https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/08/05Sep25-Good-Enough-Mine-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Not many people set out to own a historic gold and silver mine.  That was the case for Andre, but…

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/08/04Sep25-Good-Enough-Mine-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When the first miners hit veins of ore here, they knew it was “good enough” to open a profitable mine. …

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/08/03Sep25-Good-Enough-Mine-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Not many folks have heard of Goose Flats, Arizona.  After all, the most exciting thing in Goose Flats was the…

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/06/19Jun25-Tombstone-Courthouse-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the 1880s, stagecoaches brought dozens of people each day to a boom town called Tombstone.  But it was a…

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/06/18Jun25-Tombstone-Courthouse-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When this man set out to find his fortune he was told he’d need to dig his grave when he…

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/02/04Mar25-Modoc-War-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the middle of a lava field in northern California you’ll find a place known as the stronghold…a volcanic fortress…

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/02/03Mar25-Modoc-War-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)As European settlers moved west, Native Americans were often displaced and forced onto lands foreign to them.  That was the…

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/02/26Feb25-Tombstone-Okay-Corral.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This corral isn’t famous for holding cattle, but it is famous for the shootout that put this town on the…

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/12Dec24-Ely-Nevada-Railway-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Steam locomotives are a thing of the past, but not everywhere.  A trip to eastern Nevada will show you a…

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/11Dec24-Ely-Nevada-Railway-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the early 1900s, this area of eastern Nevada saw a boom that brought men and families from all points…

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/10Dec24-Sedona-Arizona-History-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some businesses are known by their iconic logos.  For instance, if I refer to the golden arches, you know it’s…

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/09Dec24-Sedona-Arizona-History-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many would say Sedona, Arizona is a beautiful place with a beautiful and unique name.  But where did that name…

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/06Dec24-Sedona-Arizona-History-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Before Sedona became a draw for tourists, this type of farming drew homesteaders here.  In fact, one important museum there…

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/19Nov24-Wigwam-Hotel.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you, your kids or even your grandkids have seen the movie Cars, then you probably remember the Cozy Cones. …

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/18Nov24-Yuma-Crossing-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)George Strait once sang that he had some ocean front property in Arizona and if you’d buy that he’d throw…

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/15Nov24-Yuma-Crossing-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Before bridges crossed rivers, communities often relied upon ferries to carry people and supplies.  In some cases, those ferry operators…

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/14Nov24-Yuma-Crossing-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Yuma, Arizona is in the Sonoran dessert.  The annual average rainfall is about three inches per year.  So it is…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/02/27Feb24-Prescott-Frontier-Days-Rodeo-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you come to watch this rodeo, you’ll most likely be sitting in seats that were first used in 1913. …

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/02/26Feb24-Prescott-Frontier-Days-Rodeo-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Where was the first rodeo held?  You’ll find some debate on the actual beginning point of the sport with several…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/02/20Feb24-Jerome-Arizona-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many a mining boom town has experienced boom and bust.  When this town was just about gone it began to…