Category: Caribbean
Five Places to Find Columbus in the New World Today
In Fourteen Hundred and Ninety Two, Columbus sailed the Ocean Blue. And ever since, people have been building monuments to him. In fact, one Internet…
America’s Territory with a Remarkable History
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/06/21Jun13-St.-Croix-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)The Spanish were the first Europeans to arrive here. Then the French rules the island, followed by the Danes. Finally…
Caribbean Education for a Founding Father
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/06/20Jun13-Alexander-Hamilton-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)Today a high school or college student might take an internship to learn the basics they need for a certain…
A Founding Father with Island Ties
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/06/19Jun13-Alexander-Hamilton-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)Historians don’t agree whether this U.S. founding father was born in 1755 or 1757. He never arrived in what is…
Stepping Back in Time in St. Croix
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/06/18Jun13-St.-Croix-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)It’s the easternmost point in U.S. territory…an island purchased by the United States in 1916. If you come here to…
