http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/20Oct15-Roanoke-Hotel-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)What’s it take to build a large city?  A railroad and nice hotel of course.  It was a winning combination…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/19Oct15-Grandma-Saunders.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)My grandmother Darlene Saunders passed last week and today I’ll be a pall bearer at her funeral.  So today I…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/16Oct15-Soo-Locks-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Locals often simply call it “The Soo.”  Ships know the place for the locks that help move them from one…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/15Oct15-Soo-Locks-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)The ships here are moving so slowly, it’s sometime difficult to tell if they are in fact moving at all. …

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/14Oct15-Soo-Locks-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Before highways crisscrossed this nation, rivers often provided the best road to move cargo and passengers.  But some of those…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/13Oct15-Spanish-Treasure-Cave.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)In the years following Columbus’ voyage to the new world, other Europeans followed, some with ideas of conquering native American…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/12Oct15-Mayflower-Society-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Some people enjoy tracing their family tree.  A few may even trace their ancestors back to the founding of the…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/09Oct15-Mayflower-Society-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Visitors to Plymouth, Massachusetts are often fascinated with the history of the Pilgrims who landed here.  But some have a…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/08Oct15-Dalton-Gang-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There is a very famous tunnel running beneath the surface of a barnyard in Meade, Kansas.  It was built in…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/07Oct15-Dalton-Gang-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)The infamous Dalton Gang robbed individuals and businesses in the Midwest during the early 1890s.  But not all of the…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/06Oct15-Prudhoe-Bay-Animals-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Human beings need to keep their body temperature close to 98 degrees in order to survive.  So finding an animal…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/05Oct15-Prudhoe-Bay-Animals-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Animals that live in extreme cold of course have a heavy blanket of fur or hair to keep them warm. …

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/02Oct15-Camp-Floyd.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:57 — 2.0MB)For three years, 3500 soldiers served alongside one another in Utah Territory.  It was the largest military outpost in the…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/09/01Oct15-Packard-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Name your favorite brand of car and you can probably find a dealership within a reasonable distance of your home. …

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/30Sep15-Packard-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:57 — 2.0MB)It was the luxury car of the first half of the 20th century.  Today the company is gone, but the…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/29Sep15-Cherry-Farmer-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:56 — 2.0MB)Many Americans are growing more concerned about their health and diet.  That means this farmer has to put some thought…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/28Sep15-Cherry-Farmer-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:57 — 2.0MB)Ben LaCrosse grows a crop just about everyone enjoys.  However, it’s a crop that is difficult to harvest and one…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/25Sep15-Prudhoe-Bay-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Sometimes the snow blows or the chill sets in and it’s just too miserable to have school.  However, here, the…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/24Sep15-Prudhoe-Bay-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you’ve seen the show Ice Road Truckers, then there’s a good chance you’ve witnessed a part of the story…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/23Sep15-Prudhoe-Bay-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we head north, to the end of the road in Alaska.  That means traveling up the Dalton Hwy to…