Category: Nebraska
Beginnings of Boys Town
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/02/26Feb16-Boys-Town-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)When this man saw a need about a century ago, he began his own town to help young men succeed. …
An Airplane Born From Tragedy
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/17Jun15-Strategic-Air-Museum-Pilot-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It’s a plane that was born from tragedy, and interesting, a plane that would go on to haul millions of…
Zig-Zagging Down the Runway
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/18Jun15-Strategic-Air-Museum-Pilot-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)The first time Don tried to fly this plane, he must have appeared to be a drunk pilot, for his…
Glur’s Tavern and the $1000 Bill
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/09/23Oct13-Glurs-Tavern-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)One thousand dollar bills were last printed in 1945 and they were officially discontinued in 1969. You can still find…
A Tavern With A Storied History
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/09/22Oct13-Glurs-Tavern-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)If you drove past Glur’s Tavern in Columbus, Nebraska you might not give it a second thought. However, if you…
Restoring Our Airborne Past
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/07/12Jul13-Strategic-Air-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.7MB)Restoring old aircraft perhaps sounds like a peaceful and fun way to spend one’s working or volunteer hours. Mark Hamilton…
America’s Strategic Air Museum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/07/11Jul13-Strageic-Air-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.7MB)It’s the largest and fastest Blackbird you’ll ever see. But it’s just one of many intriguing items associated with America’s…
The Higgins Memorial
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/24May13-Higgins-Memorial.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Every Memorial Day we remember are family and friends who have passed. Many communities will also remember their veterans and…
The Home of the Buffalo Bill Show
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/01May13-Buffalo-Bill-Show-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)In 1883 Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show debuted in Omaha. Much of the practice and many of the performers were…
A Wild West Traveling Show
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/30Apr13-Buffalo-Bill-Show-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)It was a national and international hit…a traveling show that captivated audiences with scenes from the wild west. Most people…
Scenic Route – Buffalo Bill & the Legend of the Wild West
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/ScenicRoute-005.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 13:19 — 3.0MB)Perhaps more than any other man, Buffalo Bill Cody helped shape the legend of the Wild West. But what’s truth…
Two Million Dollars Raised in Less Than Ten Years
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/12Apr13-Shickley-Nebraska-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)I had heard much about the Shickley, Nebraska, a town of just over 300 people in southern Nebraska. When I…
Shickley, Nebraska
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/11Apr13-Shickley-Nebraska-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)For the next two broadcasts you’ll hear the story of Shickley, NE–a town of just over 300 that has raised…
Scenic Route – Big Little Town
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/ScenicRoute-003.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 13:35 — 6.2MB)About 300 people live in Shickley, Nebraska, but that “big little town” has raised more than $2.5 million for community…
A Palm Beach Girl on the Ranch
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/01/11Jan12-Ann-Burkholder.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)She was a very unlikely candidate to manage a cattle feedyard in central Nebraksa. She grew up in Palm Beach…
The Snowstorm That Built a Radio Station
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/12/10Jan12-KRVN-Radio.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)Many radio stations have interesting stories of how they were born. This station in central Nebraska was the product of…
Rock Creek Station
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/07/Rock-Creek-Station-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:30 — 1.1MB)Mention the name Wild Bill Hickok and many people have images of a western lawman not afraid to enter a…
Ruts That Are Never Filled
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/07/Rock-Creek-Station-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:30 — 1.1MB)If someone cuts ruts down a muddy dirt trail, someone else will probably need to come and fill them in…
Temple Grandin
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/02/Temple-Grandin-HBO.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:03 — 960.8KB)Many people in agriculture know her name well. This weekend, the world will get to know the subject of a…