Category: Arkansas
The Wedding Capitol of the South
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/18May15-Eureka-Springs-Weddings.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)It’s billed as the wedding capital of the south. The scenic beauty draws couples here and perhaps some legislation initially…
All Seven Stories With A Ground Floor
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/12/26Feb15-Eureka-Springs-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Imagine a seven story hotel in which each floor is a ground floor. We’ll take you to the town where…
Water Is Their Livelihood
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/12/25Feb15-Eureka-Springs-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)If you think water is just water, then don’t tell the folks in this small town, because it’s the water…
Dreams of Becoming a Vet
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/12Nov14-Tyson-CEO-Donnie-Smith-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:57 — 2.0MB)He had dreams of becoming a vet, and while that did not come true, his work today is certainly a position…
Rounding Up the Island Herd
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/11Nov14-2014-Antelope-Island-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)Every fall there is a round-up of the herd here just outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. You can even…
Grazing Animals on an Island
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/10Nov14-2014-Antelope-Island-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)Until the 1960s, ranchers took animals by a barge from the mainland to this island for grazing. The vast rangeland…
The Lone Ranger, Silver and Tonto
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/23May14-The-Lone-Ranger.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB) No matter your age, you’ve most likely heard of the Lone Ranger, his horse Silver and his faithful Indian…
Wanted Dead or Alive
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/22May14-Bass-Reeves-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Perhaps you’ve heard the phrase, “Wanted, Dead or Alive!” It certainly was used on some occasions, but near Ft. Smith,…
A Long Walk Behind the Wagon
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/21May14-Bass-Reeves-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)If a fugitive is captured, they are usually transported to a jail to await a hearing before a court of…
A Crack Shot and Tenacious Tracker
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/20May14-Bass-Reeves-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)He was one of the first African American U.S. marshalls in the nation. His reputation as a crack shot…
Law In the Indian Territory
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/19May14-Law-In-the-Indian-Territory.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)In Ft. Smith, Arkansas you can find the courtroom where Judge Issac Parker used to preside. It was a place…
The Barbershop of the Famous Haircut
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/18Mar14-Elvis-Barbershop-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 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/2013/12/17Mar14-Elvis-Barbershop-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)From 1958 to 1960, Elvis Pressley was part of the active military. He spent time at Ft. Hood, Texas and…
The Most Unique Business on the National Register of Historic Places
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/23Dec13-Miss-Lauras-Bordello-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)It may be one of the most unique businesses to ever be placed on the National Register of Historic Places. …
Miss Laura’s Little Business
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/20Dec13-Miss-Lauras-Bordello-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)Laura Ziegler came to Ft. Smith, Arkansas from Vermont. She was only in this city for about a decade, then…
A Deadly Trip
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/06/27Jun13-De-Soto-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.8MB)Imagine walking all the way from Arkansas to Mexico City. That’s what this expedition attempted to do. When they finally…
Transforming Florida Forever
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/06/26Jun13-De-Soto-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.7MB)It’s hard to imagine the changes that took place in the American southeast during the 16th Century. The Spanish came…
Where the Delta Meets the Ozarks
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/06/24Jun13-Powhatan.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)Powhatan, Ark., is a once-thriving city, now mostly a ghost town. But its buildings have been restored and the stories…
Mammoth Springs
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/Mammoth-Springs.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)When farmers put hay bales in this spring, the reappeared three days later seven miles away. The underground waterway just…
The Glory Days of Powhatan, Arkansas
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/05/Powhatan-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Today the town of Powhatan is nearly a ghost town. However, it’s buildings have been preserved and the stories of…