http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/02/15Feb16-Fort-Madison-Big-House.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:03 — 2.1MB)It’s one very large and empty house.  It’s what some call “The Big House.”  But this historic and currently empty…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/02/12Feb16-Fort-Madison-Prison.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most people would say this river town is a pleasant place to live.  However, for those who happened to find…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/02/11Feb16-Fort-Madison-Ross-House.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)In Ft. Madison, IA you will find the Betsy Ross house.  But hold on you say…American flag maker Betsy Ross…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/02/10Feb16-Fort-Madison-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It’s a long walk from Fort Madison, Iowa to St. Louis, Missouri.  However, that’s exactly what was facing a few…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/02/09Feb16-Fort-Madison-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:03 — 2.1MB)When the native Americans laid siege to this remote American outpost, it was a part of a coordinated effort to…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/02/08Feb16-Fort-Madison-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)What is the oldest city in the state of Iowa?  The answer has a lot to do with the fight…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/12/05Feb16-Clabber-Girl-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Maybe you’ve heard of the Clabber Girl brand of baking powder.  It’s been around for over a century.  But perhaps…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/12/04Feb16-Clabber-Girl-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:03 — 2.1MB)Perhaps you think a story about baking powder would be quite bland, but the tale of these two brothers is…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/12/03Feb16-Angel-Fire-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)My in-laws had been telling me about a place called Angel Fire for many years.  They make an annual trip…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/12/02Feb16-Angel-Fire-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:04 — 2.1MB)When Doc Westfall lost a son to the Vietnam War, the event changed his plans for the future.  His new…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/12/01Feb16-Angel-Fire-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The Westfalls had dreams of a ranch resort where they could retire.  Then tragedy struck and the plans for the…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/12/29Jan16-Clinton-House-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When Kate Johnson began her babysitting job, she had no idea that the folks she was working for would one…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/12/28Jan16-Clinton-House-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)What’s Sinclair Oil, the invention of the chicken pot pie and a former U.S. president have in common?  It may…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/12/27Jan16-Clinton-House-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Regardless your politics, it’s often interesting looking back on the lives of our presidents.  One such place is drawing plenty…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/12/26Jan16-Medicine-Lodge-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)A three-day event dedicated to an old peace treaty may sound a bit odd.  However, this town’s event draws thousands…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/12/25Jan16-Medicine-Lodge-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:03 — 2.1MB)About as long as there have been banks, there have been bank robberies.  The one that took place in Medicine…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/12/21Jan16-College-of-the-Ozarks-Milam-Smith-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)Today we hear a lot about the rising costs of higher education.  While that may be true, students here have…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/12/20Jan16-Carry-Nation-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This lady was known to back up her words with her hatchet.  And that hatchet is still well known over…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/12/19Jan16-Carry-Nation-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:03 — 2.1MB)If you attended David Nation’s church in Medicine Lodge, Kansas, many would say the real sermon began when David’s wife…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/12/18Jan16-Medicine-Lodge-History.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In south central Kansas you’ll find a place long important to Native Americans – a place where they and later…