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Historic Washington, Arkansas
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/04/09Apr24-Historic-Washington-Arkansas.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)As the city of Washington, D.C. was growing into its role as the nation’s capital, another city of Washington was…
A Church with Historic Distinction
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/04/08Apr24-Woolford-Old-Trinity-Church-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This church can hold about 50 people – maybe a few more if everyone squeezes tight for a wedding. And…
Woolford’s Old Trinity Church
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/03/05Apr24-Woolford-Old-Trinity-Church-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Along the coastline of Maryland’s easter shore, just south of the city of Cambridge, you’ll find a small, picturesque church…
The Theater Life
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/03/04Apr24-Mitchell-Farms-Movie-Theatres-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When Kenny Mitchell was dating his wife-to-be, they enjoyed going to the local movie theater. He probably never imagined how…
Diversifying the Family Farm
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/03/03Apr24-Mitchell-Farms-Movie-Theatres-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When this farm decided to diversify they didn’t do it by growing a different crop or buying livestock. They instead…
Ice Cream Flavors Galore
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/03/02Apr24-Blue-Bunny-Ice-Cream-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)What’s your favorite flavor of ice cream? The folks here know a lot about what we like and maybe, don’t…
A Cash Prize for the Company Name
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/03/01Apr24-Blue-Bunny-Ice-Cream-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When this company was looking for a new name for it’s product line, it decided to offer a cash prize…
The Sailing Capital of the U.S.
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/03/29Mar24-Annapolis-Maryland.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It is known as the sailing capital of the U.S. It also happens to be a state capital…a former national…
Devil’s Gulch
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/03/28Mar24-Devils-Gulch.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)After a failed bank robbery attempt in Northfield, Minnesota, the James gang headed west toward the Dakota Territory. Near what…
The Haircut Heard Around the World
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/03/27Mar24-Elvis-Barbershop-Ft-Smith-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Next to Delilah’s shearing of strongman Samson, it’s perhaps the most famous haircut in history. Many young ladies wondered if…
Elvis Joins the Army
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/03/26Mar24-Elvis-Barbershop-Ft-Smith-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)From 1958 to 1960, Elvis Pressley was part of the active military. He spent time at Ft. Hood, Texas and…
A Contemporary of Washington, Jefferson, and Franklin
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/03/25Mar24-John-Dickinson-Plantation-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He was a founding father – a contemporary of men like Washington, Jefferson and Franklin. We know that he talked,…
Letters from a Farmer
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/03/22Mar24-John-Dickinson-Plantation-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)They are known as “Letters from a Farmer.” Perhaps you have not heard of them, but if you lived in…
Buena Vista College
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/03/21Mar24-Buena-Vista-College.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the 1800s, many college and universities sprang up across the Midwest. Some were short lived, yet others managed to…
The Name Behind Storm Lake, Iowa
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/03/20Mar24-Storm-Lake-Iowa-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)With a name like “Storm Lake” you would suppose there has to be a major storm somewhere its history. That…
Tracing the Origins of Storm Lake
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/03/19Mar24-Storm-Lake-Iowa-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This lake was a draw for people as far back as there were people living in the area. But the…
Winning a National Championship in a Big Way
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/03/18Mar24-Babe-Didrikson-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)While individuals compete in track and field events, there is often a team component to the standings, with points awarded…
An Olympic Qualifier on Another Level
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/03/15Mar24-Babe-Didrikson-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s difficult to know exactly how many medals this athlete might have won at the Olympics. She qualified for several…
Wide Enough Streets for U-Turns
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/03/14Mar24-Fredericksburg-Texas.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today cities don’t need to be laid out so that ox carts can make U-turns. However, that was the plan…
Riding A Horse Into the Hotel Lobby
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/03/13Mar24-Menger-Hotel-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine a well-known general riding his horse into the lobby of a hotel…and it was met with applause. Another military…
