http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/02/27Feb12-Patrick-Henry-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)His leadership skills rivaled Washington and Jefferson, and his speaking ability surpassed them.  While Washington and Jefferson had their famous…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/02/24Feb12-Henry-Wallace.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)This father and son pair both served as the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.  The son even became Vice President of…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/02/23Feb12-Customs-House.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)The local newspaper originally described it as an eyesore and public laughing stock.  Quite a tagline for a building that…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/02/22Feb12-Fort-Defiance.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)Most cities don’t renovate a Civil War fort that never fired a shot.  Then again, one could make the case…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/02/21Feb12-FFA-History-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)You have to give Henry Groseclose a lot of credit.  Not only did he use his hospital stay to write…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/02/20Feb12-FFA-History-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)The week of George Washington’s birthday is annually celebrated as National FFA Week.  Today, we trace the history of the…

http://www.americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/17Feb12-Fort-Donelson-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)It was 150 years ago that General Grant asked one of his West Point friends to surrender his fort.  It’s…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/02/16Feb12-Fort-Donelson-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)General Ulysses S. Grant became a hero of the Civil War and later served two terms as President of the…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/02/14Feb12-Las-Vegas-Wedding-Chapel-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)My grandparents were married on Valentine’s Day and they celebrated 76 wedding anniversaries.  But today, we honor a Valentine’s wedding…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/02/15Feb12-Las-Vegas-Wedding-Chapel-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)This county performs more weddings than any other in the nation.  You probably have a good idea where that county…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/02/Show-Me-Energy.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:58 — 925.7KB)You may have heard of cellulosic ethanol production, but cellulosic plants can be used to provide a variety of energy…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/02/10Feb12-Fort-Kent-Maine.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)Just as Route 66 is one of the most famous highways in American, this road running up and down the…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/02/09Feb12-Pawn-Stars-Historian.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)It today’s world of reality television shows, things that once may have seemed quite ordinary have become worldwide hits.  One…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/02/08Feb12-Cherry-Farmer-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 1.4MB)Many Americans are growing more concerned about their health and diet.  That means this farmer has to put some thought…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/02/07Feb12-Cherry-Farmer-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 1.4MB)Ben LaCrosse grows a crop just about everyone enjoys eating.  However, it’s a crop that is difficult to harvest and…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/02/06Feb12-They-Also-Ran-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)Every four years this nation holds the inauguration of the President of the United States.  However, few people know that…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/02/03Feb12-They-Also-Ran-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 1.4MB)Tilden, Bryan, Landon, Wilkie–they are just some of the names enshrined here.  It’s a place created by a bank president…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/01/02Feb12-Kent-Feeds-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)Today we say hello to our listeners on KWPC in Muscatine, Iowa.  Listeners there know an ag company there is…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/01/01Feb12-Kent-Feeds-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)It all began with a lumber yard in Indianola, Iowa.  Of course, today you don’t know this company for its…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/01/31Jan12-Dr-Beth-Walker-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)The next 40 years are predicted to bring an ever increasing population both here and around the world.  Food needs…