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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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. …

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/05/Powatan-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)There’s a good chance you’ve never heard of Powhatan, Arkansas. However, this was once a thriving city with steamboat traffic…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/Benjamin-Crowley-Ridge-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Today we say hello to our listeners on KOTC in Kennett, MO.  Is it really true the Mississippi River once…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/Benjamin-Crowley-Ridge-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Lots of rivers, towns and mountains are named after people who settled in a specific area.  This man never imagined…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/Hot-Springs-Gangsters.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 940.4KB)There aren’t too many peaceful stories about gangsters, but this American city offered ruthless men a chance to have a…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/10/Spanish-Treasure-Cave-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)In the years following Columbus’ voyage to the new world, other Europeans followed, some with ideas of conquering native American…