Category: Kentucky
The Ride of Jack Jouett
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/01Jul16-Jack-Juett-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)You no doubt have heard of Paul Revere. However, you’ve probably not heard of Jack Jouett. When you hear the…
The Advance of the British
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/30Jun16-Jack-Juett-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It was June of 1881 and British troops were advancing on the home of future president Thomas Jefferson – in…
Jack Jouett
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/29Jun16-Jack-Juett-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)There’s a good chance you’ve not heard of Jack Jouett, ravensjerseyssmall yet he may have been the man who saved…
The “Other” History at Fort Knox
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/20Apr16-Fort-Knox-5.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)When most of us hear of Fort Knox, we think of gold. While gold is there, there is much more…
Who Has the Most Gold In the US?
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/19Apr16-Fort-Knox-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Whether you have any or not, many of us are fascinated by gold. It’s the storyline of many a tv…
Is the Gold Still at Fort Knox?
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/18Apr16-Fort-Knox-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Everyone knows that much of the nation’s gold is at Fort Knox. Or is it? That’s the question many wondered…
Building the Vault at Fort Knox
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/12Apr16-Boundary-Oak-Distillery-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You’ve heard of the gold at Fort Knox, and while we can’t go inside the vault, we do know much…
The Gold Act
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/11Apr16-Boundary-Oak-Distillery-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)During the depths of the US Depression in the 1930s, the federal government took several steps to spur the economy. …
Patton’s Armored Diesel
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/15Apr16-Fort-Knox-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)Sometimes people will use secret codes to keep vital information from slipping into the wrong hands. General Patton used such…
Rediscovering Drinks Before Prohibition
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/14Apr16-Fort-Knox-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When the U.S. adopted prohibition in 1920, most alcohol production ceased, but when production resumed in the 1930s, it seems…
Boundary Oak Bourbon
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/13Apr16-Boundary-Oak-Distillery-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You can still find some old deeds that use a large tree to mark a property boundary. Such was the…
Meet Amberley Snyder
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/13Nov15-Amberly-Snyder-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Amberley Snyder is quickly making a name for herself at rodeos across the nation. However, her life is one of…
Riding a Horse Without the Use of Your Legs
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/12Nov15-Amberly-Snyder-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Riding a horse requires skill, especially if you’re on the pro rodeo circuit. Now image that task without the use…
Life Without Limbs
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/18Nov14-Life-Without-Limbs-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He’s a nationally known speaker who will never experience his knees shaking or his palms sweating. That’s because he has…
A Life with No Arms or Legs
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/17Nov14-Life-Without-Limbs-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine living in a world where you had no arms or legs. Some might say it’s a life not worth living. …
Inside the Brown Hotel
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/11/26Nov13-Brown-Hotel-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)It’s not everyday you check into a hotel and catch a fish in the lobby. It’s just one of the…
A Motivation to Start Your Own Business
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/11/25Nov13-Brown-Hotel-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)James Graham Brown never forgot the day he was refused service at a Louisville business. The event served as a…
The Presidency of Zachary Taylor
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/Zachary-Taylor-2011.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Although this president died in office in 1850, his body was exhumed over a century later to determine if his…