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The Telegraph comes to Santa Fe
From: New Mexico Centennial
Series: Centennial Journeys
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The telegraph comes to Santa Fe in 1868 and changes everything.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2011
  • Length: 01:59
The Lost Mine of Padre Larue
From: New Mexico Centennial
Series: Centennial Journeys
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Truth or legend? New Mexico’s most persistent treasure tale: the lost mine of Padre Larue.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2011
  • Length: 01:58
The Bursum Bill
From: New Mexico Centennial
Series: Centennial Journeys
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An attempt by a New Mexican US Senator to legitimize squatters on Pueblo Indian land is foiled by public outcry.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2011
  • Length: 01:58
Lea County Courthouse
From: New Mexico Centennial
Series: Centennial Journeys
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Lovington and Hobbs vie for the honor of becoming the Lea County Seat.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2011
  • Length: 01:59
The Bridal Chamber Mine
From: New Mexico Centennial
Series: Centennial Journeys
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A Hillsboro blacksmith stumbles into the richest silver mine ever found.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2011
  • Length: 01:57
George Jordan
From: New Mexico Centennial
Series: Centennial Journeys
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The story of a Buffalo Soldier who won the Congressional Medal of Honor during the Warm Springs Apache uprising of 1880-1881.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2011
  • Length: 01:58
Saint Catherine's School
From: New Mexico Centennial
Series: Centennial Journeys
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Philadelphia heiress Catherine Drexel builds a Catholic school for Indian students in Santa Fe.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
The Southwest Camel Corps
From: New Mexico Centennial
Series: Centennial Journeys
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A US Army cavalry troop astride camels in the Southwest desert? Well it seemed worth a try a the time.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2011
  • Length: 01:58
George McJunkin
From: New Mexico Centennial
Series: Centennial Journeys
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A former slave turned cowboy makes a surprising discovery that changes the archaeological timetable in America.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
Smokey Bear
From: New Mexico Centennial
Series: Centennial Journeys
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The story of the little bear cub from Capitan who became a national icon.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2011
  • Length: 01:59
HAM
From: New Mexico Centennial
Series: Centennial Journeys
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A simple chimpanzee from Cameroon makes space history and becomes a national hero.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2011
  • Length: 01:59
The Lost Mine of Padre Larue
From: New Mexico Centennial
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Truth or legend? New Mexico’s most persistent treasure tale: the lost mine of Padre Larue.

  • Added: Dec 08, 2011
  • Length: 01:58
Socorro UFO Encounter
From: New Mexico Centennial
Series: Centennial Journeys
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Socorro County Sheriff Lonnie Zamora finds himself in the Twilight Zone.

  • Added: Dec 08, 2011
  • Length: 01:55
Galisteo Station Balloon
From: New Mexico Centennial
Series: Centennial Journeys
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An 1880 close encounter with a mysterious balloon over Lamy.

  • Added: Dec 08, 2011
  • Length: 01:59
Kearny's Entrance to New Mexico
From: New Mexico Centennial
Series: Centennial Journeys
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General Kearny leads the Army of the West to Santa Fe and claims New Mexico for the United States of America.

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Dec 08, 2011
  • Length: 01:58
  • Purchases: 1
Pearl Harbor Veteran Jim Peacock Remembers
From: Curt Nickisch
Caption: Pearl Harbor veteran Jim Peacock., Credit: Greg Latza, greglatza.com
Jim Peacock is one of only a few dozen U.S. veterans who witnessed both the beginning of World War II at Pearl Harbor and the war's end on deck the...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, RadioStPete Florida, RadioStPete Florida, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 05, 2011
  • Length: 09:02
  • Purchases: 13
A Conversation Between a Peace Activist and a Vietnam Veteran
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
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During this program, Betsy Mulligan-Dague, executive director of the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center in Missoula, Montana, and Dan Gallagher, Vietnam...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WITF, WLPR , KBRP Community Radio, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Nov 01, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 5
What You Don't Know About Thanksgiving
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Kaleidoscope
Caption: Pilgrims, Credit: turtlemom4bacon
Just who were the Pilgrims and what did they want?

Bought by WRFA-LP and KREV-LP


  • Added: Oct 24, 2011
  • Length: 46:15
  • Purchases: 2
Part Five-The Night Before The Surrender
From: Jan Thompson
Series: The Tragedy of Bataan
Caption: American Troops Surrendering
The final segment describes the fall of Bataan and those who were able to escape to Corregidor Island. Interviews are with: Art Campbell, Ralph Lev...

Bought by KUER


  • Added: Oct 15, 2011
  • Length: 06:38
  • Purchases: 1
Part Two-The Naval Battalion
From: Jan Thompson
Series: The Tragedy of Bataan
Caption: U.S.S. Canopus
This segment is about the Naval Ground Battalion that was created using sailors from the U.S.S. Canopus. The Imperial Japanese had started to land ...

Bought by KUER


  • Added: Oct 15, 2011
  • Length: 07:05
  • Purchases: 1
Part Three-New Protein Sources
From: Jan Thompson
Series: The Tragedy of Bataan
Caption: Wounded Eating at Jungle Hospital on Bataan, Credit: National Archives
Segment Three Background Info: This segment goes into detail about how the food situation became so bad in the Philippines that the troops had to b...

Bought by KUER


  • Added: Oct 15, 2011
  • Length: 05:27
  • Purchases: 1
Part One-The Beginning of the End
From: Jan Thompson
Series: The Tragedy of Bataan
Caption: Philippines bombed by the Imperial Japanese
This segment begins with the attack on the Philippine Islands shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor. At the beginning of the outbreak of the war...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 15, 2011
  • Length: 06:43
  • Purchases: 1
Walter Harper, October 25, 1918
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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His too-short life story reads like adventure fiction.

  • Added: Oct 14, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
The First Memorial Day
From: Charles McGuigan
Caption: PRX default Piece image
We generally think that the first Memorial Day was held in the north. In fact, the very first Memorial Day was held at Blanford Church Cemetery 27 ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, RadioStPete Florida, WTIP, WRFA-LP and more


  • Added: Oct 14, 2011
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 7
Meriwether Lewis, October 11, 1809
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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Explorer, naturalist, writer ... in his too-short life, Lewis helped to make this country ... literally ... what it is today. From sea to shining s...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2011
  • Length: 03:00

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