MB)As August of 1945 neared, one ship took a top secret cargo across the Pacific.  For the men of the…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/27Nov12-USS-Indianapolis-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:30 — 1.1MB)He grew up in the heart of the Midwest, but during World War II, his life at sea would become…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/26Nov12-Buffalo-Bill.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:29 — 1.1MB)Before he was known as Buffalo Bill, he was simply William Cody.  We all assume he must have some connection…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/23Nov12-Bank-of-Vernal.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:30 — 1.1MB)It was a mail shipment so large that it overwhelmed a tiny post office and caused the postal service to…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/22Nov12-USS-Constellation.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:31 — 1.1MB)She was built in 1854, and 100 years later, she was still serving in the US Navy…..

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/21Nov12-Arbor-Day-Farm-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:29 — 1.1MB)Today corn and soybeans can be used for much more than just a food and feed ingredient for people and…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/19Nov12-Dawson-Dolly.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:31 — 1.2MB)Skagway, Alaska has a wealth of history from its gold mining days. One of the personalities who shares that story…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/20Nov12-Arbor-Day-Farm-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:30 — 1.1MB)You probably know this gentleman’s son for the salt company he founded that bears his name.  But the father was…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/16Nov12-Hulaville.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:29 — 1.1MB)Most people think you need to go to Hawaii to see hula girls.  Not so.  In fact, it was one…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/11/15Nov12-Salt-Pepper-Museum.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:33 — 1.2MB)We sometimes bill our program as a slice of Americana…and today’s broadcast certainly fills that theme. We visit with a…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/14Nov12-Victorville-California.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:29 — 1.1MB)When trains and cars made their way westward to Los Angeles, they encountered an obstacle between San Bernardino and Barstow….

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/13Nov12-Hunter-Dawson.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:30 — 2.3MB)In the days just ahead of the Civil War, one prominent young lady in New Madrid, Missouri built a grand…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/12Nov12-Union-Station-Chocolate.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:32 — 2.3MB)For 90% of this agricultural product’s history, it was used as a drink.  People certainly still drink it today, but…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/11/09Nov12-Catoctin-Mountain-Park-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:33 — 1.2MB)People have long recognized this spot as a way to get away from it all.  During the Roosevelt administration, the…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/08Nov12-Nanibajou-Lodge-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:29 — 1.1MB)Pick a paint color or new carpet for your home and it will probably fade over time.  However, the paint…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/07Nov12-Nanibajou-Lodge-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:30 — 1.1MB)Babe Ruth and Jack Dempsey were members of this exclusive club, yet they may have never set foot here.  It’s…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/06Nov12-Voting-2012.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:31 — 1.2MB)One of our greatest American freedoms is the power to vote.  You may think one ballot may not mean much,…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/04Nov12-Lincoln-Log-Cabin-Slavery-Case.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:29 — 1.1MB)Abraham Lincoln is known as the great emancipator, a champion of ending slavery in the United States.  However, in the…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/02Nov12-Double-Decker-Outhouse.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:30 — 1.1MB)Outhouses built before the ear of indoor plumbing are becoming hard to find.  Now try finding a double-decker outhouse.  That…

When Dexter Clark decided that the life of a Wisconsin dairy farmer was not for him, he took up a new career that he says…