Tales from Days Gone By

By Dr. Bill Eddleman

Behind the big themes, celebrated figures, and dry dates of history are the interesting stories of life in the past and ordinary people. Southeast Missouri has a varied and rich history that you often... more

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The podcast currently has 25 episodes available.

Tales from Days Gone By episodes:

July 09, 2025 The St. Michael Flood of 1814
Heavy rains fell in late spring and early summer of 1814 in the eastern part of Missouri Territory.
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June 25, 2025 The Grassy Towersite and Fire Towers in Southeast Missouri’s Past
A short drive down County Road 508 in Bollinger County leads to the quiet site of the former location of the Grassy Towersite.
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4min
May 21, 2025 Taking the Waters: “The Wonders of Lithium Have Not Half Been Told”
In early 1882, three would-be entrepreneurs from Illinois, Dr. Henry Clay Fish, Richard P. Dobbs and James G. Christian, tested the waters of several springs in Perry County.
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5min
May 07, 2025 Land of Her Own: Hannah Williams’ Preemption Claim
The road to getting federal land into private hands through purchase was often complicated in the early 1800s.
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April 23, 2025 “The Most Efficient Officer…”: William H. McLane in War and in Peace
William H. McLane, born July 6, 1816, was the youngest of six sons of John McLane and Lydia Lawrence McLane.
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April 09, 2025 Captain Henry Whitener – Early Settler on Upper Castor River
Perhaps the most prominent man and largest landowner from Lincoln County, North Carolina, to move to Missouri in the early 1800s was Captain Henry Whitener.
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March 26, 2025 “An Exclusive American Community”: Bellevue Valley and Its Settlement
Early settlers in the old lead belt that became Washington and adjacent counties were French until the late 1790s.
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5min
March 12, 2025 An 1850s Transportation Marvel Across the Bootheel: The Blanton Plank Road
One of the factors that plagued east-west transportation in the Missouri Bootheel was blockage by swamps running mostly north-south.
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4min
February 26, 2025 Zimri A. Carter: Namesake of Carter County
Missouri’s counties are named for national or religious heroes, Presidents, geographic features, and politicians, among others.
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February 12, 2025 "New Poles on Front Street": Telephone Services Come to Bollinger County
Even though Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone in 1876, the invention caught on slowly.
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FAQs about Tales from Days Gone By:

How many episodes does Tales from Days Gone By have?

The podcast currently has 25 episodes available.