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The Tallest Building In America (in 1828)
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/03/20Mar19-Phoenix-Shot-Tower-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It was the tallest building in the country in 1828…a skyscraper of its day. We’ll go there and take a…
The Father of Arizona
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/03/19Mar19-Charles-Poston-Father-of-Arizona.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)On the north edge of Florence, AZ you’ll find a small outcropping once known as Primrose Hill. Today there is…
A High School of Criminals
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/03/18Mar19-Yuma-Territorial-Prison.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Most high school’s hope to turn out classes of top notch students. This school consistently produces a new crop of…
Civil War Veterans’ Homes
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/02/01Mar19-Confederate-Memorial-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)The Civil War ended in 1865…but how long did the veterans of that war live? There is some controversy over…
Care of Civil War Soldiers
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/02/28Feb19-Confederate-Memorial-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Today veterans hospitals and retirement homes are common place, but in the years after the Civil War, grassroots efforts began…
A Crop Where You Shouldn’t Be Afraid of Heights
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/02/27Feb19-Yuma-Date-Farmer-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Some farmers need expensive, high tech equipment to harvest their crops. This crop requires a very low-tech method of harvest…but…
A Most Unusual Crop
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/02/26Feb19-Yuma-Date-Farmer-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)David’s farm is just 2 ½ acres in size…but that does not mean he’s not busy. In fact, the crop…
The Best of the Best Tour
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/02/25Feb19-Palm-Springs-Best-of-the-Best-Tours.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Before Palm Springs was a resort town…before Palm Springs was really even a town for that matter, movie stars began…
A Record-Setting Pilot
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/02/22Feb19-Jackie-Cochran.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Most people have heard of Chuck Yeager, but most have not heard of his good friend Jackie…a pilot who set…
The King of Marriage
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/02/14Feb09-Tom-Mix-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Tom Mix was known as the King of the Cowboys, starring in over 300 films from 1910 to 1935. He…
The King of the Cowboys: Tom Mix
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/02/13Feb09-Tom-Mix-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He was king of the cowboys, a real-life ranch hand that won the hearts of the nation with his amazing…
When Life Throws You Lemons
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/02/08Feb19-Spencer-Citrus-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When life throws you a lemon, you make lemonade. Mark certainly has plenty of lemons…but he doesn’t have to make…
A Citrus Packer
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/02/07Feb19-Spencer-Citrus-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)You’ve probably bought their fruit and not even realized it. This is a family owned citurs packer that grows, packs,…
Daniel Boone Working For Another Country
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/01/01Feb19-St-Louis-History-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Daniel Boone is one of the most famous American frontiersman. But when he crossed the Mississippi River, he went to…
One of the Oldest Cities on the Mississippi
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/01/31Jan19-St-Louis-History-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)It’s one of the oldest and largest cities on the Mississippi River…and although some may have heard of names like…
A Battle in Kansas
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/01/14Jan19-John-Brown-Osawatamie-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)The shots at Ft. Sumter in April of 1861 are often considered the first military action of the Civil War. …
John Brown: The Early Years
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/01/11Jan19-John-Brown-Osawatamie-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)In the years just ahead of the Civil War, thousands of people came to Kansas ahead of a critical vote…
Fort Bridger
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/01/07Jan19-Fort-Bridger-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)This fort serviced the Pony Express, the Oregon Trail, and was around so long it even slept travelers by car. …
New Ownership of a Fort
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/12/04Jan19-Fort-Bridger-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You usually don’t think of a fort coming under new ownership. But that’s what happened to this site that bears…
One of the Best Known Mountain Men of the 1800s
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/12/03Jan19-Fort-Bridger-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He was one of the best known mountain men of the early 19th century. A man who was skilled in…
