http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/18Jan17-Napa-Valley-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)California’s Napa Valley has long been associated with wine.  However, wine is newcomer when compared to all this area grows…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/17Jan17-Napa-Valley-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)If you tell someone you’re headed to Napa, they probably expect you to be sampling some wine and perhaps staying…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/16Jan17-Napa-Valley-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You’ve probably never heard of a man named Nathan Combs.  However, you have heard of the place he helped create. …

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/09/04Nov16-The-Final-Duel.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Dueling was a way to solve serious disputes early in our nation’s history.  However it’s this duel in 1859 that’s…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/09/03Nov16-A-Ship-Turned-Building.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many 19th century immigrants came to the U.S. on ships.  When these enterprising men arrived, they found a unique use…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/09/02Nov16-West-End-of-the-Pony-Express.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)The eastern end of the Pony Express was in St. Joseph, Missouri.  You can still go and see the stables…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/09/01Nov16-Sacramento-History-Underground-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If your home or business flooded, you might seek higher ground.  Here, the people didn’t go somewhere else, they just…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/09/31Oct16-Sacramento-History-Underground-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It was just an ordinary field until the winter of 1862.  That’s when floodwaters pushed onto the land and a…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/09/24Oct16-June-McCarrol.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Today you could get a ticket if you don’t drive on your side of the road.  But in 1917, Dr….

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/24Jun16-Marielle-Tsukamoto-5.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)The Tsukamoto school in Sacramento is a place of triumph.  Some may not know the story behind the name, but…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/23Jun16-Marielle-Tsukamoto-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When Marielle arrived in Arkansas, she found her new home must have been constructed for a group of second graders. …

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/22Jun16-Marielle-Tsukamoto-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Bob Fletcher is a hero to many around Sacramento.  When others were wronged, he stepped in to make things right…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/21Jun16-Marielle-Tsukamoto-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Why would anyone sell a perfectly good car for just five dollars?  It was the sad truth that was happening…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/20Jun16-Marielle-Tsukamoto-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Farming in California’s central valley can have it’s challenges, however it can also provide the right soil and climate for…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/14Jun16-Old-Faithful-of-California-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Earthquakes are unpredictable and often very deadly.  So how could one predict those events to help save lives?  This man…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/13Jun16-Old-Faithful-of-California-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Old Faithful geyser is in Yellowstone National Park.  Well, one of the nation’s “old faithfuls” is in the park, the…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/30Mar16-Sutters-Fort-5.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was all quite by accident.  A mechanic installing a water powered sawmill discovered gold in the process.  But the…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/29Mar16-Sutters-Fort-5.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)You may know the state of California’s flag has a bear on it.  But did you know that before it…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/28Mar16-Sutters-Fort-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)California had an immigration problem.  There were simply too many Americans coming to Mexico illegally.  Sounds strange today, but that’s…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/25Mar16-Sutters-Fort-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)If it were not for this Captain of the Swiss Guard, the history of California might be much different.  Never…