Category: Miscellaneous
Cawker City’s Growing Ball of Twine
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/03/29Mar12-Cawker-City-Twine-Ball.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:55 — 1.3MB)It wasn’t supposed to be a tourist attraction, but today it keeps a steady stream of cars stopping across the…
Keeping Sight of Your Roots
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/03/28Mar12-AgriGold-History.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:55 — 1.3MB)Some companies grow to the point they lose sight of their roots. They might begin to forget the years of…
An Experienced Pilot
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/03/27Mar12-Hot-Air-Balloon-Pilot.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:54 — 1.3MB)What’s seven stories high and can hold two million light bulbs. It may sound like the set up for a…
Cleveland, Ohio
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/03/26Mar12-Cleveland-Ohio.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 1.9MB)It was once the place that served as the punchline to jokes. Some of those jokes are still around, but…
A Lot of Pack for the Pound
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/23Mar12-Blue-Sky-Miniature-Horses-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:56 — 1.3MB)You may think you need a team of Clydesdales to pull a large wagon. However, a visit to Blue Sky…
A Good Horse, No Matter the Size
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/03/22Mar12-Blue-Sky-Miniature-Horses-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:55 — 1.3MB)Listeners in ranch country know that it takes a good horse to round up the herd. But here, you may…
Nashville’s Downtown Presbyterian Church
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/03/21Mar12-Nashville-Presbyterian-Church-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:55 — 1.3MB)There has been a church at this site for about two centuries now. At lot has happened during that time…
Nashville’s Egyptian Style Church
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/03/20Mar12-Nashville-Presbyterian-Church-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:55 — 1.3MB)It may seem odd to find an Egyptian style building in downtown Nashville. The story become even more unique when…
Counseling Others About Ag Business
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/03/19Mar12-Sarah-Aubrey.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:57 — 1.4MB)Many farmers have considered beginning their own small business that might sell ag products directly to consumers. There are many…
Great Acoustics
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/03/16Mar12-Ryman-Auditorium-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:56 — 1.3MB)The Mormon Tabernacle is regarded as having the best acoustics in the nation. What place ranks second? It’s a place…
The Union Gospel Tabernacle
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/03/15Mar12-Ryman-Auditorium-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:56 — 1.3MB)This place was once known as Union Gospel Tabernacle. Some of the greatest evangelists of the 19th and 20th centuries…
Building a Church for a Preacher
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/14Mar12-Ryman-Auditorium-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:56 — 1.3MB)There was once a river boat captain, whose life was changed by a preacher. He built a church for that…
The Landmark Inn
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/03/13Mar12-Landmark-Inn.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:56 — 1.3MB)Gary says people should be wary of realtors who say, “Just make a bid on it.” If you do make…
Boys on Board in the Civil War Navy
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/03/12Mar12-Civil-War-Navy-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:55 — 1.3MB)Imagine boys 11 to 15 years of age going to war. It was reality for these young men and the…
The Navy in the Civil War
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/09Mar12-Civil-War-Navy-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:56 — 1.3MB)Perhaps you’ve heard of the story of the Monitor and Merramack…the first two ironclad ships to do battle in the…
A State Capitol in a Downtown Hotel
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/08Mar12-Oklahoma-City-Capitol-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:56 — 1.3MB)This state’s government was ready to move out of its temporary home in a downtown hotel. However, the route to…
Home Is Where the Sign Hangs
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/03/07Mar12-Oklahoma-City-Capitol-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)It’s said, “home is where the heart is.” And in this state it can be said, “The capitol is where…
Where To Put the Capital?
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/03/Oklahoma-City-Capitol-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Voters often face multiple choices when electing candidates for office. But the residents of this state had a most unique…
Butte Speakeasy
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/Butte-Speakeasy.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 954.7KB)Beginning in the 1920’s, the 18th amendment made the manufacturing and consumption of alcohol illegal. During that time, something known…
Last Indian Raid Museum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/02/Last-Indian-Raid.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Americans are familiar with the fate of Custer and his men at the Little Big Horn. It was far from…
