Way Back When

Historic Law and Order Stories Across America - Attorney Ward Heinrichs on Big Blend Radio

This episode of Big Blend Radio features San Diego employment attorney Ward Heinrichs who has sent Nancy & Lisa on a special Law & Order Across America map story project to document and share legal stories that range from historic jails and territorial prisons to graveyards, courthouses, and criminal cases. Hear about stories they have already covered like Pearl Hart “The Bandit Queen,” outlaw Warren Earp, Boothill Graveyard in Tombstone, Historic Vernon Parish Courthouse, and the Gothic Hanging Jail in DeRidder, Louisiana. Map Page: https://nationalparktraveling.com/listing/law-and-order-stories-across-america/Featured music is “Highway” by The Cravens. https://blendradioandtv.com/listing/the-cravens-on-the-line/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Seventh Flag - Author Sid Balman on Big Blend Radio

This episode of Big Blend Radio features author Sid Balman Jr., who discusses his historical fiction novel, “Seventh Flag.” The book follows a white family and a Muslim family in a small West Texas town in a vivid saga that analyzes how each subsequent generation deals with its own inner turmoil and trauma. As America itself grows, these two families grow with it -- observing the country’s increasing radicalization following events like the wars in Vietnam and Iraq, and 9/11. Even though the book is fiction, its themes are very much present in today's headlines. Sid is a fourth generation Texan, Pulitzer nominee, and a veteran reporter who covered four major wars and traveled with two presidents and four secretaries of war during his career. More: https://www.sidbalman.com/ Featured music is “Texas Blue Moon” by Shelley King. https://www.shelleyking.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Mayflower Ship Celebrates 400 Years - Glynn Burrows and Holly T. Hansen on BIg Blend Radio

On this episode of Big Blend Radio’s 3rd Friday Way Back When Family History show, family history experts Holly T. Hansen and Glynn Burrows discuss the historic Mayflower, an English merchant ship that transported the first English Puritans (Pilgrims) from Plymouth, England to the New World in 1620. This ship links England, Holland and America, spans 400 years of history, and connects millions of people. Holly is the founder of Family History Expos, and Glynn is the owner of Norfolk Tours in England.Featured music is “Fortune Favors the Brave” by the Walk-A-Bout Band. https://www.walkaboutband.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A Visit to the Gothic Hanging Jail in DeRidder - Cleo Martin and Marci Cook on Big Blend Radio

This episode of Big Blend Radio features the historic Beauregard Parish Jail in DeRidder, Louisiana. Known as the Gothic Jail or Hanging Jail, this former jailhouse was built 1914 in the Gothic Revival architecture style, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 17, 1981. It is known for being the jail where two men were hanged for murdering a taxi driver, and said to be haunted.This interview was recorded on-location at the Beauregard Tourist Commission, located next door to the Jail, and home to a Doll Museum. Featured guests are Cleo Martin of Beauregard Tourist Commission, and Marci Cook of Vernon Parish Tourism Commission. More at http://www.beauregardtourism.com/home.html and https://www.vernonparish.org/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tomcat Fury - Mike Guardia on Big Blend Radio

On this episode of Big Blend Radio, military historian and award-winning author Mike Guardia discusses his new book “Tomcat Fury: A Combat History of the F-14.” For more than three decades, the Grumman F-14 Tomcat was the US Navy’s premier carrier-based, multi-role fighter jet. From its harrowing combat missions over Libya to its appearance on the silver screen in movies like Top Gun and Executive Decision, the F-14 has become an icon of American air power. Now, for the first time in a single volume, “Tomcat Fury” explores the illustrious combat history of the F-14: from the Gulf of Sidra…to the Iran-Iraq War…to the skies over Afghanistan in the Global War on Terror. https://mikeguardia.com/Featured music is “Time to Go” by Brian Bourgault. https://www.brianbourgault.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Beauregard Museum in DeRitter, Louisiana - Elona Weston and Marci Cook on Big Blend Radio

This episode of Big Blend Radio showcases the Beauregard Museum in historic downtown DeRidder, Louisiana. The museum is housed in the second Kansas City Southern Depot, built in 1926. A repository of Beauregard Parish history, the museum’s exhibits and collections feature handmade tools, artifacts from the timber industry, old photographs, Native American arrowheads and pottery, military memorabilia, antique furniture, and musical instruments, plus, a stainless-steel caboose in the courtyard. This interview was recorded on-location as part of Big Blend’s Love Your Parks Tour, and features museum director Elona Weston, and Marci Cook from the Vernon Parish Tourism Commission. More at: https://www.cityofderidder.org/152/Beauregard-Parish-Museum and https://www.vernonparish.org/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Big Blend Radio: Llano del Rio Co-operative Colony Museum in Vernon Parish, Louisiana

This episode of Big Blend Radio showcases the Museum of the New Llano Colony in Vernon Parish, Louisiana. The interview was recorded on-location as part of Big Blend’s Love Your Parks Tour, and features museum director Mary Ann Fussell, and Marci Cook from the Vernon Parish Tourism Commission. New Llano, Louisiana was founded in 1917 by Job Harriman, a former U.S. Vice-Presidential candidate from California, and former Labor lawyer and Socialist politician. It lasted more than 20 years and is considered by many to have been America’s most successful socialist Utopia. The Museum of the New Llano Colony is committed to preserving the legacy of the Llano del Rio Co-operative Colony and aims to share the untold stories of the colonists and their efforts to prove that a co-operative lifestyle was superior to that of a capitalistic society of the early twentieth century. Learn more about the museum at https://www.newllanocolony.com Learn more about Vernon Parish at https://www.vernonparish.org/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Big Blend Radio: Sufia Giza - Moundbuilders of Ancient America

Historical author Sufia Giza discusses her latest book, "Moundbuilders of Ancient America: A Legacy Reclaimed." As an Amer-Indian and Gullah-Geechee woman, Sufia Giza is descended from Mississippian Moundbuilders through her mom’s McQueen line, tracing from Cofetazque, South Carolina to Talisi, Alabama. In this book she has combined 30+ years of research with the latest DNA Technology in 2017, using tools to trace her ancestor's early Migrations out of Africa and into America. The results pinpoint Sufia's Ancient Amer-Indian Ancestry in Mesoamerica, linking her Heritage with the Ancient Ohlone, Serrano, Muskogee and Olmec ethnicities. Featured music is "Kumbaya" by Carmen Lundy.More at https://www.moundbuilderswindclan.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.