Category: Iowa
Harold Barrett and His Indian Motorcycle
Today we say hello to our listeners on KWBG in Boone, IA. Folks there should stay alert! There’s a 90 year old man south of…
Harold Barrett
Harold Barrett has been farming and feeding cattle as long as he can remember–and that’s about 90 years so far. So how has the operation…
Big Pumpkins
Some people put a lot of time into carving a jack-o-lantern. But if you want to use one of Don Young’s pumpkins, you might need…
Rebuiling the Pine Creek Grist Mill
Retirees are often looking for a good cause to which to devote their time. Not many take up grinding flour from a 160 old water…
The Pine Creek Mill
People near Muscatine have always known of a place called Pine Creek Mill, but for most of the 20th century, it sat idle, with a…
A Radio Quack in Muscatine
Today we say hello to out listeners in Muscatine, IA on KWPC. Eighty years ago it was a station called KTNT that flaunted the rules…
The Car with the Hill Gear
For many of Marvin Kreeger’s 84 years, he’s operated a car dealership in Muscatine, IA. It’s a successful business, but as he’ll tell you, it…
For Sale: A Field of Dreams
This Iowa farm family is asking $5.4 million dollars for their corn field. For that price you get the house, barns AND a magical baseball…
Mount Pleasant’s Old Threshers Reunion
Today it is a farm event that easily doubles the size of this Midwestern city. But when it began back in 1950, they simply wanted…
The Button Capitol of the World
There’s plenty of fertile farmland along the Mississippi River at Muscatine, Iowa, but a century ago, this city was known for something else… https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2009/12/Muscatine-Buttons1.mp3Podcast: Play…
