http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/10/02Nov18-Benedict-Arnold-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)It’s a story that involves war heroes, love and espionage.  It may sound like a novel, but it was real…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/10/01Nov18-Benedict-Arnold-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Today I’ll introduce you to an American war hero – a man who had a great hand in this country’s…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/10/31Oct18-Sleepy-Hollow-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)It’s a story fitting of Halloween.  The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and the headless horseman.  Today we go to the…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/10/30Oct18-Sleepy-Hollow-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Mention the name Sleepy Hollow and our minds quickly jump to tales of a headless horseman.  It’s quite a tale…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/10/29Oct18-Sleepy-Hollow-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)You don’t think of a graveyard as a place where children would play.  But here that was the case, and…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/10/26Oct18-Fort-Fredrica.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)When European nations sailed to America, each began to lay claim to new lands.  Many built forts to protect their…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/10/25Oct18-Dana-Hee-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Their names are often not known to the world, however the people they represent are some of the biggest stars…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/10/24Oct18-Dana-Hee-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)She is a gold medal winner – and that’s quite an accomplishment no matter the sport.  However, while you may…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/10/23Oct18-Freedom-House-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)It is called the Freedom House.  This free museum is housed in what used to be the headquarters of one…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/10/22Oct18-Freedom-House-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)I always enjoy the chance to explore Alexandria, Virginia.  It’s a historic city and I  recently happened upon a museum…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/10/19Oct18-Wahpeton-North-Dakota-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)We’ve probably all been to the zoo sometime in our lives.  It usually requires a drive to a large city…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/10/18Oct18-Wahpeton-North-Dakota-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)We’ve all heard of fish stories – maybe you’ve even told one.  But today I will tell you the biggest…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/10/17Oct18-Chicago-Fire-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Bells rang the warning.  Prison cells were opened to allow inmates to save their own lives ahead of the coming…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/10/16Oct18-Chicago-Fire-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)It was a fast moving fire. In fact, it was moving so quickly that people could not find aware to…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/10/15Oct18-Chicago-Fire-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)No doubt, she is one of the most famous cows in history…but is she really to blame for the problems…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/10/12Oct18-Jesse-Owens-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)He won four gold medals in track and field at the 1936 Olympics, a feat that would not be duplicated…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/10/11Oct18-Jesse-Owens-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He was born into a family of sharecroppers in northern Alabama.  His time on this farm lasted until the age…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/10/10Oct18-Dicks-Five-and-Ten-Branson-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Imagine a place where you can purchase some thread, a lava lamp, a stuffed unicorn and some pencils and paper…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/10/09Oct18-Dicks-Five-and-Ten-Branson-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Many of you have been to Branson, but have you been downtown to the old dime store that’s been there…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/10/08Oct18-Ketchum-Sheep-Festival-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Today the number of snow skiers to this valley outnumbers the sheep that graze the summer mountainsides.  However, the sheep…