Category: Florida
The History of Ybor City
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/11/05Jan18-Ybor-City-Florida-2018-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Mention Ybor City to someone in Tampa, FL and they will probably tell you about all the great restaurants and…
Home of the Six Toed Cats
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/20Jun14-Ernest-Hemmingway-Home-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you walk around Key West, Florida, there’s a good chance you may encounter a most unusual type of cat….
The Largest Residential Property in Key West
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/19Jun14-Ernest-Hemmingway-Home-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It’s the single largest residential property in Key West, Florida. The couple who lived here led lives that most of…
Replacing Ceiling Fans with Chandaliers
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/18Jun14-Ernest-Hemmingway-Home-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Replacing your ceiling fans with Parisian chandeliers might be an upgrade. That’s what this decorator believed to be the case. …
A Trip to Ernest Hemmingway’s Home
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/17Jun14-Ernest-Hemmingway-Home-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)We’ll be in Key West, Florida for the next installments of our stories, taking a look at well-known author, Ernest…
A Deadly Trip
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…
Transforming Florida Forever
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…
Plant City, Florida’s Strawberries
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/03/12Mar13-Plant-City-Strawberries-Ray-Clark.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)Plant City, Florida is well known for its strawberries. In fact, their annual strawberry festival will attract more people than…
A Transformed Working Class
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Ybor-City-Florida-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)When U.S. soldiers crossed the Atlantic to fight in World War I, they not only preserved freedom, they also discovered…
Ybor City, Florida
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Ybor-City-Florida-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Mention Ybor City to someone in Tampa, Florida and they will probably tell you about all the great restaurants, bars…
A Deadly Trip
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/De-Soto-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Imagine walking all the way from Arkansas to Mexico City. That’s what this expedition attempted to do. When they finally…
Transforming an Area Forever
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/De-Soto-Indians-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)It is hard to imagine the changes that took place in the American southeast during the 16th century. The Spanish…
In Search of the Fountain of Youth
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/De-Soto-Indians-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)You may remember your history book told you of Ponce de Leon and his search for the “fountain of youth.”…
Before De Soto
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/De-Soto-Indians-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Thousands of visitors fly and drive to Tampa and Orlando, Florida every year. Daniel Stevens can tell you what life…
Preserving the SS American Victory
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/Victory-Ships-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)During the 1940s, 534 of these ships existed. Today only three sail the waters. Their past and present are a…
A New Class of Ships
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/Victory-Ships-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)During the first half of World War II, the United States used vessels called Liberty Ships to haul cargo and…
Florida’s Holocaust Museum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/Florida-Holocaust-Museum.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)If you happen to visit the Tampa-St. Petersburg area, you should take time to visit a well done site called…
The Kingsley Plantation
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/Kingsley-Plantation.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:01 — 942.0KB)The story of Kingsley Plantation is fascinating, and when you factor in the life’s journey of the landowner’s wife, it…
A Florida Strawberry Festival
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/Florida-Strawberries-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)In the 1930’s, citizens of Plant City, Florida began a strawberry festival. The annual event continues today. Although it’s mostly…
A High Value Crop Grown Right in the Middle of Town
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/Florida-Strawberries-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Imagine attempting to grow a high value crop in the middle of one of America’s largest cities. That’s exactly what…