Category: American Countryside
From Harvest Fields to Cemetery
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/01/31Jan20-Antietam-National-Battlefield-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)These fields were filled with ears of corn nearing the harvest during September. The kernels would never be shelled though. …
Holding the Enemy’s Plan of Attack
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/01/30Jan20-Antietam-National-Battlefield-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine going into battle and having the enemy’s plan of attack in your hands. It sounds like it would not…
Traveling the Globe to Help People Face Fears
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/01/29Jan20-Fear-Facer-Michelle-Poler-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It all began with a list of one hundred fears. Some may not have seemed like fears for some –…
Facing Fears
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/01/28Jan20-Fear-Facer-Michelle-Poler-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)We’ve probably all heard the phrase that we must “Face our Fears.” That can be easy to say and hard…
A Hotel With Secret Service Accomodations
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/01/27Jan20-Town-Country-Inn-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many hotels host important guests, but Scott Labnon’s family-owned property is guaranteed to see plenty of secret service and presidential…
The Town & Country Inn
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/01/24Jan20-Town-Country-Inn-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The Northeastern U.S. is home to many long-time family owned resort motels. One of the most famous properties began with…
The Hermitage
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/01/23Jan20-The-Hermitage.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Mt. Vernon and Monticello are well known presidential homes. Along side those well known names is another home and plantation,…
The Sanitorium
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/01/22Jan20-Andrew-County-Museum-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)On the south edge of Savannah, Missouri you’ll find a tall brick building that once employed 500 and brought people…
Nellie Tayloe Ross
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/01/21Jan20-Andrew-County-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You may not know the name, Nellie Tayloe Ross, but she holds a very important distinction in this country. She…
The State With Stars on Two Flags
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/01/20Jan20-Andrew-County-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This state had a star on two flags at the same time – the U.S. flag and the confederate flag. …
An Amazing Couple
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/01/17Jan20-Pawnee-Bill-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It may have seemed this famous western showman had married the wrong woman. After all, his bride was a city…
A Childhood Hero
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/01/16Jan20-Pawnee-Bill-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many of us had childhood heroes, and for Gordon it was the famous showman Buffalo Bill. What he might never…
A Unique Museum Collection
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/01/15Jan20-Duncan-Doll-Museum.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)You could say this museum began because a man did not want to inherit what his sister was wanting to…
Going to Sun Valley
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/01/14Jan20-Sun-Valley-Ski-Resort-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The Union Pacific Railroad had the perfect new resort to sell to its passengers. The only problem was convincing them…
Going To An Unlikely Source for New Technology
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/01/13Jan20-Sun-Valley-Ski-Resort-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When you need new technology at a ski resort you of course look to someone in the railroad industry to…
A Resort Built By the Railroad
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/01/10Jan20-Sun-Valley-Ski-Resort-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This town got it’s start because a railroad was looking for a new destination to transport passengers. What resulted is…
John Deere Before the Tractor
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/01/09Jan20-John-Deere-Plow-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When you hear the name John Deere you might think of tractors. However, that is to think in modern terms. …
The Relocation of John Deere
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/01/08Jan20-John-Deere-Plow-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)We’ve all heard of John Deere equipment and you may know the company is headquartered in Moline, Illinois. But that’s…
The Man Who Was Just Another Blacksmith
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/01/07Jan20-John-Deere-Plow-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He was just another blacksmith until some of his old friends convinced him to move from the northeastern U.S. to…
PHARM Dog USA
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/01/06Jan20-Pharm-Dog-USA-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many us have a “cause” that is close to our heart. It could be an organization for which we volunteer,…