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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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….

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/12/24Jan12-Iowa-Aviation-Museum-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)The longest nonstop commercial flight in the world is currently a Singapore Airlines route from Newark to Singapore.  It’s in…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/01/23Jan12-Iowa-Aviation-Museum-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)For the past few days we,ve been in Greenfield, Iowa, home to the Iowa Aviation Museum.  You probably never realized…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/01/20Jan12-Iowa-Aviation-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)Chalres Lindburgh was the first person to fly an airplane across the Atlantic Ocean.  But lost in our history books…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/01/19Jan12-Iowa-Aviation-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)Today, aircraft carriers and the planes they transport play a vital role in country’s military might.   However, have you…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/01/09Jan12-Jim-Stillman.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)In some parts of the Midwest, you can buy a brand new car for the same price as one acre…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/12/23Dec11-Algona-Nativity-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)It was Christmas 1945. German POWs at Camp Algona in Algona, Iowa would be returning to Europe the next year….

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/12/22Dec11-Algona-Nativity-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)At first glance, it might appear to be an odd request. A U.S. commander asked a group of German POWs…