Posted in American Countryside Best of Indiana Podcast

Tippecanoe, Indiana

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…

Continue Reading... Tippecanoe, Indiana
Posted in American Countryside Florida Podcast World War II

Preserving the SS American Victory

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…

Continue Reading... Preserving the SS American Victory
Posted in American Countryside Florida Podcast World War II

A New Class of Ships

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…

Continue Reading... A New Class of Ships
Posted in American Countryside Podcast World War II

Building Victory Ships

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…

Continue Reading... Building Victory Ships
Posted in American Countryside Florida Podcast World War II

Florida’s Holocaust Museum

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…

Continue Reading... Florida’s Holocaust Museum
Posted in American Countryside Florida food Podcast

A Florida Strawberry Festival

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…

Continue Reading... A Florida Strawberry Festival
Posted in American Countryside Florida food Podcast

A High Value Crop Grown Right in the Middle of Town

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…

Continue Reading... A High Value Crop Grown Right in the Middle of Town
Posted in American Countryside Florida food Podcast

The Secret to Growing Great Strawberries

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…

Continue Reading... The Secret to Growing Great Strawberries
Posted in American Countryside Best of

Arivaca Boys Ranch

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…

Continue Reading... Arivaca Boys Ranch
Posted in American Countryside Best of Civil War

Attending a Civil War Reunion

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……

Continue Reading... Attending a Civil War Reunion
Posted in American Countryside Best of

Charles Pinckney

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…

Continue Reading... Charles Pinckney
Posted in American Countryside Illinois international Podcast

Farming Big with Small Equipment

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…

Continue Reading... Farming Big with Small Equipment
Posted in American Countryside Best of Podcast Presidents

President Andrew Johnson

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…

Continue Reading... President Andrew Johnson
Posted in American Countryside Illinois Podcast

A Different Place to Farm

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….

Continue Reading... A Different Place to Farm
Posted in American Countryside Illinois Podcast

Stumps in the Road

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…

Continue Reading... Stumps in the Road
Posted in American Countryside Podcast

The National Road

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…

Continue Reading... The National Road
Posted in American Countryside Illinois Podcast

Chicago’s Library

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/Chicago-Library.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Chicago was ready to build a new library in the late 1800s.  However, it had two challenges.  There was little…

Continue Reading... Chicago’s Library
Posted in American Countryside Illinois Podcast

Chicago’s Cultural Center

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/Chicago-Cultural-Center.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Chicago’s Michigan Avenue has long been a place noted for fine shops, hotels and attractions. Many people though, pass by…

Continue Reading... Chicago’s Cultural Center
Posted in American Countryside Podcast

An African Weather Forecast

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/11Feb11-Bryce-Anderson-Africa-Weather.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)When we get a weather forecast, we, of course, are most interested in the weather for where we live. But…

Continue Reading... An African Weather Forecast
Posted in American Countryside Illinois Podcast Presidents Washington, DC

Lincoln’s Aide – William Johnson

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/Lincoln-Servant-William-Johnson.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Few people know that on Abraham Lincoln’s return to the District of Columbia from delivering the Gettysburg Address, he contracted…

Continue Reading... Lincoln’s Aide – William Johnson