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Amtrak, the National Park Service's Trails and Rails Program, and the Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences at Texas A&M University have created podcasts to enhance your travel on the Texas Eagle train between Chicago and San Antonio.

What do you picture when you hear the word "ranch?" Maybe you see a cowboy driving a herd of Texas Longhorns, or envision sprawling ranch houses. It is a surprise to many that ranching did not start in the Wild West or in Texas, but has roots reaching back into history. Spanish ships seeking to establish new colonies for Spain brought cattle to the Americas in the 1600s.

Texas Ranching Transcript

Texas Ranching

Imagine you were traveling in wagons and on horseback to settle in the Texas territory, when you came across a wooded expanse in the middle of the Great Plains. This landmark came to be called the Cross-Timbers, and was used by many as a landmark to judge the distance they had traveled while crossing the expanses of the United States.

Cross-Timbers Region History Transcript

Cross-Timbers Region History

The train you are riding in today is powered by diesel fuel and electricity, but in the early days trains moved at slower speeds and were powered by large coal burning steam engines. Today in Grapevine, TX you can travel the old Cotton Belt in one of the few trains still pulled by steam power.

Tarantula Train Transcript

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Amtrak, the National Park Service's Trails and Rails Program, and the Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences at Texas A&M University have created podcasts to enhance your travel on the Sunset Limited train between New Orleans and Los Angeles.

Missions San Jose, San Juan, Concepcion, Espada and San Antonio de Valero were all built in the early 1700's, and are now managed by the National Park Service. In the center of San Antonio today is the most famous of the five missions, San Antonio de Valero, more widely known as The Alamo.

San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Transcript

San Antonio Missions National Historical Park

San Antonio is known for its remarkable history, thriving culture, eclectic art community, and vibrant tourism opportunities. Featuring such areas as the Tower of the Americas, River Walk, Alamo Dome, and many award winning restaurants and resorts, the city has become one of the top tourism destinations in the country, drawing visitors from all over the world.

San Antonio Attractions Transcript

San Antonio Attractions

The Mision San Antonio de Valero, now known as the Alamo, was constructed in 1724 and served as a residence for missionaries and Native American converts for almost seventy years...until Spanish officials took over the property and parceled out the land in 1793. By the early 1800's, the Alamo was a station for the Spanish cavalry unit and remained a military base until the Texas Revolution...but by this time it had fallen into disrepair.

The Alamo  Transcript

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Determined to forge a new route between Arizona and Los Angeles, Juan Bautista de Anza financed his own exploratory trip in 1774. When he successfully traveled from the San Francisco area to Mexico, Spain authorized Anza to launch a colonizing expedition in 1775.

Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail Transcript

Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail

Gila Bend has been nicknamed the Crossroads of the Southwest due to its importance as a transportation route in the settlement, development and growth of the Great Southwest. It is also near the Sonoran Desert National Monument which contains over 487,000 acres of highly diverse desert habitat.

Gila Bend & Sonoran Desert NM Transcript

Gila Bend & Sonoran Desert NM

Used by miners and ranchers sending cargos of copper ore, hides and wool downriver, Colorado River steamboats thrived until they were supplanted by the railroads in the late 1800s.

Colorado River Steamboats Transcript

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Dallas is an upscale, trendy and diverse international city that offers visitors and residents endless opportunities for enjoyment and relaxation. Still, Dallas is known for its Southern hospitality with its Southern food and welcoming people, but adds an ultra modern and sophisticated touch, making it a distinctive Texas city.

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Dallas Attractions

The city of Arlington and the surrounding communities have taken great strides to develop as a center for recreation and fun. With the help of local support and funding the attractions built here have put this area on the map for sports fans, recreationists, and thrill seekers.

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Arlington & Grand Prairie Recreation

Fort Worth, a city that was built on the backs of cattle trails and railroads, gave birth to the Fort Worth stockyards and grew into a booming metropolis. Early in its history, Fort Worth saloons provided cowboys with refreshment and entertainment, and the city is still known for unique, down-home hospitality today.

Fort Worth Cattle Industry Transcript

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From the Amtrak Station in Springfield, Illinois, you can walk seven blocks to the house in which Abraham Lincoln lived with his wife and children as he began his career in law and politics. Most of us picture Mr. Lincoln in his role as president during the Civil War, but he was also a husband, father, and neighbor, who experienced the same hopes, dreams and challenges of life which we experience today.

