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Local Histories
By AlphaHistory
Local Histories episodes
- 100 YEARS OF ROUTE 66
These are all of my resources I used in my research. If the Links don't work, please let me know and I'll do my best to fix it!
U.S. Route 66 - Wikipedia
History of Route 66
History of Historic U.S. Route 66, with maps, founding date, ending date, mileage, distances, and travel guides for each state and popular points of interest
Route 66: The Iconic Highway's Rise and Decline | HISTORY
100 Years of Route 66 | HISTORY
Route 66 History - National Trails Office - Regions 6, 7, 8 (U.S. National Park Service)
Route 66 History – National Historic Route 66 Federation
Burma-Shave - Wikipedia
Route 66: Why Missouri Claims to Be Its ‘Birthplace’ | HISTORY
Exploring Ludlow: Route 66 Railroad Ghost Town With a Pioneer Cemetery the Feds Tried to Kill
https://www.youtube.com/@Lady_Ferns
Route 66: The California Route 66 Museum of Victorville, CA | Route 66 100th Anniversary
Top 100 Route 66 popular must-see attractions and landmarks in 2026, cities to visit and places to see along the Mother Road
54 min - Olive Oatman
Music thanks again to Nivation, check him out on Spotify!: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0AfK46mqLUUf10XmYLFKoI?si=BtbGvE3sR6CG_4fyTkPZyQ
Don't forget to check out my Patreon at: patreon.com/Alpha946
If you have any suggestions for me to cover, send them to: [email protected]
Resources I used were:
Wikipedia- Olive Oatman
Youtube Videos:
- Mystery Scoop: Olive Oatman, 1857. History Revealed and brought to life.
- Messed-Up-History: Unraveling Olive Oatman’s intriguing history
- True West Magazine: Olive Oatman: A life of double tragedy (Although I tried to focus on what is known fact, he goes into some conspiracy theories such as her having a kid and husband in the tribe that I brought up earlier.)
- Histories & Native Tales- Slave or Daughter? The secret Life of Olive Oatman.
- Oldwest.org, Olive Oatman: Tattooed captive of the Frontier
Oatman Massacre — AZOFFROAD.NET
24 min - Intro to Local Histories
Hey everybody, this is Alpha! Thanks for tuning in! This show is a labor of love, mostly a love of being a nerd. I enjoy history and I wanted to do something different than most people do. So this we'll see how I do! Of course, as with all my shows, if you have feedback, have a story to share, or want me to look into something for your local area, just message email me! I'm more than happy to talk with you! And don't forget to come check out my PATREON! For just $1 a month, you'll get 24 hours early access and no ads! Not to mention access to all shows by me! The more people we get on there, the more likely I can go full time doing podcasts and we can do more TOGETHER!
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My Email: [email protected]
4 min
About Local Histories
From the publisher's feed
Hey everybody, this is Alpha! Welcome to my new show Local Histories! No matter how small a town you live in, everyone lives somewhere that has a rich history, and some very interesting…
stories, that may not have had a wide effect on the country or world, and therefore hardly anyone gets to hear these stories. I want to fix that! So, this is the podcast where I do some light dives into local history that most people don’t know unless they grew up in specific areas.
Even if you aren’t a fan of history, we’ve all heard the same topics or stories. Everything gets gone over multiple times, by multiple people. There are countless documentaries on people like JFK, FDR, or events like the Pearl Harbor bombing, Mt. St. Helen’s blowing up, etc.; but in this show, I’m looking for the history that almost no one knows about in small local areas. We’ll be going over the history of places, events and people, that most people never heard of; Stories of people like Olive Oatman and her family’s massacre. Don Laughlin and how he founded Laughlin, NV just. Or Stories like the US Camel Corps that was used in AZ, the Doxel Disaster in Kingman, AZ; and much more.
Of course, if you have any suggestions for topics, people and places from your local areas, or even if it’s not your local area, if you know of something interesting and not well known, please reach out to me. Leave a comment in the episodes or send me your suggestions to my email, [email protected]
Everybody stay fabulous!