Category: Arkansas
Home of the Bowie Knife
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/04/10Apr24-Bowie-Knife.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Sometimes people will travel a long way to get exactly the item they desire. That was the case for this…
Historic Washington, Arkansas
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/04/09Apr24-Historic-Washington-Arkansas.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)As the city of Washington, D.C. was growing into its role as the nation’s capital, another city of Washington was…
The Haircut Heard Around the World
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/03/27Mar24-Elvis-Barbershop-Ft-Smith-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Next to Delilah’s shearing of strongman Samson, it’s perhaps the most famous haircut in history. Many young ladies wondered if…
Elvis Joins the Army
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/03/26Mar24-Elvis-Barbershop-Ft-Smith-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)From 1958 to 1960, Elvis Pressley was part of the active military. He spent time at Ft. Hood, Texas and…
Antarctic Scientists and Fort Smith, Arkansas
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/02/09Feb23-US-Marshal-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Who makes sure that the scientists of Antarctica are accountable to the law? It may sound like a strange question,…
A Museum Dedicated to Federal Law Enforcement
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/02/08Feb23-US-Marshal-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)They are the longest tenured federal law enforcement group in the United States. Their important work has played a critical…
One Historic Place
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/12/19Dec23-Miss-Lauras-Brothel-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It may be one of the most unique businesses to ever be placed on the National Register of Historic Places. …
Laura’s Little Business in Ft. Smith
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/12/18Dec23-Miss-Lauras-Brothel-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Laura Ziegler came to Ft. Smith, Arkansas from Vermont. She was only in this city for about a decade, then…
Same Old Sam
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/01/18Jan23-Sam-Walton-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He was one of the wealthiest men in America. Yet almost everyone that ever worked with him would tell you…
Sam’s Mismatched Floor Tiles
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/01/17Jan23-Sam-Walton-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It you walked into a business that had just remodeled its space and noticed the floor tiles did not match,…
Losing a Lease that Led to Success
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/01/16Jan23-Sam-Walton-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s said, “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.” Perhaps that’s how Sam should have regarded the fact that his…
The Turpentine Wildlife Refuge
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/12/04Jan22-Turpentine-Wildlife-Refuge-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Lots of people come to Eureka Springs, Arkansas every year to enjoy the Ozark setting and attractions. One of the…
A Trailer Full of Tigers
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/12/03Jan22-Turpentine-Wildlife-Refuge-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Occasionally you hear of a large truckload of cattle or hogs that is stranded on the highway and other trucks…
The Arkansas Spring Water From Alaska?
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/12/14Dec21-Blue-Springs-Heritage-Center-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Natural springs are a thing of beauty and also of mystery. Attempts to find the source of this spring have…
Blue Spring Heritage Center
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/12/13Dec21-Blue-Springs-Heritage-Center-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Just outside of Eureka Springs, Arkansas you will find one of the largest natural springs in the area. It’s captivating…
Where the Delta Meets the Ozarks
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/03/17Mar21-Powhatan-Arkansas-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we welcome our listeners in southern MO and northern AR on 92.3 KSAR. Folks there may know of a…
Remembering Powhatan, Arkansas
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/03/16Mar21-Powhatan-Arkansas-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There’s a good chance you’ve never heard of Powhatan, Arkansas. However, this was once a thriving city with steamboat traffic…
A Famous Ridge of Land
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/11/09Nov20-Crowleys-Ridge-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You’ll find the town of Kennett, Missouri in the state’s bootheel, about 15 miles west of the Mississippi River. It’s…
Crowley’s Ridge
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/10/06Nov20-Crowleys-Ridge-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Lots of rivers, towns and mountains are named after people who settled in a specific area. This man never imagined…
A Peaceful Tale of Gangsters
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/10/30Oct20-Hot-Springs-Gangsters.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There aren’t too many peaceful stories about gangsters…but in a moment you’ll hear one. A story of how one American…
