Category: Iowa
Glen Miller – Musician and Soldier
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/03/18Mar15-Glen-Miller-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 4.1MB) He was one of the most famous Americans in the early 1940s…a man who was making up to $20,000…
Glen Miller – Hitmaker
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/03/17Mar15-Glen-Miller-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 4.1MB) Even if you are not old enough to have enjoyed this man’s music when he originally created it, there’s…
It Started with a Trombone
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/03/16Mar15-Glen-Miller-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB) The gentleman who ran a store in Grant City, Missouri could have never imagined what would happen when…
Hallowed Ground in a Field
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/12/11Feb15-Clear-Lake-Iowa-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)In northern Iowa you will find many picturesque corn and soybean fields dotting the landscape. But one of these fields…
The Day the Music Died
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/12/10Feb15-Clear-Lake-Iowa-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:03 — 2.1MB)Don McClean wrote the song “American Pie” about the day “the music died.” It was the night of February 2nd,…
A Night at the Surf Ballroom Over 50 Years Ago
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/12/09Feb15-Clear-Lake-Iowa-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)It’s been over fifty years now since a big time music tour rolled through the upper Midwest. It was called…
The 70th Anniversary of a Special Nativity Scene
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/12/23Dec14-Algona-POW-Nativity-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)This year in Algona, IA, residents will celebrate the 70th anniversary of a very special Nativity scene. It was a…
A Nativity Scene On Display Year-Round
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/12/22Dec14-Algona-POW-Nativity-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)During the advent season, many families and churches will set up Nativity scenes. They figures remind us of the birth…
Escaping a POW Camp in the Midwest
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/12/19Dec14-Algona-POW-Camp-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)If a soldier is taken as a prisoner of war, they may try to escape to freedom. That was the…
Enemy Soldiers Working the Fields of Home
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/12/18Dec14-Algona-POW-Camp-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Imagine the pain of losing a son or daughter who was fighting in a war. Now imagine hiring one of…
A Shortage of Labor at Home During World War II
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/12/17Dec14-Algona-POW-Camp-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)When young men went to fight in Europe and the Pacific during World War II, many communities were left with…
Experiencing World War II In a Unique Way
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/12/16Dec14-Algona-POW-Camp-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)During World War II, some U.S. communities experienced the conflict in a unique way. They became the homes for foreign…
Rebuilding the Pine Creek Grist Mill
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/13Jun14-Pine-Creek-Mill-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)Retirees are often looking for a good cause to which to devote their time. Not many take up grinding flour…
The Pine Creek Mill
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/12Jun14-Pine-Creek-Mill-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)People near Muscatine have always known of a place called Pine Creek Mill, but for most of the 20th century,…
A POW-built Nativity
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/16Dec13-Algona-Iowa-Nativity.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)It was Christmas 1945. German POWs at Camp Algona in Algona, Iowa would be returning to Europe the next year….
Tractors of the War
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/06/17June13-Armored-Tractors-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)We may not think of ag equipment manufacturers having much to do with the U.S. military. However, during World War…
Now THAT’S a Tractor
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/06/14June13-Armored-Tractors-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)If you think those high-tech gizmos on modern tractors are cool, you should check out a John Deere model from…
Big Bud – The World’s Biggest Tractor
If you want more information about Big Bud 747, featured in our latest show, you’ve come to the right place! We’ve gathered up some resources…
Seven Great FREE Places to Visit with the Family this Summer
Here are seven places my family and I have discovered in the American Countryside listening area that are not only fun to visit, but also…
From Lumber Company to Feed Company
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/01/01Feb12-Kent-Feeds-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)It all began with a lumber yard in Indianola, Iowa. Of course, today you don’t know this company for its…
