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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…
The Sheriff Bufford Pusser Festival
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/05/16May13-Bufford-Pusser-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)This weekend in Adamsville, Tennessee, the annual Sheriff Bufford Pusser Festival will be held. It’s the 25th such event and…
Carrying a Stick Instead of a Weapon
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/15May13-Bufford-Pusser-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)This week we’re in Adamsville, Tennessee, former home of famous lawman Bufford Pusser. The famous lawman from Walking Tall was…
Scenic Route – Sheriff Buford Pusser
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/05/ScenicRoute-007.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 11:59 — 2.7MB)America’s lawmen have a special place in our hearts — and a special place in Hollywood. On the latest Scenic…
The Life of Sheriff Buford Pusser
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/05/14May13-Bufford-Pusser-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)If you’ve ever seen the movie “Walking Tall” then you know part of the story of Sheriff Buford Pusser. He…
Protecting a President
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/05/13May13-Presidential-Limo-Museum-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)After delivering a speech at the Washington Hilton Hotel, President Ronald Regan was hit by a bullet fired by John…
President Kennedy’s Bubbletop Car
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/10May13-Presidential-Limo-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)You may have heard people say that President Kennedy would have never been assassinated in Dallas if he ordered the…
A Luxurious and Secure Automobile Collection
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/09May13-Presidential-Limo-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Today we begin a three part series on one of the most luxurious and secure automobiles in America – the…
Scenic Route – Presidential Limousines
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/05/ScenicRoute-006.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 7:58 — 1.8MB)They’re not the biggest or the fastest, but some of the most interesting cars in the world are the ones…
A Great Collection of Buildings
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/08May13-Henry-Ford-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)The birthplace of America is often considered to be Independence Hall, the site of the signing of the Declaration of…
Three Men – One Amazing Museum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/07May13-Henry-Ford-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Edison, Ford and Firestone. They are some of the best known inventors and businessmen of the 20th century. But not…
Lava Beds National Monument
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/06May13-Lava-Tubes-National-Park.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)In this barren stretch of the West, you can find the landscape scarred by the lava from thousands of years…
The Battle of Boonville
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/03May13-Battle-of-Booneville.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)As you may know, we do all of our stories from the actual location where they occur. While we did…
Own Your Own Railroad
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/06/Moberly-Missouri-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB) Ever dream of owing your own railroad? Well, now you have the next best thing–you can rent a railroad…
The Home of the Buffalo Bill Show
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/01May13-Buffalo-Bill-Show-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)In 1883 Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show debuted in Omaha. Much of the practice and many of the performers were…
A Wild West Traveling Show
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/30Apr13-Buffalo-Bill-Show-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)It was a national and international hit…a traveling show that captivated audiences with scenes from the wild west. Most people…
Scenic Route – Buffalo Bill & the Legend of the Wild West
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/ScenicRoute-005.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 13:19 — 3.0MB)Perhaps more than any other man, Buffalo Bill Cody helped shape the legend of the Wild West. But what’s truth…
The Streetcars of New Orleans
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/29Apr13-New-Orleans-Streetcar.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In many cities taxies, busses and subways may be the best ways to get around town if you don’t have…
A Visit to a Cemetery
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/26Apr13-New-Orleans-Cemetery.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)A couple of centuries ago this city had problems with caskets rising with the water and floating down the streets….
Wrenched From a Mother’s Arms
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/25Apr13-Holocaust-Survivor-Search-Kreisberger-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine a scene in which a boy is wrenched from a mother’s arms…and is headed for certain death. No doubt…