Category: American Countryside
Carving a Capital from the Wilderness
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/05/Kaskaskia-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Roll back the clock 250 years and this city’s population might rival some of the largest towns on the east…
The Glory Days of Powhatan, Arkansas
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/05/Powhatan-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Today the town of Powhatan is nearly a ghost town. However, it’s buildings have been preserved and the stories of…
Powhatan, Arkansas
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/05/Powatan-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)There’s a good chance you’ve never heard of Powhatan, Arkansas. However, this was once a thriving city with steamboat traffic…
Sitting Bull
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/05/Sitting-Bull-2011.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)He is one of the greatest Indian chiefs ever to lead his tribes in peace and battle. Ironically, two different…
Collecting Specimens
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/05/Osteology-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Jay’s father could have scolded him for what he’d unearthed. Most parents would say, “Put down that filthy thing!” His…
A Prisoner of War Reintured
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/05/Ft-Reno-Oklahoma-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Over 65 years after this Prisoner Of War died in a work camp, his body will be reintured near his…
One Famous Horse
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/05/Ft-Reno-Oklahoma-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)At one time this fort raised and trained over 14,000 horses and mules at a time. Many of those animals…
A Front Porch Presidential Campaign
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/05/2011-Harding-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)It may seem odd for a presidential candidate to campaign without leaving home. But that’s exactly what this man did–and…
Living Past 100 Years Old
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/05/Helen-Netherton-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Helen Netherton may still be able to purchase long term care insurance, but at the age of 110, she’s still…
Helen Netherton
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/05/Helen-Netherton-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Today we make history on our broadcasts. Out story is with the oldest person we have ever interviewed for the…
The First President Born After the Civil War
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/05/2011-Harding-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)We all know about the President who led the nation through the Civil War. But who was the first president…
An Unlikely Field Trip
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/05/06May10-Ernest-Muncreif-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:05 — 1.9MB)Many schools take field trips this time of the year. They are usually a fun event for students to get…
Illinois’ Original State Capital
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Vandalia-Illinois-State-Capitol.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)State capitals range in size form huge cities such as Atlanta, Georgia all the way down to Montpelier, Vermont’s mere…
Lincoln Celebrates With Champagne and Raisins
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Vandalia-Illinois-Lincoln-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)What was Abraham Lincoln doing with 81 bottles of champagne and 14 pounds of raisins? Thankfully he didn’t consume them…
Lincoln at Illinois’ Other Capital
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Vandalia-Illinois-Linoln-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)You can go to Springfield, Illinois and learn plenty about President Abraham Lincoln. His home and Presidential Library are there….
Taliesin
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Frank-Lloyd-Wright-Taliesan-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Ask an American who is the most famous architect in their country’s history and this man’s name is probably at…
An Architect’s Inspiration
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Frank-Lloyd-Wright-Taliesan-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Most people know him as a famous architect. They don’t realize his early years and perhaps the inspiration for his…
From Japan to the United States
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Barbara-Law-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)As a Japanese teenager, Barbara was taught to defend herself from American soldiers arriving in her country. She ended up…
World War II From the Other Side of the Globe
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Barbara-Law-11.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Probably all of us have heard stories about World War II. Perhaps we have friends or relatives who have shared…
The Runestone
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Runestone-KXRA-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)The ancient writing on this stone shows that Europeans had traveled to the interior of North America over a century…