Category: Missouri
An Eight Day Sale
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/11/18Nov19-Unionville-Feeder-Cattle-Sale.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Imagine a sale so large it took eight days to sell everything. It was an enterprise that took all ages…
An Unusual High School Mascot
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/11/15Nov19-Unionville-Midgets.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)The most common high school mascot names are the Eagles, Bulldogs and Tigers. But this school is unique with a…
The Perryville, Missouri Veterans Memorial
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/11/12Nov19-Perryville-Veterans-Memorial-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)On the outskirts of Perryville, Missouri who will find a place once only to be seen in the nation’s capital. …
Remembering Those Who Served
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/11/11Nov19-Perryville-Veterans-Memorial-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Jim wanted to a way to remember and show appreciation for those with whom he served, but for many years…
Man’s Best Friend
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/10/18Oct19-Old-Drum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)We’ve all heard of man’s best friend…but it was this dog that probably gave us the phrase so common today. …
The Statue of Old Drum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/10/17Oct19-Old-Drum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)In the courthouse square in Warrensburg, Missouri you will find a statue in tribute to a dog named Old Drum. …
One of the Largest Mines in the World
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/10/09Oct19-Missouri-Mines-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)In Park Hills, Missouri you will find the old Powerhouse for one of the largest mines in the world. Today…
Miners Who Helped Found A New State
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/10/08Oct19-Missouri-Mines-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)They were just some lead mining families from southeastern Missouri. But if I told you the last name of the…
A Place Known as Park Hills
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/10/07Oct19-Missouri-Mines-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Today we say hello to our listeners on KREI in Farmington, MO. Folks there know the industry that drew some…
A Steer, A Country Club, and Clint Eastwood
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/09/18Sep19-ML-McCrea-Rawhide-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Today’s story involves a steer invited to eat at a Country Club, Clint Eastwood and one farm kid who found…
An Angus Steer Playing the Part of a Longhorn
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/09/17Sep19-ML-McCrea-Rawhide-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)He was an actor way out of his normal character roll. But the most intriguing thing was the fact, this…
An Organization for Truck Stops
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/08/30Aug19-Deluxe-Truck-Stop-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)There’s an association for just about everything, so it should not be a surprise there is an organization for truck…
The Rabbi at the Truck Stop
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/08/29Aug19-Deluxe-Truck-Stop-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)We’ve probably all seen Kosher foods in the grocery store which means those foods have been handled in accordance with…
The Odor in the Trailer
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/08/28Aug19-Deluxe-Truck-Stop-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)There are plenty of odors that will drive you away – after all that’s how a skunk protects itself. But…
A Deluxe Truck Stop
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/08/27Aug19-Deluxe-Truck-Stop-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Folks in the four-state area of Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, and beyond may know of a single truck stop that…
The Famous Menu Item
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/08/22Aug19-Arcadia-Academy-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Lots of places can tout great food, but few can say they have a recording artist who wrote a song…
In Search of a New Home
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/08/21Aug19-Arcadia-Academy-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Most people do not go in search of a new home while driving a large, new school bus. That’s what…
Buildings Predating the Civil War
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/08/20Aug19-Arcadia-Academy-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Drive through Ironton, MO and you’ll find a campus of buildings that dates to the days prior to the Civil…
Scars of Bullet Holes
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/08/16Aug19-Battle-of-the-Hemp-Bales-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)The bullet holes still scar the inside and outside of this home–a place that was a hospital during a skirmish…
12 Stores Devoted to the Same Item
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/08/14Aug19-Hamilton-MO-Star-Quilt-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)You might expect a town of less than 2000 people to not have too many stores when compared to much…
