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Gambling Over a Pocketwatch
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/05May15-Wild-Bill-Hickok-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In a movie “western” you might see two gunslingers fire their pistols at each other in the town square. That’s…
Deadly Tensions
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/04May15-Wild-Bill-Hickok-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When the Civil War ended, there were still many unsettled scores of course. Towns along the border with North and…
Don’t Break Down Here
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/01May15-Australia-Ayers-Rock-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If your car breaks down you probably call for help, or walk if needed. Here, if your car breaks down…
In The Outback of Austalia
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/30Apr15-Australia-Ayers-Rock-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Today we head back to the outback for a fascinating look at central Australia. It’s a place where the views…
Laying Out the Streets from Afar
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/29Apr15-St-Thomas-Historic-Trust-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)The folks back in Europe were only trying to help lay out the streets of a fledgling town. Too bad…
The St. Thomas Historic Trust
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/28Apr15-St-Thomas-Historic-Trust-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Many cruise ships pull into the main harbor on St. Thomas every week. Most of those who visit don’t understand…
The One Successful Coal Strike
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/27Apr15-St-Thomas-Coaling-Ladies-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In 1892 there were four coal workers strikes taking place in north America. Only one was successful. The location of…
The Coaling Ladies of St. Thomas
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/24Apr15-St-Thomas-Coaling-Ladies-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The coaling ladies of St. Thomas loaded coal for steamships in wicker baskets for about a penny per trip. But…
A Penny For a Basket of Coal
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/23Apr15-St-Thomas-Coaling-Ladies-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The historic photos of their work will amaze you. Hundreds of ladies with one hundred pound loads in their wicker…
The Unexpected Inhabitants of the Virgin Islands
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/22Apr15-Virgin-Island-National-Park-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)So if you take a trip to the tropical forested hills of the Virgin Islands you might expect to see…
300 Years of Remains
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/21Apr15-Virgin-Island-National-Park-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Take a walk around the US Virgin Island of St. John and you’ll find numerous remains from the old sugar…
The Contributions of Columbus to Change
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/20Apr15-Virgin-Island-National-Park-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When Columbus made his voyage to the Caribbean in 1492, life for both civilizations began to change. Today we head…
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/04/17Apr15-Nicholas-Beazley-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)People often come to the new community center in Marshall, Missouri for regional meetings on a variety of topics. But…
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/04/16Apr15-Nicholas-Beazley-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)In the 1920, this was the largest commercial pilots school in the world. So large, other nation’s such as Chine…
What Started As 75 Box Cars Led to This…
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/04/15Apr15-Nicholas-Beazley-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)When Russell Nicholas came home from World War I, he wanted to begin his own business. He ended up purchasing…
150 Years Since the Assassination of Lincoln
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/04/14Apr15-Fords-Theater.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s been 150 years since John Wilkes Booth shot President Abraham Lincoln. Today, we go to the site of the…
Santa Anna’s Leg
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/04/13Apr15-Santa-Annas-Leg.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)It’s been over 150 years since Illinois soldiers faced Santa Ana in the Mexican War. However traces of that battle…
An Unusual Field Trip
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/10Apr15-Ernest-Muncreif.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many schools take field trips this time of the year. They are usually a fun event for students to get…
The Surrender of Lee at Appomattox
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/09Apr15-Appamatox-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)After four years of Civil War the conflict had claimed over 630,000 lives. It was time to begin the long…
The Place Where the Final Chapter of the Civil War Began
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/08Apr15-Appamatox-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most Americans know it as the place where the Civil War ended. Although that is not technically true…it is still…
