Category: Missouri
Honoring Those Who Saved A Small Town
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/01Dec16-Blue-Owl-Bakery-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Mary simply wanted to honor those who had helped save the homes and businesses in the small town of Kimmswick. …
A 50 Foot Levee and a Pie
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/30Nov16-Blue-Owl-Bakery-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)You often don’t think about making a dessert that resembled a 50 foot high flood levee. That’s what this bakery…
30,000 Cookies By Christmas
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/29Nov16-Blue-Owl-Bakery-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It all began when Mary Hostetter had to bake 30,000 cookies for Christmas. When she survived that challenge, she figured…
A Dessert Business That Began At Home
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/28Nov16-Blue-Owl-Bakery-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Some of the nation’s most successful businesses began in someone’s home. That’s the case for Mary, who turned her need…
Folds of Honor
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/17Nov16-Iran-Hostage-Rocky-Sickmann-7.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)When someone in our military dies in the line of duty, we often memorialize them and their service, and rightly…
Answered Prayers in Tehran
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/16Nov16-Iran-Hostage-Rocky-Sickmann-6.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the middle of his most try time, Rocky Sickmann wondered if God was still there – if God would…
January 20, 1981
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/15Nov16-Iran-Hostage-Rocky-Sickmann-5.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)January 20th, 1981 was inauguration day in the U.S. It was also the day a 444 day hostage crisis ended…
Trigger on the War
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/14Nov16-Iran-Hostage-Rocky-Sickmann-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)For those of use old enough to remember the events of 1979 and 1980, we may recall the plight of…
The Attack on the Embassy
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/11Nov16-Iran-Hostage-Rocky-Sickmann-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Rocky Sickmann was in a position to change the course of U.S. history. If he had pulled the trigger on…
Guarding the Embassy in Tehran
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/10Nov16-Iran-Hostage-Rocky-Sickmann-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)In 1979 Rocky Sickmann received his first assignment at a Marine Security Guard. He knew it could be a challenge,…
Joining the Marines
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/09Nov16-Iran-Hostage-Rocky-Sickmann-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Rocky Sickmann grew up in a rural area not far from St. Louis. He had never ventured too far from…
The Man Who Buys Museums
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/09/21Oct16-Museums-in-a-Museum.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Did you ever imagine you might turn a collection into your own museum? This man has museums within museums. In…
Harold Bell Wright
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/09/20Oct16-Harold-Bell-Wright.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There’s a good chance you’ve never heard of Harold Bell Wright. He was one of the top author’s a century…
The World’s Largest Toy Museum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/09/19Oct16-Branson-Worlds-Largest-Toy-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)The parents of every young kids, and some old ones, know they love their toys. Tom Beck set out to…
Tom Beck’s Collecting
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/09/18Oct16-Branson-Worlds-Largest-Toy-Museum.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)What should you do with your time when you retire? Tom and Wendy Beck took an adventure that resulted in…
10,000 Bottle of Soda Pop
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/09/14Oct16-Dicks-Five-and-Ten-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)This is the type of store you can get lost in. Not because the layout is a maze, but rather…
Revival of the Dime Store
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/09/13Oct16-Dicks-Five-and-Ten-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)An average Wal-Mart SuperCenter has 142,000 items. Steve Hartley runs a store much smaller in size, yet carries over 75,000…
Dick’s Five and Ten
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/09/12Oct16-Dicks-Five-and-Ten-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)You might think Steve is operating a business that died long ago. After all, almost all the other similar stores…
The 1904 World’s Fair
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/13Sep16-1904-Worlds-Fair-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Some say this event was the beginning of the ice cream cone and iced tea. Those facts may be debated,…
The Unusual Marathon of 1904
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/12Sep16-1904-Worlds-Fair-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It was a race like none other. The Olympic marathon of 1904 featured a runner who hoped a ride, two…
