Category: Presidents
President’s Week 2017: Woodrow Wilson
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/22Feb17-Presidents-Week-Woodrow-Wilson.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)He was the son of a Presbyterian minister who went on to teach school and lead the nation during a…
President’s Week 2017: Theodore Roosevelt
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/21Feb17-Presidents-Week-Theodore-Roosevelt.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)To date, no U.S. president has been born in North Dakota…but this commander-in-chief’s experiences there may be the reason he…
President’s Week 2017: William McKinley
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/20Feb17-Presidents-Week-William-McKinley.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some history students will remember the slogan “Remember the Maine”, a war cry that sent the U.S. into battle against…
The Man Who Was President For a Day
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/07Feb17-David-Rice-Atchison-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)President Trump was recently sworn in as this nation’s 45th president. Or was he? That question is not a debate…
David Rice Atchison
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/06Feb17-David-Rice-Atchison-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)His name is David Rice Atchison. If you know the name, you probably know his unique and sometimes debated place…
President Lincoln at the Gettysburg Depot
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/11Jul14-Gettysburg-Depot-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)There was a mix of emotions when President Lincoln stepped onto the platform at this Gettysburg, Pennsylvania railroad depot. There…
A Historic Railroad Depot
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/10Jul14-Gettysburg-Depot-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many communities have saved and then restored their old rail depots. That’s the case for this small Pennsylvania town. However,…
The Great Johnstown Flood
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/27May14-Johnstown-Flood-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)It was one of the worst disasters in American history…the break of the south fork dam that created the great…
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…
A Couple From Kansas
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/24Feb14-Obamas-Grandparents.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The Dunhams were just another pair of Kansas high school graduates. They stayed in touch with classmates and tried to…
President’s Week: James Monroe
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/21Feb14-Prez-Week-James-Monroe.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Thomas Jefferson’s home is one of the best known and most visited in the United States. However, just drive down…
President’s Week: The Most Famous First Lady
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/20Feb14-Prez-Week-Dolly-Madison.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He was one of our most important presidents…yet the first lady may just be better known than her husband. The…
President’s Week: Thomas Brand
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/19Feb14-Prez-Week-Thomas-Jefferson.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Thomas Jefferson is known to have composed much of the Declaration of Independence…but he wasn’t happy with the final product. …
President’s Week: Between Washington & Jefferson
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/18Feb14-Prez-Week-John-Adams.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)His presidency was sandwiched between presidential greats George Washington and Thomas Jefferson…and unfortunately, much of his work in helping form…
President’s Week: Washington’s Birthplace
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/17Feb14-Prez-Week-George-Washington-Birthplace.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)George Washington’s birth date was always clear…February 22, 1732. The location of his birth though was difficult to pinpoint. It’s…
That Will Be a Half-Cent, Mr. President
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/12Dec13-Lincoln-Pittsfield-Illinois-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Toll roads have been around as long as the nation. Today those tolls are often paid on multi-lane turnpikes, often…
The Cannon That Fired Too Soon
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/11Dec13-Lincoln-Pittsfield-Illinois-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When you’re in Pittsfield, Illinois, enjoy the chance to drive around the city and listen to stories on your car…
A Frequent Visitor
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/11/10Dec13-Lincoln-Pittsfield-Illinois-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we say hello to out listeners on WBBA in Pittsfield, Illinois. Listeners there know that just over a century…
