Posted in American Countryside Indiana

Automakers After the Great Recession

It’s been dubbed the Great Recession…the economic downturn of that began in 2009.  One of the industries hardest hit were automakers.  Today we have the…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Oklahoma

A Hangar to Park a Plane

When Frank bought a plane he needed a hangar in which to park it. Soon the plane wasn’t the only thing in the building. In…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Oklahoma

The Phillips Home

The president of this oil company was looking for a place to entertain business leaders from the east coast and around the world. He settled…

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Posted in American Countryside Colorado

The Best Climate to Help Ease An Ailment

Today we may rely on the latest advancements in science and medicine to help cure disease.  Of course, in the 1800s, science provided some answers,…

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Posted in American Countryside Colorado

James’ Peak

You’ve perhaps never heard of James’ Peak.  It more accurate to say you’ve heard of the mountain, but you simply don’t know it by that…

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Posted in American Countryside Colorado

A Landmark With a Name

As Lewis and Clark headed west and north in 1803 to explore the newly acquire Louisiana Purchase, another explorer headed to the southwestern reaches of…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Michigan

Going to Hell

We go to great lengths to gather the stories you here on this program…and this time we literally went to hell and back to get…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Michigan

The Inventor of the First Automobile

Who invented the first automobile?  You might be surprised that it wasn’t Henry Ford…but this man from Kokomo, Indiana…

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Posted in American Countryside Colorado

A Landmark Burned to the Ground

It was perhaps the most important stop on the entire length of the Santa Fe Trail. However, under two decades after its establishment, it was…

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Posted in American Countryside Colorado

800 Miles and One Stop

Today you can travel down just about any interstate highway in America and find plenty of truck stops. Now turn back the clock nearly two…

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