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How One Train Chose Ford, Kansas Over Ryansville
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A single whistle split the prairie air—and with it, the future of two rival towns. We revisit November 25, 1887, when the Arkansas, Kansas…
3 months, 1 week ago
Trail Of Fact And Fable
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A quiet click in a digital archive set off a bigger question: how did a tidy tale about the “Western Trail” in 1873 outrun the dusty, doc…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Setting The Record Straight On The Western Trail
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A trail’s name shouldn’t be a marketing plan, yet that’s exactly how the West’s most traveled cattle route got mislabeled. We follow the e…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Harper's Ferry, Minute By Minute
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A cold wind skims the Potomac, the town sleeps, and nineteen men step toward a federal armory believing they can change the course of a na…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Halloween in Dodge City 1877
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Halloween in Dodge City is posted once a year during the month of October. The podcast tells the story of some of the characters who lived…
4 months ago
A Real-Time Radio Reenactment Of John Brown’s Raid
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Step into the roar of 1859 as we stage a real-time radio reenactment of John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry. We don’t narrate from a sa…
4 months ago
Phantom On The Prairie Ditch
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The prairie doesn’t forget—and it won’t let us forget either. We follow a chilling thread from a 96-mile irrigation scheme called the Eure…
4 months, 1 week ago
A Haunted Western: The Ghost Of The Prairie Ditch Promo
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A storm-torn trench. A vanished name. And a legend that clings to the Cimarron plains like dust to a boot. We follow the rise and ruin …
4 months, 1 week ago
Wild West Podcast: Halloween Ghost Stories
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"Howdy, partners! Gather 'round the campfire because The Wild West Podcast is taking you on a haunting adventure this Halloween with ou…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
The Forgotten Grave Of Ed Masterson
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The wind on the Kansas plains doesn’t just rattle old storefronts; it carries the names we’ve let disappear. We retrace the final patrol o…
4 months, 2 weeks ago