Category: Texas
On the Scene of An Assassination
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/09/01Oct13-Pierce-Allman-JFK-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In 1963, Pierce Allman was manager of programming and production for WFAA radio in Dallas, Texas. When President Kennedy came…
Five Texas Hotspots for JFK History Buffs
Today’s Dallas is a busy, growing city. But 50 years after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, it remains inextricably linked to a tragic…
The Wounded Eyewitness
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/07/18Jul13-Tague-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.7MB)James Tague holds an interesting distinction in the assassination of President John F Kenney. Other than the president and Governor…
A Skeptical Eyewitness
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/07/17Jul13-Tague-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.7MB)We continue our story with James Tague, a man who witnessed the assassination of president Kenney and was wounded by…
Moments After an Assassination…
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/07/16Jul13-Tague-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.7MB)The city of Dallas was abuzz with excitement on November 22, 1963 as President Kennedy made a visit to the…
James Tague – Eyewitness and Researcher
James Tague was not only an unexpected eyewitness to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, he also has become a dedicated historical researcher. Tague’s…
Accidental Eyewitness to History
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/07/15Jul13-Tague-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.7MB)This week we resume our series on the coming 50th anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy. We visit with…
Dinosaur Valley Park
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/27May13-Dinosaur-Valley-2013.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)The animal tracks are three foot in width–and they are real–not made by an imaginary bigfoot, but plain to see…
The Last Battle of the Civil War
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/20May13-Brownsville-TX-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Where was the last battle of the Civil War waged? Few can answer that questions correctly…and the battlefield is far…
Brownsville, Texas
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/17May13-Brownsville-TX-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Just up river from the mouth of the Rio Grande river you will find sister cities that have played a…
Witness to An Assassination
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/03/05Apr13-JFK-Eugene-Boone-5.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the tragic events that unfolded in Dallas when President Kennedy was assassinated, we may forget that a police officer…
A Personal Connection to a National Tradgedy
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/03/04Apr13-JFK-Eugene-Boone-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)In November of 1963 Lee Harvey Oswald shot President Kennedy. Just two days later, Jack Ruby shot Oswald. Deputy Eugene…
Searching the 6th Floor of the Texas School Book Depository
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/03/03Apr13-JFK-Eugene-Boone-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the early afternoon of November 22nd, 1963, Deputy Eugene Boone was searching the 6th floor of the Texas School…
In Search of An Assassin
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/03/02Apr13-JFK-Eugene-Boone-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)Deputy Eugene Boone was watching President Kennedy’s motorcade pass Main Street on November 22, 1963. But just moments after the…
Yards Away from the Texas School Book Depository
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/03/01Apr13-JFK-Eugene-Boone-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)Deputy Eugene Boone could have never imagined the life changing events that would occur in his life and those around…
Turning A Tragedy Into A Museum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/02/28Mar13-6th-Floor-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)When we encounter a tragic event, we may want to erase all memories of it. That is what some wanted…
The Buckhorn Saloon
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/11/Buckhorn-Saloon-2011.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)When people can’t pay cash for the items they want, they may try to barter. That’s what this saloon did,…
Big Tracks
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/07/Dinosaur-Valley-Park.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 1.4MB)The animal tracks are three foot in width–and they are real–not made by an imaginary bigfoot, but plain to see…
Defending the Alamo
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/03/Alamo-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:03 — 957.8KB)It’s one of the most famous buildings at the center of one of the most famous battles in history. A…
A Tennessee Congressman at the Alamo
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/03/Alamo-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 953.1KB)James Bowie and William Barrett Travis are two of the famous names to defend the Alamo. Perhaps the most well…
