http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/07/Philipse-Manor-21.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:30 — 1.1MB)Fifty-six men signed the Declaration of Independence in July of 1776, but not everyone was pleased with the patriotic document….

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/07/Philipse-Manor-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:30 — 1.1MB)It’s rare to find a young married lady commanding a ship, crisscrossing the Atlantic multiple times each year. Now imagine…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/07/Liberty-Bell-2011.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:30 — 1.1MB)July 4th, 1776…Indpendence Day in the United States.  One of the symbols of our freedom is the Liberty Bell.  But…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/07/Springfield-Illinois-New-Salem1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:30 — 1.1MB)Where was Abraham Lincoln living when he won his first political office?  You may have forgotten that it was this…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/06/Springfield-Illinois-Lincolns-Tomb1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:30 — 1.1MB)Arlington National Cemetery is the most visited cemetery is the nation.  Which one ranks second?  Well, a stop here honors…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/06/Springfield-Illinois-Cozy-Dog.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:30 — 1.1MB)Route 66 is full of pieces of Americana, and in Central Illinois you’ll find a drive-in over 65 years old,…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/06/Springfield-Illinois-History-Comes-Alive.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:31 — 1.2MB)It’s been 150 years since Abraham Lincoln was President, but you can still visit with him and get his thoughts…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/06/Springfield-Illinois-Lincoln-Library1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:31 — 1.1MB)This week we’re in Springfield, Illinois–of course any stop here likely includes the Abraham Lincoln presidential library.  It’s a place…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/06/Jed-Ward-Muni-Unicycle.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Many of us remember the struggle of learning to ride a bike as a kid.  Eventually we mastered it, and…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/06/Kidron-Ohio-Lehman-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)If you lived without electricity–either by choice or simply because of the location you lived–where would you go to find…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/06/Kidron-Ohio-Lehman-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)If you’re going to do well in business you have to stay up with the times. But for Jay Lehman,…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/06/Dayton-Ohio-Wright-Brothers-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)The Wright Brothers made their first flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.  However, it was the farmers around Dayton, Ohio…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/06/Dayton-Ohio-Wright-Brothers-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Although Kitty Hawk, North Carolina received most of the attention regarding the Wright Brothers first flight, it was this Ohio…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/06/Cape-Girardeau-Discovery-Playhouse.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:13 — 1.5MB)We’ve all been to museums, but have you ever been to one were you needed to put on a boot…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/06/Cape-Girardeau-Murals.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 1.4MB)Michelangelo had a very large canvass when he began work on the Sistine chapel.  Make a trip to this river…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/06/Cape-Girardeau-Lazy-L-Safari-Park.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)When you pull in the drive at the Lance farm, you might expect to see cattle or horses.  But a…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/06/Cape-Girardeau-Civil-War.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 1.4MB)Civil War engineers were simply running out of names, but that doesn’t mean the forts here were not important.  It’s…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/06/Cape-Girardeau-Bollinger-Mill.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)All this week, we’ll be in Cape Girardeau, Missouri–the place where the river turns a thousand tales.  We begin with…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/06/Battle-of-Boonville.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)As you may know, we do all of our stories from the actual location where they occur. While we did…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/06/Red-Skelton-Festival.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)If you go to Vincennes, Indiana this weekend, there’s a good chance you’ll meet a clown.  Actually, there’s a chance…