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Series 4 Sept 12, 2025
22 AZ In late 1800’s, Arizona attracted settlers for a variety of reasons. Sam Hughes & Levi
Manning are two interesting examples.
23a HM Not only did this lady challenge the legal licensing and educational system that totally
favored men, but she also introduced a legal system still practiced in the U.S. today.
23b HM After an illustrious career as a union leader, he was recruited by President Truman and
Martin Luther King to advance civil rights.
24 Lin Lincoln’s granddaughter had 2 children. Were they the last Abraham Lincoln’s lineage?
25a RR A former Buffalo Bill sideman and gold prospector convinced a railroad he had to get to
Chicago for a business meeting as fast as possible. The result: a new speed record.
25b RR The event of the century was delayed for two days when non paid railroad workers
prevented the railroad’s president train from passing until they were paid.
26 Pla Years before the U.S. first transcontinental railroad, this was the fastest route between
the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
27a FAV Summers in Tucson have always been brutally hot …and, accordingly, a legend was
born when a teenage girl did the unthinkable.
27b FAV A prolific swindler, he would change his name and location several times before
getting caught. He met his end after eating a box of Fannie May candy.
28 Gen Would this fairy tale meeting between a NY society beauty and a bachelor railroad
baron turn out to be a everlasting love story or something else?
Series 3 July 2025
15 AZ Forty orphans arrived from New York City arrived by train In a small Arizona mining town
and immediately were caught in a custody fight between Whites and Mexicans.
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16a HM Little did anyone know that when the 3 year old girl moved with her family to
Titusville, PA that this would have national ramifications involving John D Rockefeller
some 40 years later.
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16b HM His newly bought business was destroyed by the Chicago Fire of 1871. However, he
quickly rebuilt to become one of the nation’s leading merchandizers.
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17 Lin He found himself in Jersey City on a train platform being pushed in between two cars as it
began moving when he was pulled by the collar back onto the platform. Looking at the person who saved him from injury if not death, he shouted “Thank you Mr. Booth.
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18a RR A stand off between the Chicago & Rock Island Railroad and river steam boat interests
over a bridge on the Mississippi River involved two future presidents and a military
general.
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18b RR California quickly became disenchanted when its new railroad charged excessive passenger and freight rates high due to the railroad’s monopoly. A newly built railroad provided competition but didn’t solve all the problems.
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19 Pla This was a stop over for entertainment, gambling and more. Later it was duplicated in
another place.
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20a Fav A practical joke about a college football team resulted in the college president resigning
to become its football coach as that position was more lucrative and prestigious.
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20B Fav When their school burned down, the high school students attended classes in a recently abandoned prison! Although unpopular at first, the students eventually embraced their
new mascot.
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21 Gen She dined with the Astors and Rockefeller’s …and she was only 10 years old! She married
… she disappeared … and was found 50 years later in a hospital but she wasn’t sick.
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​ His picture hangs in the office of many U.S. Supreme Court justices for standing up for what
was right and being vindicated many years laters
She knew there was no agency to deal little Mary Ellen Wilson’s problem; she
contacted American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for help
Who knew a 19 year old mistress of a 48 year old railroad baron would eventually
marry him and then after his death she would marry his nephew and create world
renowned museum
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This football game was billed as the Sons of the Generals vs the sons of the Indians Chiefs
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March 2025
#4. What was so valuable 1000 years ago that led cacao
traders from Central America to trade with Native
Americans in the Four Corners
Region (AZ, UT, CO, NM).
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#6. The question of the day regarding horses led to an
invention we enjoy today.
#7. Virtually no one realized or predicted that this new
invention could some day shrink the nation.
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#9. Her grandfather was fired for conspiring with the
corporate embezzler. She set out to prove
her grandfather’s innocence,
#10. This Montana town’s name is traced to a fight
between an Englishman and Frenchman over a woman.
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January 2025
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Thank you for your thoughtful Christmas gift!
America Grows Up
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#8 The question of the day in 1877?
Do the 4 hoofs of the horses leave the ground at the same time?
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The answer led to an amazing invention!
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A. Lincoln Family
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#15 Robert Todd Lincoln's decision at age 18 changed the course of history.
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Early Railroads
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#17 These girls are given credit (by many) for civilizing the American Frontier!
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Frontier Arizona
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#44 This Arizona politican actually returned a bribe (well, most of it).
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​ Weekend Get-A-Way
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​ Las Vegas (no, not that one)
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November 2024
PODCASTS
America Grows Up
A Lincoln Family
Early Railroads
Frontier Arizona
Favorites
#1 Samuel Morse's Plan B
Changed the World
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#5 Pres. Lincoln's Oldest Son and Railroad Baron
George Pullman Surprising Connection
#12 What Lincoln Son (probably)
had the record for the most
miles traveled on a railroad?
no# Hughes married 12 year old girl;​
Manning's circus prank led him to AZ
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Building designed
for Baghdad, Iraq ended up
on Arizona State University
Campus in Tempe, Arizona
Category Podcast October 2024
Hist Lite #3 Love Leads to Famous Salad Dressing
A Lincoln #1 aMary Todd’s Obsession
Railroads #2 Locomotive vs Horse - The First
Frontier AZ #14 The Unwanted University
Favorites #8 "Americanitis"