Category: Pennsylvania
Getting Caught in the Battle of Gettysburg
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/03/03Apr14-Gettysburg-Shriver-House-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When the battle began here in Gettysburg, Hettie Shriver and her two young daughters left town and went to stay with…
The Dangers of Being Kicked By A Cow
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/03/02Apr14-Eisenhower-Farm-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you’ve spent much time around cattle, there’s a good chance you’ve been kicked. The right blow can put a…
The Eisenhower Farm
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/03/01Apr14-Eisenhower-Farm-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It may be an overstatement to proclaim that a herd of cattle helped thaw the cold war. However a visit…
The President’s Farm
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/03/31Mar14-Eisenhower-Farm-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many U.S. presidents grew up on a farm. However, their duties as chief executive often took them away from rural…
Gettysburg Week: The General (Most of) America Forgot
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/06/01Jul13-Gettysburg-Meade.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.7MB)In the three days leading up to Indpendence Day, 1863, Americans waged the greatest of battles against one another at…
The Liberty Bell
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/07/Liberty-Bell-2011.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:30 — 1.1MB)July 4th, 1776…Indpendence Day in the United States. One of the symbols of our freedom is the Liberty Bell. But…
Benjamin Franklin, Inventor
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/04/Bejamin-Franklin-2010.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 952.7KB)His first invention involved a kite–and perhaps his most famous discovery involved one too…
Jim Thorpe
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/04/Jim-Thorpe-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 954.7KB)In 1912 he was proclaimed the world’s greatest athlete and some of his Olympic records from that year still stood…
A Star Athlete
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/04/Jim-Thorpe-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 955.1KB)When you think of historically great collegiate football programs, names like Notre Dame, Penn State and Alabama might come to…
Punxsutawney Phil
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/02/Groundhog-Day-2010.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 954.1KB)He’s by the far the oldest and wisest ground hog in the nation and every February 2nd, you can be…
