Category: Missouri
Wildlife That Draws People Here
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/03/12Mar17-Pulaski-County-Wildlife-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Deer, turkey, black bear and mountain lion – they are just a few of the creatures roaming these woods and…
A Unique Look at the Outdoors
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/03/08Mar17-Pulaski-County-Wildlife-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)When you grow up with something all of your life, you may not realize exactly how special it is. That…
A Japanese Teenager’s Journey to the US
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/01Mar18-Barbara-Law-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)As a Japanese teenager, Barbara was taught to defend herself from American soldiers arriving in her country. She ended up…
Living In Japan When World War II Ended
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/28Feb18-Barbara-Law-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)This week we are featuring Barbara Law who recently passed away. She was a teenager living in Japan when World…
A Look Back At The Story of Barbara Law
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/27Feb18-Barbara-Law-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)This past week Barbara Law of King City, Missouri passed away at the age of 87. I had the honor…
The First Library of Its Kind In The State
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/26Feb18-Grant-City-Library.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Many of us use a library, not only for books, but for many other resources as well. But in this…
Development in Missouri’s Smallest County
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/23Feb18-Grant-City-Dollar-General-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)When you live in Missouri’s smallest county, both in land area and population, you sometimes need to be resourceful in…
All Ears On A Small Town
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/09Feb18-Fulton-Churchill-Iron-Curtain-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Fulton, Missouri is today a town of about 10,000 people. When compared to the cities of the world it is…
A Big Name With a Big Speech
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/08Feb18-Fulton-Churchill-Iron-Curtain-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Many colleges invite dignitaries to their campus to give a lecture. But this was no ordinary speaker and this was…
A Symbol of Determination in the Face of Crisis
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/07Feb18-Fulton-Churchill-Iron-Curtain-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)He was a symbol of determination in the face of crisis – a man who led one of the great…
A Determined Person in Waynesville, Missouri
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/01/02Feb18-Old-Pulaski-County-Stagecoach-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Sometimes all it takes is one determined person. That was the case in Waynesville, MO. If not for one such…
The Old Stagecoach Stop
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/01/01Feb18-Old-Pulaski-County-Stagecoach-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s simply known as the “Old Stagecoach Stop.” That title gives you an idea of what the building might have…
Recycling With Positive Change
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/16Jan18-Purdy-Missouri-Recycling-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)We’ve all heard of recycling programs, but this one in a small town in southern Missouri has a bit of…
A Different School Fundraiser
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/15Jan18-Purdy-Missouri-Recycling-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)If you have kids or grandkids in school, you’ve probably been asked to buy something as part of a school…
The Only Noel
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/11/19Dec17-Cave-Caroling.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)At Christmas we may sing, “The First Noel.” In the United States, this is the “Only Noel….”
A Place To See at Christmastime
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/11/18Dec17-Kansas-City-Union-Station-Christmas.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)It’s one of those places you love to see at Christmas. The century old building with its magnificent architecture plays…
The Denver Sleigh Works
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/12/08Dec17-Denver-Sleigh-Works-2017.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Santa needs a sleigh to make deliveries around the world. This man makes sure he will never run out of…
Mummy Bundles
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/11/22Nov17-Mummy-Exhibit-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today’s show is about something called mummy bundles. That term may give you scary visions of Halloween goblins, but it…
Mummies
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/11/21Nov17-Mummy-Exhibit-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)When you think of mummies, you perhaps have pictures of Eqyptian mummies and the pyramids. But today’s program will take…
How the Squeaky Wheel Gets the Grease
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/11/20Nov17-Lock-N-Lube.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It’s said the squeaky wheel gets the grease. Russell’s problem was that he had plenty of squeaking wheels and none…
