Episodes

  • 30 Rebecca Winters Part Two
    Oct 2 2024

    Conner and Irene are joined by Jerry Lucas to discuss the famous Mormon who died on the trail in this two-part episode.

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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • 29 Rebecca Winters Part One
    Sep 25 2024

    Conner and Irene are joined by Jerry Lucas to discuss the famous Mormon who died on the trail in this two-part episode.

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    44 mins
  • 28 John Hollman grave
    Sep 18 2024

    Conner and Irene discuss John Hollman, 19, who died on the Oregon Trail. They also discuss the importance of organizations such as OCTA, the Oregon-California Trails Association, in preserving history.

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    41 mins
  • 27 Silver Hill Theater Museum
    Sep 11 2024

    Conner and Irene discuss the Silver Hill Theater Museum in Oshkosh, Nebraska. While discussing the theater’s history, Conner and I share their memories of movies as well as the importance of small-town museums.

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    51 mins
  • 26 Narcissa Prentiss Whitman
    Sep 4 2024

    Conner and Irene discuss Narcissa Prentiss Whitman, one of the first two documented women to come along the trails as she, her husband, and a group of missionaries headed toward Oregon Territory in 1836.

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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • 25 Ancient Bluff Ruins and some rambling
    Aug 28 2024

    Conner and Irene discuss how the Mormon group with Brigham Young named an outcropping in western Nebraska, which would be a marker for future Mormons as they made their way west toward "Zion."

    They also provide a teaser for their next episode and ramble on about some things viewers have come to expect them to do.

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    35 mins
  • 24 Biking on the Plains
    Aug 21 2024

    Conner and Irene discuss the bicycle journey of the Army's 25th, who made a journey from Fort Missoula, Montana to St. Louis, Missouri in a test to see if bicycles would be a viable mode of transportation for the military.

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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • 23 Our return and the powwow
    Aug 14 2024

    Conner and Irene return with a chat about what they've been up to and they discuss their visit to the 2024 Circle the Bluffs Powwow at the Legacy of the Plains Museum in Gering, Nebraska.

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    40 mins