Lincoln Home National Historic Site Transcript

Lincoln Home National Historic Site

When someone mentions soy, most of us associate it with tofu. While tofu is one common use of soy, this versatile crop has a multitude of other uses. Soy is often called the miracle crop because of its multi-purpose characteristics. The soybean plant is a legume, like peas, beans, and lentils, and is used in many international cuisines.

Soy In Our Lives Transcript

Soy In Our Lives

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The Yuma Prison was not for the faint of heart. It was nicknamed Devil's Island for its notorious nature, and because Yuma was one of Arizona's hottest, driest, and most isolated Wild West locations.

Yuma Territorial Prison Transcript

Yuma Territorial Prison

Colorado River Steamboats

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Two National Parks celebrate New Orleans cultural history, the creation of jazz, and the natural beauty of Louisiana. These two National Parks are Jean Lafitte National Historical Preserve and New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park.

Jazz - Jean Lafitte and Jazz National Parks Transcript

Jazz - Jean Lafitte and Jazz National Parks

As you travel through New Orleans you are experiencing a city of unique culture and traditions. A French Canadian named Sieur de Bienville started building New Orleans in 1718. Since he knew there were problems with flooding due to the low elevation, he had levees built to protect his new town.

New Orleans Transcript

New Orleans

In Louisiana the food and music are defining experiences for any visitor to this great state. They are much like the culture of New Orleans -a great mixture of ingredients brought together by the contributions of various ethnic groups creating exciting spicy and flavorful foods and new sounds.

Creole Culture Transcript

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Many mysteries abound in this region of Arizona and many of these have to do with the ancient tribe of Native American who lived in Central and Southern Arizona for centuries. One such mystery can be found in Casa Grande Ruins National Monument near the Amtrak stop of Maricopa.

Casa Grande National Monument Transcript

Casa Grande National Monument

As English colonists were arriving at Jamestown and Plymouth Rock on the east coast of North America, the southwestern Native Americans were starting to see visitors from the south. Catholic missionaries from Spain traveled north from Mexico to establish missions in the Southwest region that is now Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California.

Tumacacori National Historic Park  Transcript

Tumacacori National Historic Park

The nearby Maricopa Wells, a source of water in this desert climate, provided impetus to establish a stop for the newly developed Butterfield Overland Mail Route. While many amenities are available in Phoenix, new development and commercial enterprises are starting to call Maricopa home.

Maricopa, AZ Transcript

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Schriever, LA witnessed brutal labor disputes between black sugar cane workers and the powerful Louisiana Sugar Producers Association. The demands for change by the distraught workers caused a racial divide amongst the locals within the community and resulted in a catastrophe, known today as the Thibodaux Massacre of 1887.

The Thibodaux Massacre Transcript

The Thibodaux Massacre

Throughout southern Louisiana, you can see many sugarcane fields along the tracks - the cane looks like huge tufts of grass, growing as tall as ten feet! Sugar cane is grown in 15 of Louisiana's parishes, mainly in the Mississippi Delta region, where the riverbank soils are especially well-suited for it.

Sugarcane Transcript

Sugarcane

When you get a glimpse of the Mississippi River as the train crosses the Huey Long Bridge on the west side of New Orleans, try to picture the MS river valley just 400 years ago, before the French, Spanish and Acadian settlers began to build permanent settlements on its banks.

Mississippi River Flooding Transcript

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Joliet, Illinois was known as the City of Stone in its early years. It grew into a diversified manufacturing town, and today is a fast-growing, fun-filled community. As the train passes through town, watch for historic Union Station, century-old homes and mansions, and a castle-like high school built in 1901.

Joliet, IL History and Attractions Transcript

Joliet, IL History and Attractions

Imagine a life spent within the confines of four 25-foot tall limestone walls; a life without running water or plumbing; a life where one wrong move could get you in a cell the size of a closet. This was reality for prisoners of the Joliet Correctional Center in Joliet, Illinois. Though no longer operating, Joliet Correctional Center offers residents and tourists a peak into the building's past and an opportunity to step into the shoes of its inmates.

