This episode includes the following stories:

Wagons West: What you needed to survive the journey...

Sir Francis Drake: Meet the man who discovered it all...

The Great Migration: How the timber industry got its start...

Goldrush Aftermath: What happened to Sutter and Marshall?

...and the poem "The Fine Art of Recording" by Rick Steber.

All stories and poems by Rick Steber. Used by permission of the author. Theme music is "Slobro Daze" by Danny Lee Allison. Sound effects found on YouTube and the Freesound Project.

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