Category: Pennsylvania
The American Baseball Museum
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/07/07Aug25-Little-League-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If I mention the town of South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, sports fans will know there is one iconic event that takes…
A Chance For Every Kid to Play Baseball
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/07/06Aug25-Little-League-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we take for granted that just about every young boy or girl in the country could probably sign up…
The Ice Cave
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/07/29Jul25-Ice-Cave-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Since the late 1800s people have been coming to this small, but unusual place on the side of a mountain…
A Geographical Anomaly
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/07/28Jul25-Ice-Cave-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In north central Pennsylvania you’ll find a geological anomaly that is hard to believe. It’s a specific place that grows…
Unhappy with the Declaration of Independence
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/06/04Jul25-Independence-Day-Jefferson-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Thomas Jefferson helped write the Declaration of Independence, but he wasn’t happy with the final product. Why was Jefferson grinding…
Thomas Jefferson’s Unexpected Role
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/06/03Jul25-Independence-Day-Jefferson-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Thomas Jefferson took an important role in writing our declaration of independence, but most people don’t know he wasn’t even…
The Christiana Riot
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/21Nov24-Christiana-Riot-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s called the Christiana Riot – a showdown between a slave owner and those harboring his runaway slaves. It led…
Brave Former Slaves
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/20Nov24-Christiana-Riot-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the years before the Civil War, many people stood up for the cause of freedom and equality. Some of…
The Johnstown Flood
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/05/03Jun24-Johnstown-Flood-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was an American disaster that was hard to imagine. A giant flood and an immense fire were destroying a…
A Wall of Water
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/05/31May24-Johnstown-Flood-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was a story of miraculous heroism among a story of deep tragedy. A a wall of water cut loose…
One of the Worst Disasters in American History
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/05/29May24-Johnstown-Flood-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was one of the worst disasters in American history…the break of the south fork dam that created the great…
Picket’s Charge
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/06/04Jul23-Gettysburg-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Every Independence Day we remember those who have fought for our freedom. One well known battlefield still draws thousands of…
A Twenty Year Gettysburg National Battlefield Guide
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/06/03Jul23-Gettysburg-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He’s shared his knowledge with joint chiefs of staff, ambassadors and other high ranking government officials. But when you lead…
When Did It Become the Liberty Bell?
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/06/04Jul22-Liberty-Bell.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)July 4th, 1776. It’s Independence Day in the United States and one of the symbols of our freedom is the…
Who Led the Battle at Gettysburg?
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/06/01Jul22-Gettysburg-Battlefield-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the three days leading up to Indpendence Day 1863, Americans waged the greatest of battles against one another at…
John Burns & the Battle of Gettysburg
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/06/30Jun22-Gettysburg-Battlefield-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine hitting the age to retire and then deciding to volunteer for the army. That is what John Burns did. …
Betsy Ross’ Flag
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/10/20Oct21-Betsy-Ross.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Americans are fond of their flag. It is a symbol of freedom, of hope, and of bravery. The flag unites…
The Discovery With a Kite
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/08/31Aug20-Benjamin-Franklin-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)His first invention involved a kite, and perhaps his most famous discovery involved one too. We look at the life…
A Founding Father in a Sports Hall of Fame
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/08/28Aug20-Benjamin-Franklin1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He’s the only founding father in a sports hall of fame. The amazing story of the eldest signer of the…
