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Behind the Scenes with Tom Hoy
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/11/16Nov18-Tom-Hoy-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)When you sit down with Tom Hoy you will get a behind the scenes look at some of the biggest…
The Capitol of Deseret
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/11/15Nov18-Utah-Territorial-Captiol.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)If you know your fifty states and their capitals…you of course remember that Fillmore is the capital of Deseret…at least…
Jumping Off the Train
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/11/12Nov18-Cherokee-Strip-Land-Rush-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Imagine a train chugging south out of Kansas with people jumping from the cars all along its route. This is…
The Cherokee Strip
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/11/09Nov18-Cherokee-Strip-Land-Rush-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)It’s called the Cherokee Strip…a stretch of land in north central Oklahoma originally given to the Cherokee and later opened…
Fort Fredrica
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/10/26Oct18-Fort-Fredrica.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)When European nations sailed to America, each began to lay claim to new lands. Many built forts to protect their…
Representing Some of the Biggest Stars on the Screen
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/10/25Oct18-Dana-Hee-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Their names are often not known to the world, however the people they represent are some of the biggest stars…
A Gold Medal Winner
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/10/24Oct18-Dana-Hee-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)She is a gold medal winner – and that’s quite an accomplishment no matter the sport. However, while you may…
A Museum of Slave History
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/10/23Oct18-Freedom-House-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)It is called the Freedom House. This free museum is housed in what used to be the headquarters of one…
The Freedom House Museum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/10/22Oct18-Freedom-House-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)I always enjoy the chance to explore Alexandria, Virginia. It’s a historic city and I recently happened upon a museum…
The Historic Chicago Fire
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/10/17Oct18-Chicago-Fire-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Bells rang the warning. Prison cells were opened to allow inmates to save their own lives ahead of the coming…
A Fast Moving Fire
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/10/16Oct18-Chicago-Fire-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)It was a fast moving fire. In fact, it was moving so quickly that people could not find aware to…
The Most Famous Cow in History
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/10/15Oct18-Chicago-Fire-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)No doubt, she is one of the most famous cows in history…but is she really to blame for the problems…
Sheep with a Right of Way
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/10/08Oct18-Ketchum-Sheep-Festival-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Today the number of snow skiers to this valley outnumbers the sheep that graze the summer mountainsides. However, the sheep…
Silver Ran Out and Sheep Moved In
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/09/05Oct18-Ketchum-Sheep-Festival-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)When the silver ran out, the sheep moved in…thousands of them in fact. This place became one of the largest…
The Story Behind Custer’s Last Stand
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/09/04Oct18-Custer-Battlefield-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)You’ve probably heard of Custer’s last stand at the Little Bighorn, but do you know the real story of what…
General Custer
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/09/03Oct18-Custer-Battlefield-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)You probably know his name because of his famous last stand. But before that battle in today’s state of Montana,…
Permission to Get Married
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/09/26Sep18-Fort-Hays-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)For an enlisted man at Fort Hays, it wasn’t enough to win a woman’s heart and ask her hand in…
Reasons for Enlisting
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/09/25Sep18-Fort-Hays-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)The army certainly needs strong, upstanding young men and women to fill its ranks…but in the late 19th century, the…
A Remaining Fort
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/09/24Sep18-Fort-Hays-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)As Americans moved from east to west, a network of forts sprang up on the high plains to protect travel…
General Washington’s Fight
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/09/17Sep18-British-Barracks-Trenton-New-Jersey-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)The battle George Washington waged against this invisible enemy may not seem that glamorous and it certainly doesn’t get much…
