Historic Jefferson Highway

This episode of Big Blend Radio's "Jefferson Highway" Show focuses on the upcoming Annual Jefferson Highway Association Conference happening June 7-10, 2023 in Mason City, Iowa. More about the event: https://www.jeffersonhighway.org/event-4605436

Featured Guests:

- Roger Bell, President of the Jefferson Highway Association

- Sandra Huemann Kelly - Jefferson Highway Association Conference Chair

- Lindsey James - Executive Director of Visit Mason City - https://visitmasoncityiowa.com/

Created by the Jefferson Highway Association which was originally founded in 1915, the Jefferson Highway is an international highway, also known as "The Pines to the Palms Highway," that runs from Winnipeg, Canada to New Orleans, Louisiana. Learn more at: https://jeffersonhighway.org/

Featured music on the show is "Travel Song" by guitarist Micha Schellhaas - http://michamusic.com/

Special thanks to the Natchitoches Convention and Visitors Bureau who represent Louisiana's Oldest City, which is also on the Jefferson Highway. See: https://www.natchitoches.com/

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This special live broadcast episode of Big Blend Radio's 4th Thursday "Jefferson Highway" Show focuses on 23 unique must-do experiences on and off the historic Jefferson Highway. Created by the Jefferson Highway Association which was originally founded in 1915, the Jefferson Highway is an international highway, also known as "The Pines to the Palms Highway," that runs from Winnipeg, Canada to New Orleans, Louisiana.

Featured Destinations include Winnipeg, Canada; Owatonna, Minnesota; Lamoni in Iowa; St. Joseph, Joplin, and Harrisonville, Missouri; Fort Scott in Kansas; Muskogee, Eufaula, Atoka, and McAlester in Oklahoma; Gladewater in East Texas; and Natchitoches, Alexandria, and New Orleans in Louisiana. Special Guest Co-Hosts: Roger Bell, President of the Jefferson Highway Association, and Arlene Gould, Executive Director of the Natchitoches Convention & Visitors Bureau in Louisiana.

Featured music is "Highway" by The Cravens, and "Nola Rolls" by Jon Roniger.

LISTEN TO PART TWO HERE: https://nationalparktraveling.com/listing/23-must-visit-experiences-on-the-historic-jefferson-highway-in-2023-part-2/

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This episode of Big Blend Radio's 4th Thursday "Jefferson Highway" Show focuses on 23 unique must-do experiences on and off the historic Jefferson Highway. Created by the Jefferson Highway Association which was originally founded in 1915, the Jefferson Highway is an international highway, also known as "The Pines to the Palms Highway," that runs from Winnipeg, Canada to New Orleans, Louisiana.

Featured Destinations include Winnipeg and Manitoba Canada; Fort Snelling in Minnesota; Mason City in Iowa; Joplin in Missouri; Pittsburg & Crawford County in Kansas; Tulsa in Oklahoma; Denison in Texas; and Bunkie in Louisiana.

Featured music is "Chicken & Waffles" by Johnny Mastro & The Mama's Boys, "Texas Blue Moon" by Shelley King. Plus, hear some Louisiana Hollywood History on the Jefferson Highway by Steve Schneickert.

LISTEN TO PART ONE HERE: https://nationalparktraveling.com/listing/23-must-visit-experiences-on-the-historic-jefferson-highway-in-2023-part-1/

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This episode of Big Blend Radio's "Jefferson Highway" Show focuses on the Miners Hall Museum in Franklin, on the Jefferson Highway in Southeast Kansas.

Featured Guests:

- Roger Bell, President of the Jefferson Highway Association

- Phyllis Bitner - Miners Museum Hall Foundation - More: https://www.minershallmuseum.com/

Created by the Jefferson Highway Association which was originally founded in 1915, the Jefferson Highway is an international highway, also known as "The Pines to the Palms Highway," that runs from Winnipeg, Canada to New Orleans, Louisiana. Learn more at: https://jeffersonhighway.org/

Featured music on the show is "Sisters of the Coal Dust" by James Byfield & Blind Lemon Pledge. More: http://www.blindlemon-pledge.com/

Special thanks to the Natchitoches Convention and Visitors Bureau who represent Louisiana's Oldest City, which is also on the Jefferson Highway. See: https://www.natchitoches.com/

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This episode of Big Blend Radio's 4th Thursday "Jefferson Highway" Show focuses on Ghost Stories & Haunted Hotels on the Jefferson Highway. Created by the Jefferson Highway Association which was originally founded in 1915, the Jefferson Highway is an international highway, also known as "The Pines to the Palms Highway," that runs from Winnipeg, Canada to New Orleans, Louisiana. Learn more at: https://jeffersonhighway.org/

Featured Guests:

- Roger Bell, President of the Jefferson Highway Association and guide of the Muskogee Ghost Tour in Oklahoma.

