Category: Iowa
Merle Hay
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/05Dec24-Merle-Hay.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)For many years whenever I drive around the northern edge of Des Moines, on interstates 80 and 35, I have…
The M&M Divide
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/04Dec24-MM-Divide-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)We’ve all heard of the Continental Divide, but have you heard of the M and M Divide? That high point…
The Lincoln Highway
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/03Dec24-MM-Divide-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Before today’s network of interstate highways was built, there were early routes constructed to cross the nation and help the…
Heider Tractor
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/02Dec24-Heider-Tractor.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the early 19th century, many companies began to build tractors. A wide variety of designs were used to try…
The Near-End of the NBA Lakers
Today the Los Angeles Lakers are one of the most recognized teams in the NBA. But one night in Carroll, Iowa back in 1960, the…
Handy Skills for Landing in an Iowa Cornfield
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/27Nov24-Lakers-Plane-Crash-Carroll-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)During World War II many airplanes made landings on places other that a smooth concrete runway. The planes of the…
A Town Buzzed by a DC-3
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/26Nov24-Lakers-Plane-Crash-Carroll-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was a cold, snowy night in 1960. Residents of one Iowa town were mostly asleep when they suddenly began…
Matchstick Marvels
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/10/08Oct24-Matchstick-Marvels-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)I had long wanted to go see what so many people had told me about. A small gallery of sorts…
A Unique Hobby
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/10/07Oct24-Matchstick-Marvels-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)A lot of folks have hobbies. Most of those pastimes are purely for one’s own enjoyment, but occasionally, some of…
The Success of James Banning
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/09/26Sep24-James-Banning-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today there are many flights each day that connect the two coasts of this nation. In the early years of…
Early Options for Aviation
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/09/25Sep24-James-Banning-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today is a person want to learn to fly a plane, there are many options of places you can go…
The Story of Jack Trice Stadium
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/09/24Sep24-Iowa-State-Jack-Trice-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)I have long known that the Iowa State Cyclones football team plays at Jack Trice stadium. Those not from nearby…
The Impact of Events
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/09/23Sep24-Iowa-State-Jack-Trice-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In 1923 what is today Iowa State University played a football game at the University of Minnesota. In part, due…
Changing the Way We Handle Hay
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/08/03Sep24-Hay-Trolley-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)One of the hardest jobs on the farm in the 19th and early 20th centuries was putting up hay. You…
A Closer Look at Hay Trolleys
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/08/02Sep24-Hay-Trolley-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Over the years we have torn down some old bards on our property. One of the items that went in…
The Town Grump of Readlyn, Iowa
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/08/15Aug24-Readlyn-Iowa-Town-Grump.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When you enter Readlyn, Iowa you will find a sign that proclaims it has 857 friendly people and one old…
Pilot Rock
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/07/07Aug24-Pilot-Rock.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the days before GPS or maps, you needed landmarks to find your way. Just south of Cherokee, Iowa you’ll…
The Sanford Museum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/07/06Aug24-Sanford-Museum.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)One family can make a difference. Stop in Cherokee, Iowa and you’ll find a museum and planetarium all there because…
Ice Cream Flavors Galore
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/03/02Apr24-Blue-Bunny-Ice-Cream-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)What’s your favorite flavor of ice cream? The folks here know a lot about what we like and maybe, don’t…
A Cash Prize for the Company Name
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/03/01Apr24-Blue-Bunny-Ice-Cream-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When this company was looking for a new name for it’s product line, it decided to offer a cash prize…
