Category: American Countryside
The Battle of Gettysburg
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/gettysburg-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 949.4KB)In the three days leading up to Independence Day in 1863, Americans waged the greatest of battles against one another…
Methodist Museum (Part 2)
http://americancountryside.com/audio/methodist-museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:01 — 1.8MB)If you do something the same way day after day, you might be said to have a method to your…
Methodist Museum (Part 1)
http://www.americancountryside.com/audio/methodist-museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 951.0KB)On the southeast coast of Georgia you can find the place were these brothers encountered one of their most trying…
Kermit Bell
http://www.americancountryside.com/audio/kermit-bell-6-26-09.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 955.7KB)Over 2 decades after he first entered the army, Kermit Bell was now on his way to Vietnam. Not only…
Smokey Mountain Railroad (Part 2)
http://www.americancountryside.com/audio/smokey-mountain-railroad-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 952.0KB)His name was Daddy Bryson…and he became one of the best known train engineers in the Smoky Mountains…not because of…
Smokey Mountain Railroad (Part 1)
http://www.americancountryside.com/audio/smokey-mountain-railroad-1.mp3Podcast: Download ()Visitors to Smoky Mountain National Park can wander miles of trails that meander through endless forests. It wasn’t that long ago that many…
Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum
http://www.americancountryside.com/audio/salt-pepper-museum.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 953.9KB)We sometimes bill our program as a slice of Americana…and today’s broadcast certainly fills that theme. We visit with a…
Visit Missouri: Kimswick’s Blue Owl
Kimmswick, Missouri officially has 92 residents. Most days you will find far more people in this little town. When Mrs. Ross, heir to the 7-Up…
Visit Missouri: Liberty Memorial
I can’t say enough about the World War I museum in Kansas City. It is a true gem in the Midwest and more people need…
Visit Missouri: Lake of the Ozarks
The Lake of the Ozarks has been a major attraction in Missouri for about 80 years now. At the time Bagnell Dam was constructed the…
Missouri’s Covered Bridges
Covered bridges are really a neat slice of history. Many states have worked to preserve the few that remain. Missouri has four such spans and…