Category: Mississippi
Scissors the Hog
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/08/22Aug25-Scissors-Hog-House-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He was probably the most valuable hog of his day. His worth was measured in extraordinary sums of money, yet…
A Champion in the Showring
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/08/21Aug25-Scissors-Hog-House-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He was a champion in the show ring and his fame grew far beyond farm country. In fact, he was…
Still Visiting a Star’s Birthplace
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/09/13Sep19-Elvis-Birthplace.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)About 70% of the 100,000 visitors that come to this small home each year are from outside the U.S. Yet…
A Rural Town Making a Name for Itself
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/05/30May19-Water-Valley-North-Mississippi-Herald.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)The North Mississippi Herald is like many other small town newspapers. However, the story it’s been reporting lately is one…
A Milkshake and a Conversation
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/05/28May19-Water-Valley-Base-Camp-Coding-Academy-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)A milkshake and a 30-minute conversation. That was the recipe that brought one young couple to a small town in…
A Community That Figured Out a Way
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/05/29May19-Water-Valley-Base-Camp-Coding-Academy-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Imagine being nineteen years old, with no school debt and stepping into a career in a rural area that pays…
Brice’s Crossroads
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/09Jun17-Brices-Crossroads-Tupelo.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)His cavalrymen fought like none other…and their maneuvers are still the topic of military studies today. That has many history buffs…
Where Elvis Began
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/02Aug16-Elvis-Presley-Birthplace.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)About 70% of the 100,000 visitors that come to this small home each year are from outside the U.S. Yet…