Category: American Countryside
Trying To Get Parts from a Thousand Miles Away
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/02/28Feb20-Bayer-Hawaii-Corn-Farming-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine farming in a place where a break down could cost you not hours, but weeks to get repairs. When…
The “Roots” of a Corn Hybrid’s Past
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/02/27Feb20-Bayer-Hawaii-Corn-Farming-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When farmers put seed in the ground each spring, there’s a good chance that sometime during that corn hybrid’s past,…
Spring Weather 365 Days Each Year
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/02/26Feb20-Bayer-Hawaii-Corn-Farming-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you happen to be a corn or soybean farmer, perhaps you look forward to the warm Spring days when…
Abraham Lincoln’s Senator Challenger
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/02/25Feb20-Stephen-Douglas-2020.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Abraham Lincoln led the country through the Civil War, but it was this man who defeated him for the senate…
Where Water Powers the Machines
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/02/24Feb20-Saugus-Ironworks-2020.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It is a factory that began operation over a century before England’s colonies became the United State of America. We…
George Washington’s Birthplace
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/02/21Feb20-George-Washington-Birthplace.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)George Washington’s birth date was always clear–February 22, 1732. The location of his birth though was difficult to pinpoint. It’s…
Thomas Jefferson’s Neighbor
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/02/20Feb20-James-Monroe.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Thomas Jefferson’s home is one of the best known and most visited in the United States. However, just drive down…
Smoke-filled Rooms
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/02/19Feb20-Blackstone-Hotel-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You many have heard of backroom political deals referred to as having taken place in a smoke-filled room. Today I’ll…
A Chicago Landmark
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/02/18Feb20-Blackstone-Hotel-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When it was constructed just over a century ago, it was the tallest building in Chicago. It remains a landmark…
Sandwiched Between Two Notable Presidents
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/02/17Feb20-John-Adams.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)His presidency was sandwiched between presidential greats George Washington and Thomas Jefferson…and unfortunately, much of his work in helping form…
A Decisive Role in History
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/02/14Feb20-Andrew-Johnson-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When John F Kennedy wrote the book, “Profiles in Courage,” he wrote about several people who had decisive roles in…
One of Lincoln’s Worst Calls
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/02/13Feb20-Andrew-Johnson-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Abraham Lincoln’s face is on Mt. Rushmore because of the leadership he showed during the American Civil War. However, in…
A President Mostly Forgotten
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/02/12Feb20-Andrew-Johnson-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)During February we remember the birthday of Abraham Lincoln. Today we take a look at a man who held the…
A Bull on the Run in the Ladies Room
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/02/11Feb20-Kansas-City-Union-Station-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you’ve been around cattle for much of your life, you know there are times when one in the bunch…
The Spark That Created the FBI
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/02/10Feb20-Kansas-City-Union-Station-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some say this event was the spark that created today’s FBI. It was a crime that made national headlines and…
The Second Largest Train Station
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/01/07Feb20-Kansas-City-Union-Station-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Grand Central Station is the largest train station in the country when measured by the actual size of the building….
An Amazing Grazing Animal
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/01/06Feb20-National-Buffalo-Museum-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When you think of athletic animals you probably don’t quickly choose a buffalo to fit the bill. But in a…
Bison or Buffalo?
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/01/05Feb20-National-Buffalo-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Are they bison or buffalo, or if there any difference? In a moment you’ll hear why the names can make…
The Land Where the Buffalo Roam
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/01/04Feb20-National-Buffalo-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)We’ve all heard of the vast herds of buffalo that once roamed the high plains. At one time there numbers…
The Aftermath of Antietam
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/01/03Feb20-Antietam-National-Battlefield-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Even by today’s standards the cost of this battle was staggering. It was a twelve hour conflict that saw a…
