Category: Missouri
A Place Called Penneytown
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/12/23Jan15-Penneytown-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Virginia Houston holds a unique distinction. She was the last child born in Penneytown. It’s a fact that holds much…
Establishing a City for Newly Freed Slaves
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/12/22Jan15-Penneytown-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)Establishing a new city can take plenty of planning. Now imagine trying to begin that new town when others are…
Jim the Wonder Dog
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/12/21Jan15-Jim-the-Wonder-Dog-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Any betting man or woman would love to know the winners before placing a wager. The people of Marshall, Missouri…
Going Beyond the Basic Dog Tricks
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/12/20Jan15-Jim-the-Wonder-Dog-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)Many people have dogs and some of us have even taught our dogs to do tricks. But Sam had a…
More Than An Excellent Hunting Dog
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/12/19Jan15-Jim-the-Wonder-Dog-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It all began quite by accident. A pup mysteriously arrived on a train, addressed to a man who loved to…
A Trip to St. Genevieve, Missouri
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/08/15Aug14-St-Genevieve-Missouri.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)We’ve all seen a log cabin. Such structures were the norm for many Americans early in the country’s history. But…
The Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/27Jun14-World-War-I-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It’s difficult for many of us to name many specific battles or events in World War I. We may have…
The Beginning of World War I
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/26Jun14-World-War-I-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some say the event that began the first World War occurred on June 28, 1914…a century ago. Today we take…
100 Years Since The World’s First Global Conflict
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/25Jun14-World-War-I-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)This week marks 100 years since the world faced its first global conflict. It was a war that would engulf…
Breaking the Color Barrier
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/04/23Apr14-Tom-Bass-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Jackie Robinson is known for breaking the color barrier in baseball. However, some people say the first athlete to break…
Tom Bass
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/04/22Apr14-Tom-Bass-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we say hello to our listeners on KXEO in Mexico, Missouri. Folks there know the name Tom Bass…and you…
The Message of the Mailbox
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/03/10Apr14-Brookfield-Missouri-Mailboxes.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Mailboxes come in many shapes, colors and sizes. But the mailboxes given as gifts every May in Brookfield, Missouri are…
The Impression of an Actor
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/03/09Apr14-Brookfield-MO-John-Wilkes-Booth-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Everyone knows John Wilkes Booth as the assassin of President Lincoln. However, before his deadly deed in April 1865, he…
John Wilke Booth’s Stay in Missouri
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/03/08Apr14-Brookfield-MO-John-Wilkes-Booth-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)John was a well known actor who traveled the nation in a variety of productions. In fact, a journey to…
The World War I Museum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/28Jan14-World-War-I-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When the World War I museum and Liberty Memorial were dedicated in 1926 by President Calvin Coolidge, it’s said he…
A Global Conflict
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/27Jan14-World-War-I-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Ask most Americans who their nation fought in World War II and they’ll tell you Nazi Germany and Japan. Ask…
The Only Noel
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/25Dec13-Noel-Missouri.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)At Christmas we may sing, “The First Noel.” In the United States, this is the “Only Noel.” Confused? Join me…
Keith’s Cafe
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/11/09Dec13-Keiths-Cafe.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)In Memphis, Missouri, there’s a café where great food has been served for about 65 years now. This is the…
The Denver Sleigh Works
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/11/03Dec13-Denver-Sleigh-Works.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…
Your Face on the Side of a Semi
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/11/28Nov13-Fred-Mares-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Each of the communities that we call home can claim outstanding individuals who go the extra mile when it comes…
