http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/Towosahgy.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Many Midwestern cities can trace their beginnings for over 150 years or more. This one can go back 1000 years…..

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/Big-Oak-Tree-State-Park.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)The Mississippi River bottom lands stretch for hundreds of miles. It’s flat, fertile farmland producing a bounty of crops.  But…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/22Mar11-Tom-Turpin-Honey-Bees-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 939.8KB)Whether it’s flowers, fruits or vegetables, most rely on insects to pollinate and produce their bounty. Could their pollination be…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/Tom-Turpin-Honey-Bees-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)You may have heard bee populations are declining.  What’s behind it and should we be concerned?

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/Tippecanoe-2011.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Perhaps you’ve heard the Presidential slogan “Tippecanoe and Tyler too.”  Today’s feature is literally at Tippecanoe.  What is it and…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/Victory-Ships-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)During the 1940s, 534 of these ships existed. Today only three sail the waters. Their past and present are a…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/Victory-Ships-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)During the first half of World War II, the United States used vessels called Liberty Ships to haul cargo and…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/Victory-Ships-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Imagine a ship over a football field and a half long and sixty-two feet wide.  Now imagine you need to…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/Florida-Holocaust-Museum.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)If you happen to visit the Tampa-St. Petersburg area, you should take time to visit a well done site called…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/Florida-Strawberries-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)In the 1930’s, citizens of Plant City, Florida began a strawberry festival.  The annual event continues today. Although it’s mostly…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/Florida-Strawberries-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Imagine attempting to grow a high value crop in the middle of one of America’s largest cities.  That’s exactly what…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/08Mar11-Florida-Strawberries.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 1.4MB)What does it take to grow great strawberries? A good railroad of course. That’s one of the reasons many of…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/Arivaca-Boys-Ranch-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:01 — 948.2KB)The Bible’s parable of the prodigal son shares the story of a wayward son that comes home to a father…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/02Oct09-Civil-War-Reunion-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 1.9MB)75 years after the Battle of Gettysburg, the veterans of the Civil War were still coming here for reunions……

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/24Feb11-Charles-Pinckney.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)You may not have heard his name, but the impact this young man left on our government is still felt…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/Phil-Corzine-Brazil-Agriculture-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)It’s amazing some of the technology that can be found on the farm these days.  However, if you go to…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/21Feb11-Andrew-Johnson.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:01 — 944.5KB)Every February, we celebrate the birthdays of Lincoln and Washington. But what about some of the lesser-known individuals who occupied…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/Phil-Corzine-Brazil-Agriculture-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:01 — 942.2KB)Midwestern farms experience temperatures that can often range from below zero to over 100 during the course of the year….

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/17Feb11-National-Road-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:05 — 977.0KB)Folks in Ramsey, Illinois know that just a few miles to the south, one of the nation’s first roads once…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/National-Road-2011.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Today, interstate highways allow us to travel from state to state crossing rivers, plains and mountains in a fraction of…