- Matthew Komus, author of :\"Haunted Manitoba" and "Haunted Winnipeg," and guide of the Winnipeg Ghost Walk. More: https://www.winnipegghostwalk.com/

Featured music on the show is "Indrid Cold" by Johnny Mastro & The Mama's Boys in New Orleans. https://johnnymastro.com/

Created by the Jefferson Highway Association which was originally founded in 1915, the Jefferson Highway is an international highway, also known as "The Pines to the Palms Highway," that runs from Winnipeg, Canada to New Orleans, Louisiana. Learn more at: https://jeffersonhighway.org/

This episode of Big Blend Radio's 4th Thursday "Jefferson Highway" Show features Tom Alyea, author of the "Wandering Walks of Wonder" books, and Roger Bell, President of the Jefferson Highway Association.

An avid walker, hiker, and author of numerous books, guidebooks, and journals, Tom Alyea spends most of his time walking across the United States and around the world finding ways that he can rediscover a new life on the trail and motivate others to do the same. On this episode he talks about many of the places he has visited and walked that are part of or near the historic Jefferson Highway. Keep up with Tom on his Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/wanderingwonderwalking

Featured music on the show is "Walk On" by Shelley King: https://www.shelleyking.com/

Special thanks to the Natchitoches Convention and Visitors Bureau who represent Louisiana's Oldest City, which is also on the Jefferson Highway. See: https://www.natchitoches.com/

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This episode of Big Blend Radio's 4th Thursday "Jefferson Highway" Show focuses on the three historic outlaw women - Belle Starr, Edna Murray "The Kissing Bandit," and Ma Barker. Created by the Jefferson Highway Association which was originally founded in 1915, the Jefferson Highway is an international highway, also known as "The Pines to the Palms Highway," that runs from Winnipeg, Canada to New Orleans, Louisiana. Learn more at: https://jeffersonhighway.org/

Featured guests include:

- Roger Bell - President of the Jefferson Highway Association

- Dr Ron Hood - Property owner of Belle Starr's Homestead and Gravesite

- Cynthia Schreiner Smith - Owner of Cyn City Tours in St Paul, and co-author of “Alvin Karpis and the Barker Gang in Minnesota.” https://www.cyncitytours.com/

Featured music on the show is "Little Liar" from the album "Glorious Glorious" by The Joiners: https://thejoinerhouse.bandcamp.com/album/glorious-glorious

Special thanks to the Natchitoches Convention and Visitors Bureau who represent Louisiana's Oldest City, which is also on the Jefferson Highway. See: https://www.natchitoches.com/

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This episode of Big Blend Radio's 4th Thursday "Jefferson Highway" Show focuses on the jazz history and current jazz scene along the historic Jefferson Highway.

Created by the Jefferson Highway Association which was originally founded in 1915, the Jefferson Highway is an international highway, also known as "The Pines to the Palms Highway," that runs from Winnipeg, Canada to New Orleans, Louisiana. Learn more at: https://jeffersonhighway.org/

Featured guests include:

- Roger Bell - President of the Jefferson Highway Association.

- Cynthia M. Ammerman - Historian & Humanities Strategist at the Latin Jazz Institute

- Perry Huntoon - Jazz scholar, enthusiast, and writer

Featured music on the show is "Bottom of the Bayou" by Jon Roniger and the Good for Nothin' Band in New Orleans. More: http://www.thegoodfornothinband.com/

Special thanks to the Natchitoches Convention and Visitors Bureau who represent Louisiana's Oldest City, which is also on the Jefferson Highway. See: https://www.natchitoches.com/

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This episode of Big Blend Radio features husband-wife travel team Bill & Jane Johnson who talk about their recent adventure traveling the historic Jefferson Highway from Winnipeg, Canada to New Orleans, Louisiana in their '55 Chevy. Plus, Roger Bell, President of the Jefferson Highway Association, and board member Arlene Gould, Director of the Natchitoches Convention & Visitors Bureau, discuss the 2022 JHA Conference that was held earlier in the the month in Pittsburg, Kansas.

Created by the Jefferson Highway Association which was originally founded in 1915, the Jefferson Highway is an international highway, also known as "The Pines to the Palms Highway," that runs from Winnipeg, Canada to New Orleans, Louisiana. Learn more about the revival of this highway at https://jeffersonhighway.org/

Featured music on the show is "Ford F-150" from the album "Double Take" by guitar virtuoso Micha Schellhaas, at http://michamusic.com/

Special thanks to the Natchitoches Convention and Visitors Bureau who represent Louisiana's Oldest City, which is also on the Jefferson Highway. See: https://www.natchitoches.com/

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From outlaws like Bonnie & Clyde and Belle Starr, to historic routes and trails like the Pony Express, Butterfield Overland Stage Route, and Santa Fe Trail, this episode of Big Blend Radio focuses on some of the historic highlights and happenings on the historic Jefferson Highway.

Created by the Jefferson Highway Association which was originally founded in 1915, the Jefferson Highway is an international highway, also known as "The Pines to the Palms Highway," that runs from Winnipeg, Canada to New Orleans, Louisiana. Learn more about the revival of this highway: https://jeffersonhighway.org/

Featured guests include:

- Roger Bell - President of the Jefferson Highway Association.

- Robin Cole-Jett "The Red River Historian" - See: https://www.redriverhistorian.com/

Featured music on the show is "Texas Blue Moon" by Shelley King - https://www.shelleyking.com/

Special thanks to the Natchitoches Convention and Visitors Bureau who represent Louisiana's Oldest City, which is also on the Jefferson Highway. See: https://www.natchitoches.com/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.