Category: Massachusetts
The Roots of the Family Tree
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/12Oct15-Mayflower-Society-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Some people enjoy tracing their family tree. A few may even trace their ancestors back to the founding of the…
The General Society of Mayflower Descendents
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/09Oct15-Mayflower-Society-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Visitors to Plymouth, Massachusetts are often fascinated with the history of the Pilgrims who landed here. But some have a…
The Saugus Iron Works
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/10/18Nov13-Saugus-Iron-Works.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It is a factory that began operation over a century before England’s colonies became the United State of America. We…
Fact vs Fiction of the Famous Ride
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/Paul-Revere-2011-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)LISTEN, my children, and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere. On the eighteenth of April, in…
A Famous Dentist
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/Paul-Revere-2011-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)He’s probably the most famous dentist that helped win the Revolutionary War. You might not know he cleaned teeth, but…
Parker Brothers
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/12/Parker-Brothers-2010.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Park Place and Boardwalk are real places in Atlantic City, NJ. They became famous of course, through the game of…
Saugus Iron Works
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/11/Saugus-Iron-Works-2010.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 939.8KB)It is a factory that began operation over a century before England’s colonies became the United State of America. We…
The Renter Who Became Famous
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/06/Longfellow-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 940.2KB)George Washington is the father of the nation, but it’s this man’s name that is on the national historic site…
Raising An Army at Harvard
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/06/Longfellow-21.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 940.4KB)Today Harvard is recognized as one of the top universities in the world. In 1775, it became the home of…
What Happened to the Loyalists?
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/06/Longfellow-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 939.4KB)When the American revolution began, there were many living in the colonies that remained loyal to the king. In many…
Helping Rural Business Thrive in Developing Nations
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2009/10/Root-Capital-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 1.9MB)Willie Foote saw farmers and farmer cooperatives in developing nations often struggling to survive. What resulted was a vision turned…
