Category: Texas
Inside Iraan
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/10/23Oct17-Iraan-Texas-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Andrew travels on-location for each of the features you hear on this program. Today, we journey to a spot that…
Former Barren Ranch Country
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/10/20Nov17-Iraan-Texas-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This land in southwest Texas appeared to be barren ranch country. You could buy it for a relatively cheap price…
The Patriotic Girl
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/08Jun17-Dublin-Bottling-Works-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)One would think the title of “Patriotic Girl” would be a good thing. However, the general public was appalled by…
A Special Cash Register
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/07Jun17-Dublin-Bottling-Works-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)There is a cash register in Dublin, Texas that many might simply pass off as a unique antique. However, when…
Shoot Me A Waco!
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/06Jun17-Dublin-Bottling-Works-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If someone said, “Shot me a Waco” what would they want from you? It may sound like an odd request…
A Busy Chocolate Shop
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/03/05Apr17-Hico-Texas-Chocolatier-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)What is the busiest time of year for a chocolate shop? You can probably guess a couple of holidays will…
An Unexpected Business
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/03/04Apr17-Hico-Texas-Chocolatier-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)It is perhaps an unexpected business to find on the streets of Hico, Texas. It is a place some might…
From 4-H Project to Unexpected Business
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/03/03Apr17-Hico-Texas-Chocolatier-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It all began with a 4-h project in a rural area about an hour outside of Texas. Fast forward about…
The Cemetery that Drew a Crowd
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/07Sep16-Del-Rio-Texas-Cemetery.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most cemeteries are peaceful memorials to those who have passed. That was the case here, until one of the newly…
The Waters – Del Rio
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/06Sep16-Del-Rio-Texas-Water.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)When the first pioneers set about buildings homes and towns they often looked for a good water source to sustain…
The Unusual Goat Gland Doctor
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/05Sep16-Del-Rio-Texas-Dr-Brinkley-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You can still find the mansion and the hotel here in Del Rio, Texas of a once prominent and controversial…
Dr. Brinkley’s Million Watt Signal
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/02Sep16-Del-Rio-Texas-Dr-Brinkley-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)We are thankful for the many stations that air our broadcasts every day, but nothing could match the power of…
Black Seminole Scouts
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/01Sep16-Black-Seminole-Scouts.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)At one time, this group of people left the US for Mexico to find a safe haven.But in the years…
Roy Bean’s Jersey Lilly
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/26May16-Judge-Roy-Bean-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Housing a bar and a courtroom in the same location may seem a bit odd today. It was unusual back…
The Judge ‘West of the Pecos’
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/25May16-Judge-Roy-Bean-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He was the man who dispensed law “West of the Pecos.” His unique way of ruling on legal questions is…
The Law of Langtry
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/24May16-Judge-Roy-Bean-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)We may not like the rules, but every place needs them. cheap jerseys And with the rules comes a person to…
The Adventures of Roy Bean
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/23May16-Judge-Roy-Bean-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Roy Bean found a steady job supplying railroad work camps. Then he discovered something rail workers really wanted…something to drink…
The Kickapoo Attack at Fort Lancaster
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/19May16-Fort-Lancaster-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)You might think of a “fort” as a place with high, secure walls that could repel an attack. The reality…
An Abandoned Fort in the Civil War
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/18May16-Fort-Lancaster-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When the Civil War began, U.S. troops at some forts suddenly found men headed two different directions, north or south. …
The Army’s Camel Train
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/17May16-Fort-Lancaster-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Before the days or cars and trucks, horses and mules were often called upon to bear the load. But at…