Category: American Countryside
Putting the Town on the Map
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/06/25Jun18-Vinegar-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Lawrence Diggs is not you average citizen. If he seemed out-of-place here, he certainly wasn’t for long as the residents…
An American Idol
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/06/22Jun18-American-Idol-Garett-Miles.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You never know who you might meet when doing an interview. On a recent trip to Alabama to a historic…
A Place Known As Traveler’s Rest
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/06/21Jun18-Travelers-Rest-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was a meeting place, a point were Lewis and Clark twice stopped during very important points in their journey…
The Lolo Trail
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/06/20Jun18-Travelers-Rest-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was the most difficult climb in their journey west–the Rocky mountains of Montana and Idaho. We hit the Lolo…
Poker Alice
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/06/19Jun18-Rapid-City-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)She was simply known as Poker Alice. She was an expert card player who used to begin each game by…
Rapid City’s Historical Museum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/06/15Jun18-Rapid-City-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we say hello to our listeners on KOTA in Rapid City, South Dakota. Residents there know of an amazing…
Alibates Flint
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/06/14Jun18-Alibates-Flint.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s called Alibates flint…and this spot in the panhandle of Texas is the only place in the world where you…
The Discovery of Black Hills Gold
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/06/18Jun18-Rapid-City-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Perhaps you’ve heard of Black Hills gold. Its discovery rapidly changed life in today’s western South Dakota…
One of the First Oil Boom Towns
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/06/13Jun18-Drake-Oil-Well-Museum.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In a moment we head to oil country in the U.S…but this isn’t a trip to Oklahoma, Texas or even…
Lining Up for Repeat Purchases
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/06/12Jun18-Kool-Aid-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Marketing and advertising are keys to getting a product known and bought by consumers. Perhaps no one did it better…
Part of the Meal for Troops
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/06/11Jun18-Kool-Aid-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was a part of some meals served to U.S. troops during World War II. However, you probably don’t associate…
The Story of Edwin Perkins
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/06/08Jun18-Kool-Aid-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Today we say hello to our listeners on KHAS in Hastings, Nebraska. Residents have probably heard of a man named…
Springing Up a State Capital Overnight
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/06/07Jun18-Oklahoma-Land-Rush-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)If a city grows quickly, we might say it sprang up overnight. This state capital literally sprang into existence in…
Running to Get a Deal
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/06/06Jun18-Oklahoma-Land-Rush-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)If you found a great deal on a house of a piece of land, we might say that we ran…
The First Professional African American Baseball Player
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/06/05Jun18-Bud-Fowler-Keokuk-Baseball-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Who was the first African American major league baseball player. Most say Jackie Robinson. However, residents of this town say…
Keokuk, Iowa–Major League Baseball Town?
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/06/04Jun18-Bud-Fowler-Keokuk-Baseball-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)You probably don’t think of Keokuk, Iowa as a town that could support a Major League Baseball team. But that…
The Name and the Story Behind An Indiana Couple
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/05/01Jun18-Fountain-City-IN-Levi-Coffin-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Many fourth graders are required to study their states history. If you live in Indiana you probably studied this name. …
“Fair Trade” During the Civil War
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/05/31May18-Fountain-City-IN-Levi-Coffin-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Perhaps you’ve heard of “fair trade” products you can purchase in this country that guarantee the producers in developing nations…
Carrying On Without Saying A Word
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/05/30May18-Fountain-City-IN-Levi-Coffin-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)The work of the Underground Railroad needed to be secretive of course. But it seems many in this town knew…
The Secretive Work of the Couple From Fountain City
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/05/29May18-Fountain-City-IN-Levi-Coffin-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)In Fountain City, Indiana you will find an older brick home with quite a story. If you step inside you’ll…
