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Battle of the Iron Clads
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/03/16Mar22-Civil-War-Naval-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Perhaps you’ve heard of the story of the Monitor and Merramack…the first two ironclad ships to do battle in the…
Copper Queen Mine
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/03/15Mar22-Copper-Queen-Mine.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You’ll find plenty of wild mining stories in southern Arizona. One of the biggest tales includes a mine where you…
Creating the New Capitol
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/03/14Mar22-Oklahoma-State-Capitol-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This state’s government was ready to move out of its temporary home in a downtown hotel. However, the route to…
The Capitol Is Where the Sign Says It Is
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/03/11Mar22-Oklahoma-State-Capitol-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s said, “home is where the heart is.” And in this state it can be said, “The capitol is where…
Multiple Choice State Capital
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/03/10Mar22-Oklahoma-State-Capitol-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Voters often face multiple choices when electing candidates for office. But the residents of this state had a most unique…
Luxury Painted with Turkey Feathers
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/03/09Mar22-Lake-Superior-Railroad-Museum-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some people will go to great lengths to create something luxurious. But have you ever heard of someone spending an…
The Most Powerful Steam Locomotive in US History
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/03/08Mar22-Lake-Superior-Railroad-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)What is the most powerful steam locomotive in U.S. history? We may say the Big Boy and that answer would…
Lake Superior Railroad Museum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/03/07Mar22-Lake-Superior-Railroad-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many towns and cities have restored their old rail depots. That’s the case in Duluth, Minnesota and the building is…
Underground in Butte
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/04Mar22-Butte-Montana-Speakeasy-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we head under ground…both literally and figuratively as we uncover some of this city’s history and dig up some…
Butte Speakeasy
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/03Mar22-Butte-Montana-Speakeasy-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Beginning in 1920, the 18th Amendment made the manufacture and consumption of alcohol illegal until it was repealed in 1933. …
Last of the Raids
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/02Mar22-Last-Indian-Raid.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Americans are familiar with the fate of Custer and his men at the Little Big Horn. It was far from…
Raptors in Peril
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/01Mar22-Bald-Eagles-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The Dickerson Park Zoo in Springfield, MO is a great place to come and learn about a variety of animals. …
The Bald Eagle Comeback
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/28Feb22-Bald-Eagles-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When I was a kid it was a big deal to see a bald eagle in the wild. In fact,…
The Wise FFA Owl
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/25Feb22-FFA-History-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You have to give Henry Groseclose a lot of credit. Not only did he use his hospital stay to write…
Where FFA Began
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/24Feb22-FFA-History-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The week of George Washington’s birthday is annually celebrated as National FFA week. Today we trace the history of the…
Jailhouse Rock
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/23Feb22-Stockton-Jailhouse-Rock-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Elvis once sang about the jailhouse rock. In fact, many of us know that tune decades after it was first…
God’s Call to Visit the Jail
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/22Feb22-Stockton-Jailhouse-Rock-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Randy Hayward says he’s always tried to follow what God wanted him to do with his life. But what happened…
What’s Under Stockton, Missouri?
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/21Feb22-Stockton-Missouri-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There were many reason the first pioneers selected specific spots to begin town and cities. It’s easy to find the…
Defeating Shelby’s Raiders
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/18Feb22-Stockton-Missouri-Jailhouse.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we say hello to our listeners on KYOO in Bolivar, Missouri. Just up the road in Stockton, town residents…
Tying the Knot a Lot
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/17Feb22-Las-Vegas-Weddings-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)February is of course the month noted for love…it’s the month we celebrate Valentine’s Day. There are many weddings that…
