http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/02Jun14-Roy-Hawthorne-Navajo-Codetalker-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This week you’ll be hearing a series of programs with World War II Navajo codetalker, Roy Hawthorne.  You can also…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/Navaho-Code-Talker-Roy-Hawthorne.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:01:24 — 42.2MB)Beginning in 1942, Navajo men began using their native language to send coded messages in combat during World War II. …

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/04/14May14-Holbrook-Petroglyphs-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)I’ve always enjoyed the chance to view Native American petroglyphs.  The ancient rock writing is fascinating, but it’s hard to…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/04/13May14-Holbrook-Petroglyphs-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)They’re called petroglyphs. They are carvings or drawings made into the stone from hundreds of years ago. We know little…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/04/12May14-Holbrook-Petroglyphs-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)Just outside Holbrook, Arizona you can find the remains of an old corral that once housed the herd of the…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/06/25Jun13-Goose-Eggs.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.7MB)We’ve all heard of the goose that laid the golden eggs. While it would be hard to find such a…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/25Apr13-Holocaust-Survivor-Search-Kreisberger-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine a scene in which a boy is wrenched from a mother’s arms…and is headed for certain death.  No doubt…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/24Apr13-Holocaust-Survivor-Search-Kreisberger-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)A diet of chocolate and potatoes is probably not the most balanced ration one can eat…but during World War II…it…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/23Apr13-Holocaust-Survivor-Search-Kreisberger-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)As World War II began, Search Kreisberger and his family struggled just to survive.  His miraculous story of holocaust survival…..

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/22Apr13-Holocaust-Survivor-Search-Kreisberger-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)His city bounced from one country’s control to another during World War II.  No matter who was in control…this young…

Holbrook, Arizona Holbrook, Arizona, is just what you’d expect from a town in the Old West. It had a reputation as a place that was…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/Boneyard-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)It’s the fifth largest air force in the world, but few of the planes here will fly. Even if they…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/Boneyard-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)If you were looking for some used parts to repair your car, you might go to a scrapyard to find…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/07/San-Marcos-Resort.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)Phoenix, Arizona has plenty of golf resorts that attract thousands of visitors, but ask someone who established the first course…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/07/FFA-Karate-Kid-Keillie-Summey1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:30 — 1.1MB)It’s not often you get to visit with someone who’s won multiple national titles in anything.  Now add in the…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/06/Jed-Ward-Muni-Unicycle.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Many of us remember the struggle of learning to ride a bike as a kid.  Eventually we mastered it, and…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/01/Yuma-Agriculture-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)What’s the hottest ticket in the nation?  There might be some music stars and sporting events near the top of…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/01/Yuma-Agriculture-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)This county enjoys the longest growing season in the country and it supplies most of the winter vegetables you’ll find…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/10/Yuma-Arizona-History-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)George Strait once sang that he had some oceanfront property in Arizona and if you’d buy that he’d throw the…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/10/Yuma-Arizona-History-21.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Before bridges crossed rivers, communities often relied upon ferries to carry people and supplies. In some cases, those ferry operators…