Joliet Prison Transcript

Joliet Prison

Can you catch a glimpse of a water-filled channel in northern Illinois between Bloomington and Chicago? The Amtrak route follows a portion of the path of a 96-mile, hand-dug waterway called the Illinois & Michigan Canal that forever changed the nation when it opened in 1848.

Illinois Michigan Canal Transcript

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Lordsburg, New Mexico has been an important stop for travelers throughout the growth of the Old West. It continues to be a strong community and a launching point to destinations in the New West.

Lordsburg, NM Transcript

Lordsburg, NM

The Continental Divide, also known as the Great Divide, runs through the entire North American Continent, starting in the north on the Seward Peninsula of Alaska, running down the spine of the Rocky Mountains, then into this relatively flat portion of New Mexico...sending water either west or east all along the line.

Continental Divide Transcript

Continental Divide

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As the train pulls into Normal, Illinois, you may be searching for some clue as to the origin of this town's name. During the 1800s, teacher training colleges in the U.S. and abroad were called "normal schools." Illinois established a teacher's college in the village of North Bloomington in 1857, and later the growing town around the school was named "Normal."

Pullman Cars and Lincoln Transcript

Pullman Cars and Lincoln

Along the Texas Eagle route and throughout the Midwest, we see so much corn that it's easy to yawn and turn away. But corn has an astounding history and so many uses, you might want to sit up and admire it for a while.

Corn - America's Wonder Crop Transcript

Corn - America's Wonder Crop

Route 66. Just the name evokes images of roadside attractions, family vacations and drive-ins. The Texas Eagle tracks follow old Route 66 off and on all the way from Chicago to St. Louis. When the road was created in 1926 it traversed 2,400 miles across Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California.

Route 66 Transcript

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Between the station stops at Schriever and New Iberia, you can see marshes and wetlands that have been collectively called Bayou Boeuf. This bayou provides resources for both humans and animals, and has for centuries.

Bayou Boeuf Transcript

Bayou Boeuf

Morgan City, Louisiana has its roots in the Civil War, and embraces its past in order to shape the future. As the train passes through Morgan City, you might be able to catch a glimpse of the Atchafalaya River. This river is the heart and soul of Morgan City; every aspect of the its past stems from the flowing waters of the Atchafalaya.

Morgan City, LA Transcript

Morgan City, LA

While the Mississippi River maybe the largest river here in Louisiana, another major river, the Atchafalaya, has threatened its pre-eminence. The Atchafalaya River is a major distributary of the Mississippi, meaning water from the Mississippi River flows into the Atchafalaya, and then downstream to the Gulf of Mexico.

Atchafalaya River  Transcript

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This audio track introduces the podcast and gives the listener information about the partnership between Amtrak, the National Park Service and the Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.

Podcast Intro Transcript

Podcast Intro

This audio track gives the listener important information about the amenities provided on Amtrak trains and general precautions regarding movement around the train and between cars. The listener should also be sure to listen to all announcements given by Amtrak officials.

Train Intro Transcript

Train Intro

As the United States sought to gain control of this area, a remarkably tough and resourceful group of expert trackers helped the US army against their fellow native-Americans. Known as the Seminole-Negro Indian Scouts, this once elite fighting group was eventually abandoned by the army.

Seminole Negro Indian Scouts  Transcript

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Since its founding in 1781, Los Angeles has become the second most populated city in the United States and one of the world's centers of business, trade, entertainment, culture, media, fashion, science, technology and education.

Los Angeles Yesterday & Today Transcript

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Australian Social Trends (AST) podcasts bring you short, easy listening highlights from the Australian Bureau of Statistics' latest release of the AST publication. Each quarterly release of AST contains several in depth articles, which cover many broad areas of social concern such as population, hea...

This Australian Social Trends (AST) podcast discusses the characteristics of 18-34 year olds in 1976 and 2011

E13 - Young adults: Then and now

This Australian Social Trends (AST) podcast discusses the characteristics of the average Australian

E12 - The average Australian

This Australian Social Trends (AST) podcast discusses the characteristics of people identified as having dementia or Alzheimer's disease in the 2009 Survey of Disability, Ageing and Caring

E11 - People identified as having dementia or Alzheimer's disease

Australians have a higher income, an increased life expectancy, and are better educated compared with a decade ago.  But, the number of animals and plants which are endangered has increased over the last ten years.

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