Forgotten American Folklore

This is an Americanized version of the Bluebeard story, it could take place pretty much anywhere in the Midwest.

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In 1925 the city of Nome faced an outbreak of a deadly disease.  The only way to have medicine brought in was by dogsled, and a relay of mushers and dogs would eventually bring hope back to Nome.

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Charles Boles, known as Black Bart, committed 28 stagecoach robberies and built a reputation as a bandit... and a poet.

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A story told in constellations from the northern Micmac people.

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So many Western folk heroes were involved in stagecoach robberies, let's take a few minutes and plan one of our own!

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Sadly, the display of human oddities was part of entertainment in the nineteenth century.  This week we meet some of the few who made successuful lives in the sideshow tent.

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One last highlight in Barnum's career before he starts his famous circus.

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Barnum continues exhibiting in his American Museum and brings Grizzly Adams from the West.

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Barnum brings the worlds most popular singer to a record breaking tour of America.

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This week we start a series of episodes on one of the most iconic figures in Americana- P.T. Barnum.