Category: Iowa
From Car Trunks to Airplanes
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/01/26Jan22-Iowa-Aviation-Museum-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)For the past few days we’ve taken a look back at a stop I made in Greenfield, Iowa, home to…
He Could Have Beaten Lindbergh
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/01/25Jan22-Iowa-Aviation-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Charles Lindbergh was the first person to fly an airplane across the Atlantic Ocean. But lost in our history books…
First Flight Off of a Ship
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/01/24Jan22-Iowa-Aviation-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today, aircraft carriers and the planes they transport play a vital role in country’s military might. However, have you ever…
A Gift from Prisoners
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/12/24Dec21-Algona-Nativity-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In Algona, Iowa there is a nativity scene that has been on display for over 75 years. It was a…
The Nativity Scene That is Always Set Up
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/12/23Dec21-Algona-Nativity-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)During the advent season, many families and churches will set up Nativity scenes. The figures remind us of the birth…
The Oakley and the Hills of Muscatine
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/12/17Dec21-Muscatine-Car-Dealer.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)For many years Marvin Kreiger operated a car dealership in Muscatine, Iowa. Today, we take a look back at a…
The Thing That Put Muscatine on the Map
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/12/15Dec21-Muscatine-Pearl-Buttons.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There’s plenty of fertile farmland along the Mississippi River here. But a century ago, this city was known for something…
New Melleray’s Caskets
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/10/05Nov21-New-Mellary-Abbey-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When people began attending funeral’s here, many had the exact same reaction. They mentioned that when they passed, they wanted…
New Melleray’s Timber Transformed
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/10/04Nov21-New-Mellary-Abbey-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)These men had about 3500 acres of farmland, pasture and timber. However, tilling the land they owned was becoming more…
Monks of the Union Army
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/10/03Nov21-New-Mellary-Abbey-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Who helped supply the Union army’s depot in Galena, IL during the Civil War? The monks at this abbey of…
Amazing Photos from A Historic Event
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/09/17Sep21-Union-Pacific-Railroad-Museum-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This company was created from scratch in the 1860s. From the start, those founders knew that their work would be…
West from Mile Zero
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/09/16Sep21-Union-Pacific-Railroad-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This is Mile Zero. For several years mile zero of this railroad would only take you to the banks or…
Lincoln’s Site To Begin a Railroad
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/09/15Sep21-Union-Pacific-Railroad-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Abraham Lincoln had an important decision to make. Where would be the beginning point of a new railroad. We don’t…
Don’t Paint My Tractor!
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/06/10Jun21-Hart-Parr-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Ask any farmer what is their favorite color on the farm and they most likely know you are asking them…
Coining “Tractor”
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/06/09Jun21-Hart-Parr-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)They were not the first to invent a tractor, but they were the first to call it that. And a…
Swamp Root to Cure Your Ails
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/12/06Jan21-Allerton-Iowa-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you saw an advertisement for someone selling “swamp root” that could cure your ails, well, you might be a…
A Meeting in the Park
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/12/05Jan21-Allerton-Iowa-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This small town was in danger of losing a treasured part of its past and present. But who would step…
The World’s Fair in Iowa
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/12/04Jan21-Allerton-Iowa-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Perhaps you’ve heard of the World’s Fair. Many editions of that global event have been held over the centuries. But…
Losing All Five Sullivan Children
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/11/12Nov20-Sullivan-Brothers-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)One cannot fathom the thought of losing five children in one event, but that’s exactly what happened to the Sullivans. …
Remembering the Sacrifices
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/11/11Nov20-Sullivan-Brothers-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Veteran’s Day is a time we remember the sacrifices of those who fought for the freedoms we enjoy in the…
