History Episodes
Nov. 23, 2025
HOW WE KEPT THANKSGIVING AT OLDTOWN by HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
How was Thanksgiving celebrated in the 1860's? After the Civil War, affairs of home and hearth became much more important to families who suffered so much loss during the Civil War. Harriet Beecher Stowe was of the important leaders of this renaissance with her stories.
May 29, 2024
THEIR FIRST FORMAL CALL by GRACE MACGOWAN COOKE
Many years ago, around 1900, social customes were very different from what they are today. if a young man wanted to make a formal call on a young lady, the custom of the day wasd to approach the young lady's house and present a card of introduction....
Nov. 26, 2023
SOLDIER HOME and THE BATTLER ERNEST HEMINGWAY
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales Stories by Ernest Hemingway
Feb. 22, 2023
ON THE DIVIDE by WILLA CATHER
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales Stories By Willa Cather
Feb. 13, 2022
BREAD and THAT IOWA TOWN from PRAIRIE GOLD
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales Pioneer Gold
Oct. 17, 2021
THE REPORTER WHO MADE HIMSELF KING (PT 1) by RICHARD HARDING DAVIS
1001 Classic short Stories & Tales Stories by Richard Harding Davis
May 31, 2021
A PURE MIRACLE ERNIE PYLE'S COLUMNS ABOUT D-DAY
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales Stories by Ernie Pyle
Nov. 23, 2020
A LADIES MAN and A CASE OF FEVER by ROBERT BARR
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales Stories by Robert Barr
Feb. 19, 2018
THE 300 SPARTANS: THE PASS AT THERMOPYLAE by CHARLOTTE YONGE
The Battle of Thermopylae (The 300 Spartans Story): An ancient Greek tale of the brave 300 standing againt 10,000 is told here by classic writer Charlotte Yonge. Music Credits: "Drive" and "Reverie" by Ross Bugden no copyright His link:...
Nov. 13, 2017
THE LITTLE GIRL WHO DARED by HENRY LANIER
In "The Little Girl Who Dared" by Henry Lanier you'll hear the story of the disastrous plight of the Donner Party, when a large group of emigrants traveling to California were trapped in the Sierra Mountains for months as a result of early snows. The...