Category: Michigan
Its’ the Largest Island, in the Largest Lake, on the Largest island, in the Largest Lake
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/09/21Sep22-Isle-Royal-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Concentrate on this piece of geographical trivia. It’s the largest island, in the largest lake, on the largest island, in…
Isle Royale
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/09/20Sep22-Isle-Royal-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It takes a boat or seaplane to get to this national park. Those who make the journey are rewarded with…
The Historic Route of Cereals
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/06/19Jun20-Kellogg-Cereal.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Grocery stores devote plenty of shelf space to cereals, but the historic route those breakfast foods took to get there…
A Wealth of History and Natural Beauty
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/08/21Aug18-Calument-Copper-Mines-5.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It’s a relatively new site in the National Park Service and for most of us, you’ll have to drive a…
Some of the Longest and Deepest Holes Dug In the Earth
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/08/20Aug18-Calument-Copper-Mines-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)A trip here will reveal some of the longest and deepest holes dug into the earth. In fact, some of…
Tilling Beneath the Soil
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/08/17Aug18-Calument-Copper-Mines-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Carl can trace his lineage back several generations to family members who came here from Findland. They were farmers, but…
The Ontonagan Boulder
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/08/16Aug18-Calument-Copper-Mines-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s called the Ontonagan Boulder – a rock of pure copper that reports said was larger than a canoe. Native…
As Easy As Eating Pie
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/08/15Aug18-Calument-Copper-Mines-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There’s an old cliché that says if something is not hard to do, “It’s as easy as pie.” I guess…
Buying A Glider for More Than One Reason
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/03/23Mar18-Henry-Ford-World-War-II-Gliders-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There are under ten original World War II gliders to be found in the nation. People bought hundreds of surplus…
From Automaker to Glider Manufacturer
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/03/22Mar18-Henry-Ford-World-War-II-Gliders-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When World War II began, automakers suddenly switched from making cars to the equipment needed to win a war. The…
Henry Ford in the Upper Peninsula
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/03/21Mar18-Henry-Ford-Iron-Mountain.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)We know Henry Ford as an early Detroit auto maker. So what was he doing buying a huge tract of…
Building A Museum Around an Exhibit
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/03/20Mar18-Cornish-Pump-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In Iron Mountain, Michigan you’ll find a museum with a very large exhibit – so large in fact, that the…
The Largest Steam Powered Engine
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/03/19Mar18-Cornish-Pump-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It is quite possibly the largest steam powered engine on the continent and its job was the only think that…
Big Snows In Michigan
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/11/04Jan18-Lauriam-Michigan-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Some people measure snow in inches. Here it is measured in feet. Many years it’s measured in many dozens of…
Restoring An Abandoned Property
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/11/03Jan18-Lauriam-Michigan-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)There is a lot of work that goes into restoring a home. Now imagine you have an abandoned 13,000 square…
Building An Enormous Home
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/11/02Jan18-Lauriam-Michigan-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Some people need large homes to accommodate growing families. For this builder, part of the motivation may have been to…
Best of 2017: Ishmpeming Skiing
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/11/27Dec17-Best-of-2017-Ishpeming-Ski-Jump.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Depending on where you live in the nation, certain sports may be more popular than others. When you live in…
The Edmund Fitzgerald
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/12/07Dec17-Great-Lakes-Shipwreck-Museum-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If not for a song, this tragedy could have been forgotten by many. However, when you hear the lyrics you’ll…
Shelter In A Storm
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/12/06Dec17-Great-Lakes-Shipwreck-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)A harbor is not only a place to load and unload cargo, but it can provide shelter in the face…
A Museum Devoted to Wrecks
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/12/05Dec17-Great-Lakes-Shipwreck-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you don’t slow down, you might have a wreck. Here, if you don’t slow down, heed the weather, the…
