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Named For an Accident from Centuries Ago
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/11/19Nov20-Devils-Lake-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The name of this body of water is foreboding. A name derived from an accident that took place centuries ago. …
Making An Impact
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/11/18Nov20-Shickley-Nebraska-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most of us give to charities. Some of those organizations may be local, but many are national or even global. …
One of the Mightiest Towns in the Land
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/11/17Nov20-Shickley-Nebraska-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There are 340 residents in Shickley, Nebraska. If you count up all the folks living in the local school district,…
Facing Santa Anna in the Mexican War
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/11/16Nov20-Santa-Annas-Leg.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s been over 150 years since Illinois soldiers faced Santa Anna in the Mexican War. However traces of that battle…
Turning Back the Clock 200 Years
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/11/13Nov20-Big-Oak-Tree-State-Park.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we say hello to KYMO in East Prairie, Missouri. Listeners there know the Mississippi River bottomlands stretch for hundreds…
Losing All Five Sullivan Children
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/11/12Nov20-Sullivan-Brothers-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)One cannot fathom the thought of losing five children in one event, but that’s exactly what happened to the Sullivans. …
Remembering the Sacrifices
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/11/11Nov20-Sullivan-Brothers-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Veteran’s Day is a time we remember the sacrifices of those who fought for the freedoms we enjoy in the…
Remembering Five Brothers from Waterloo
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/11/10Nov20-Sullivan-Brothers-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)After the attack on Pearl Harbor, many young men in the country rushed to join the military to fight for…
A Famous Ridge of Land
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/11/09Nov20-Crowleys-Ridge-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You’ll find the town of Kennett, Missouri in the state’s bootheel, about 15 miles west of the Mississippi River. It’s…
Crowley’s Ridge
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/10/06Nov20-Crowleys-Ridge-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Lots of rivers, towns and mountains are named after people who settled in a specific area. This man never imagined…
A Different Cemetery
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/10/05Nov20-Hobo-Museum-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In Britt, Iowa you’ll find a section of the town’s cemetery that looks different than the rest. The stones are…
Luring a Convention
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/10/04Nov20-Hobo-Museum-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Lots of cities work to lure conventions to town. They may offer several amenities to take advantage of the economic…
Catching a Train Ride on a No Budget Trip
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/10/03Nov20-Hobo-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was quite an adventure. Shorty and Frog caught and westbound train and were headed over the Rocky Mountains and…
A Visit with Hobos
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/10/02Nov20-Hobo-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When I told my son on a recent trip that we were going to stop and visit with a couple…
Riding the Rails with Hobos
https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/1d004633-2e9e-47f1-9b89-a754011a2aa9/87acce9d-6e1d-427e-9030-ab9200e3ded5/ef57b9c1-dade-4f13-9421-ac640180ff07/audio.mp3Podcast: Download ()Why is there a National Hobo Museum in Britt, Iowa? I called the museum and they asked if I wanted to interview two…
A Peaceful Tale of Gangsters
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/10/30Oct20-Hot-Springs-Gangsters.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There aren’t too many peaceful stories about gangsters…but in a moment you’ll hear one. A story of how one American…
Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/10/29Oct20-Tippecanoe.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Perhaps you’ve heard the presidential slogan Tippecanoe and Tyler too. Today’s feature is at Tippecanoe. What is it and why…
Fort Abercrombie
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/10/28Oct20-Fort-Ambercrombie-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When you think of settlers traveling west, you might think of them crossing states like Kansas and Nebraska. Perhaps we…
Germans with Cannons
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/10/27Oct20-Fort-Ambercrombie-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In 1862 there were several battles between the U.S. military and Dakota Indians at Fort Abercombie, North Dakota. Interestingly, what…
A Different Looking Fort
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/10/26Oct20-Fort-Ambercrombie-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When you think of a fort from the 1800s, you probably envision high wooden walls with watchtowers. This fort didn’t…
