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Of Golden Eggs, Geese, and Backyard Farms
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/06/25Jun13-Goose-Eggs.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.7MB)We’ve all heard of the goose that laid the golden eggs. While it would be hard to find such a…
Where the Delta Meets the Ozarks
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/06/24Jun13-Powhatan.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)Powhatan, Ark., is a once-thriving city, now mostly a ghost town. But its buildings have been restored and the stories…
America’s Territory with a Remarkable History
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/06/21Jun13-St.-Croix-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)The Spanish were the first Europeans to arrive here. Then the French rules the island, followed by the Danes. Finally…
Caribbean Education for a Founding Father
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/06/20Jun13-Alexander-Hamilton-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)Today a high school or college student might take an internship to learn the basics they need for a certain…
A Founding Father with Island Ties
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/06/19Jun13-Alexander-Hamilton-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)Historians don’t agree whether this U.S. founding father was born in 1755 or 1757. He never arrived in what is…
Stepping Back in Time in St. Croix
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/06/18Jun13-St.-Croix-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)It’s the easternmost point in U.S. territory…an island purchased by the United States in 1916. If you come here to…
Tractors of the War
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/06/17June13-Armored-Tractors-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)We may not think of ag equipment manufacturers having much to do with the U.S. military. However, during World War…
Now THAT’S a Tractor
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/06/14June13-Armored-Tractors-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)If you think those high-tech gizmos on modern tractors are cool, you should check out a John Deere model from…
Big Bud – The World’s Biggest Tractor
If you want more information about Big Bud 747, featured in our latest show, you’ve come to the right place! We’ve gathered up some resources…
Big Bud
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/06/13June13-Big-Bud.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)Deere, Case, Oliver, Ford and Allis-Chalmers…they are but a few of the many companies that have built tractors. The largest…
It’s a Duesy
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2009/10/Dusenberg-2009.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 1.0MB)In Northeast Indiana, there’s a town that once produced the top cars of the day. It’s still home to a…
A Network of Ancient Cities
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2009/12/Dickson-Mounds-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 950.8KB)Before interstate highways existed, something apparently linked America’s first large cities. But we don’t know exactly what. Andrew McCrea examines…
An Ancient City in Mid-America
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2009/12/Dickson-Mounds-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 1.9MB)Dickson, Illinois, is a nice town on the Illinois River. But it’s far from the first city in that location….
The Peterson Farm Brothers
Andrew featured the Peterson Farm Brothers on his latest American Countryside show. We thought you might like to see some of their work. You can…
Seven Great FREE Places to Visit with the Family this Summer
Here are seven places my family and I have discovered in the American Countryside listening area that are not only fun to visit, but also…
Video Stars from the Farming World
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/07Jun13-Peterson-Brothers.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Music video stars and farmers may seem to live in two far different worlds. Don’t tell that to the Peterson…
Scenic Route – Saving the World and Not Getting Credit
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/06/ScenicRoute-009.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 5:02 — 1.2MB)Would you believe there’s a man who helped save the world from nuclear holocaust, and you don’t even know his…
Honoring A Top Secret Mission
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/06/06Jun13-Christian-Christiansen-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)The military exercise was top secret. When this mission was finally opened to the public, the reverend who played the…
The Pastor Who Helped
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/05Jun13-Christian-Christiansen-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)During World War II the Germans raced against the Americans to be the first to successfully build an atomic bomb….
Racing on Mount Washington
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/04Jun13-Mt-Washington-Road-Race.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine running the Daytona 500 on a mountain road with steep grades and no guardrails. The cars may not be…
