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The Elephant in the Room
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/08/30Aug24-California-Trail-Center-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Pioneers that headed west on overland trails saw many sites. Interestingly one that many wrote about was an elephant. You…
The California Trail
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/08/29Aug24-California-Trail-Center-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Just west of South Pass, Wyoming, overland travelers of the mid 19th century came to a fork in the road. …
The Blackwell School
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/08/28Aug24-Blackwell-School-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You’ve heard people say that there are unwritten rules that we sometimes must observe. Today’s story is about such rules…
A Visit to Marfa, Texas
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/08/27Aug24-Blackwell-School-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)We often tie the Civil Rights movement to the struggle of African Americans to obtain equal rights and equal access…
The Home of the Gerber Family
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/08/26Aug24-Gerber-House-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When you hear the name, “Gerber,” you perhaps immediately think of baby food. The home where the family lived and…
What Started As a Kitchen Argument
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/08/23Aug24-Gerber-House-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It all began with an argument in the kitchen. What resulted is something that is commonplace today, but was a…
The Friends Good Will
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/08/22Aug24-Friends-Good-WIll.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)For a ship that was in service less than five years, she had quite a story. What began as a…
South Haven
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/08/21Aug24-South-Haven-Michigan.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This town sits on the opposite side of Lake Michigan as the city of Chicago. Yet, this much smaller place…
A Hangar and More
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/08/20Aug24-Frank-Phillips-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When Frank bought a plane he needed a hangar in which to park it. Soon the plane wasn’t the only…
A Place to Entertain
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/08/19Aug24-Frank-Phillips-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The president of this oil company was looking for a place to entertain business leaders from the east coast and…
An Unlikely Scenario
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/08/16Aug24-Frank-Phillips-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)On the surface it seemed like an unlikely scenario for success. A barber from Iowa striking oil and building one…
The Town Grump of Readlyn, Iowa
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/08/15Aug24-Readlyn-Iowa-Town-Grump.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When you enter Readlyn, Iowa you will find a sign that proclaims it has 857 friendly people and one old…
Colorado Springs
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/07/14Aug24-Colorado-Springs.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we may rely on the latest advancements in science and medicine to help cure disease. Of course, in the…
James’ Peak
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/07/13Aug24-Pikes-Peak-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You’ve perhaps never heard of James’ Peak. It’s more accurate to say you’ve heard of the mountain, but you simply…
A Discovered Peak
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/07/12Aug24-Pikes-Peak-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)As Lewis and Clark headed west and north in 1803 to explore the newly acquire Louisiana Purchase, another explorer headed…
Fort Belmont
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/07/09Aug24-Fort-Belmont-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you drive Interstate 90 through Jackson, Minnesota you’ll see a fort near the freeway. Take the exit and explore…
A Community That Built Their Own Fort
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/07/08Aug24-Fort-Belmont-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the 1850s and 1860s there had been skirmishes between Native Americans and settlers in the area of northern Iowa…
Pilot Rock
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/07/07Aug24-Pilot-Rock.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the days before GPS or maps, you needed landmarks to find your way. Just south of Cherokee, Iowa you’ll…
The Sanford Museum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/07/06Aug24-Sanford-Museum.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)One family can make a difference. Stop in Cherokee, Iowa and you’ll find a museum and planetarium all there because…
Wolf Point
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/07/05Aug24-Wolf-Point-Montana.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It just stands to reason that a place named Wolf Point must have something to do with wolves somewhere in…
