For this episode, we’re sharing a conversation between guest contributor Jessie Davis and family members of the late Kate Pate Walker, a member of the 6888 Battalion, the only all-Black, all-female Women's Army Corps unit to serve overseas in World War II.

Jessie Davis is the founder of Sacred Spaces, an organization dedicated to preserving historic black cemeteries in Southeast Texas. You can find them on Facebook.

An exhibit about the service of Kate Pate Walker is on view at the Museum of the Gulf Coast located at 700 Procter Street in Port Arthur. For more information visit museumofthegulfcoast.org.

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For this episode, we’re sharing a sneak peek of our final radio show for this season of Bayoulands coming up on February 22nd. It’s a conversation with Kai Jai Conner and Carol Eddins about The Melody Maids Movie, a documentary about the all-girl choral group founded in Beaumont by Eloise Milam that performed for U.S. Troops around the world for 30 years. Stick around for the end of the episode to learn about upcoming opportunities to view the film.

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For this episode, we’re sharing a conversation between guest contributor Andy Coughlan and LU alum and immigration scholar Daniel Chand about his grandfather’s own immigration story in which he became the first Indian-American citizen of Beaumont.

The Texas Historical Marker featuring the story of PanditMehar Chand is located at 911 Crockett Street in Beaumont.

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For this episode, we’re sharing our conversation with Jordan Williams and craftsmen, Steven Emery and Matthew Taft, working on the pipe organ restoration at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Beaumont from the most recent radio show.

The radio episode featuring this story, along with the pipe organ restoration at the historic Jefferson Theatre, will encore on Sunday, January 25th at 5pm on 91.3 FM and online at kvlu.org.

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For this episode Back to Bayoulands BONUS episode we’re revisiting a conversation with Laura Cochrane about the history of Temple Emanuel from season 5 of Bayoulands.

Laura is an Associate Professor and Coordinator of Art History and Visual Arts at Middle Tennessee State University in Murphreesboro who was awarded a fellowship with the Center for History and Culture of Southeast Texas and the Upper Gulf Coast in 2021 to research and document the art and architecture of Temple Emanuel, a place of worship for the Jewish community of southeast Texas since 1923.

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For this episode we're sharing a conversation from our most recent radio show between LU music student Vivian Siau and bass vocalist and Nederland native Tim Faust about his career in music as a solo artist and member of the viral sensation, all-vocal group Home Free.

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For this episode, we’re sharing about the history of the Dutch in Southeast Texas from our most recent radio show, including conversations with historian Judith Linsley and Greg Allport from the Nederland Historical Society.

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Welcome to another Back to Bayoulands BONUS episode where we are re-visiting early episodes from the podcast. For this episode we are re sharing contributor Jonathan Tippet’sstory about the history and restoration of the Orange Train Depot. It includes aconversation with Carrie Wolliver, President andFounder of the Friends of the Orange Depot along with remembrances from former depot employees RobertMitchell and Juanita Timberlake.

In celebration of artist Robert Rauschenberg, who would haveturned 100 this past October 22nd, we’re sharing guest contributor Andy Coughlan’s visit to the Rauschenberg Gallery at the Museum of the Gulf Coast from the most recent radio show.

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For this episode, we’re sharing contributor Jesse Doiron’s conversation with victim’s advocate Misty Craver from the mostrecent radio show.

A brand new episode airs Sunday, October 26th at 5pm on 91.3 FM and online at kvlu.org.

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