Category: American Countryside
Bringing the First Airplane to Alaska
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/08/29Aug23-Carl-Ben-Eielson-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the 1920 a guy named Carl brought the first airplane to Fairbanks, Alaska. What took place from there would…
Carl Ben Eielson
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/08/28Aug23-Carl-Ben-Eielson-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you live in the states of North Dakota or Alaska, you quite likely have heard of Carl Ben Eielson. …
More Than Peanut Butter
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/08/25Aug23-George-Washington-Carver-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You may know him for just one thing…peanut butter…but in a moment you’ll see just how much this man accomplished. …
One of the Most Famous Agricultural Scientists
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/08/24Aug23-George-Washington-Carver-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He is one of the most famous agricultural scientists…a man who was born a slave and struggled to find a…
A Beautiful Church in Rural Montana
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/08/23Aug23-St.-Ignatius-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Just north of Missoula, Montana you’ll find a beautiful rural church with quite a story. It’s a place where people…
A Church That’s a Little Different Than Most
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/08/22Aug23-St.-Ignatius-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Churches began to spring up in many town in the U.S. as they were settled. But this church is perhaps…
The Mind That Help Change the World
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/08/21Aug23-Edison-West-Orange-Lab-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Even though this young man had but a few months of formal education, you wouldn’t know it by what career…
Influencing the Twentieth Century
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/08/18Aug23-Edison-West-Orange-Lab-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Although these buildings once had many workers, they now only house tourists. But this is the place that helped build…
An Old Pontiac Wagon
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/08/17Aug23-Pontiac-Oakland-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we take a look at a very old Pontiac wagon. No, we’re not talking about a station wagon, but…
The Oakland County Car
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/08/16Aug23-Pontiac-Oakland-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If I were to tell you that there is a car named for Oakland County, Michigan you’d probably not recognize…
Jacksonville, Illinois’ Wheels
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/08/15Aug23-Eli-Bridge-Company-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The numbers 1 and 17 are important in Jacksonville, IL. Those are the numbers of two machines built here that…
A Ride on a Contraption that Inspired
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/08/14Aug23-Eli-Bridge-Company-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was a moment of inspiration. A man took a ride on an amazing contraption that resulted in him just…
Clark Gable as a Dying Union Soldier
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/08/11Aug23-Atlanta-Cyclorama-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many people remember Clark Gable in the movie Gone With the Wind. But have you seen him in his role…
How A Bankruptcy Benefitted Atlanta
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/08/10Aug23-Atlanta-Cyclorama-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Never was the bankruptcy of a circus so fortuitous to a city. Not only did they pick up what would…
A Large Wall For a Campaign Poster
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/08/09Aug23-Atlanta-Cyclorama-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It began life as a campaign poster, although you would have to have one very large wall to ever hang…
The Jolly Green Giant
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/08/08Aug23-Jolly-Green-Giant-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Just about all of us have seen a picture of the Jolly Green Giant. But have you ever seen what…
A Reason to Stop Off Interstate 90
An interstate can help connect a town to others, but it may also provide a way for motorists to zip by a place without stopping…
A Place That’s a Little Peculiar
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/07/04Aug23-Peculiar-Missouri.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Not all of us can live in a normal place. While most of the nation lives in cities that aren’t…
An Italian Settlement Along the Gulf Shores
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/07/03Aug23-Daphne-Alabama-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some cities or regions are known for the nationalities of the people who settled there. But this perhaps seems a…
A Tree with Notoriety
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/07/02Aug23-Daphne-Alabama-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The resort was a place that saw entertainers of the day stop and provider performances…Alfred says even President Millard Fillmore…
