http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/02/20Mar13-River-Raisin-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)We all recall the battle cry, “Remember the Alamo” but 200 years ago it was “Remember the Raisin!”  So what…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/02/19Mar13-River-Raisin-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s long been said that the only thing most Americans can tell you about the War of 1812 is what…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/02/18Mar13-Mastadon-Park.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 1.4MB)Imagine you unearthed the bones of an animal and had little idea of what you found. Now imagine making up…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/02/15Mar13-Smokey-Mountain-Railroad.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)His name was Daddy Bryson…and he became one of the best known train engineers in the Smoky Mountains…not because of…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/03/14Mar13-Last-Train-to-Clarksville.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)In the summer of 1966 the Monkees released “The Last Train to Clarksville.”  The song went to number one on…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/02/13Mar12-Clarksville-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)In the early and mid 1900s, passenger train service was common in most cities of any size.  Today the passengers…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/03/12Mar13-Plant-City-Strawberries-Ray-Clark.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)Plant City, Florida is well known for its strawberries.  In fact, their annual strawberry festival will attract more people than…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/03/11Mar13-Custer-Monroe-Michigan-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)When news of the defeat at the Little Bighorn reached Monroe, Michigan, this town had an extra reason to mourn….

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/02/08Mar13-Custer-Monroe-Michigan-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)There are several portraits that show the surrender of General Lee to General Grant at Appomattox.  Those scenes usually display…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/03/06Mar13-Custer-Monroe-Michigan-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)We know him for the battle at the Little Bighorn.  But to know just that one fact is to miss…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/02/05Mar13-Palm-Springs-History.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)When the rails came through this stretch of dry wilderness, the only people living here were the Cahuilla Indians. What…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/02/04Mar13-Arecibo-Observatory-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)Today we say hello to our listeners in the Archbold, Ohio area.  One of their farm kids grew up to…

Holbrook, Arizona Holbrook, Arizona, is just what you’d expect from a town in the Old West. It had a reputation as a place that was…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/02/28Feb13-Arecibo-Observatory-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)It’s a marvel of science and engineering – a construction project so large that it took three years to complete….

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/02/27Feb13-POW-Tom-Crosby.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 1.4MB)American troops had finally made it to Manila and were attempting to free POWs like Tom Crosby. Just when things…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/02/26Feb13-AgriGold-Puerto-Rico-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)The scenery that surrounds this place looks anything but Midwestern.  Yet, it’s the work that is done here that impacts…

KS Territorial Capital We’ll be adding more video over the coming months, as we bring you a fuller picture of The American Countryside. Here’s the…