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West With the Wagons (10): Buffalo and People
WEST WITH THE WAGONS Now We See Buffalo. Now We Don't. And what that means for us
Feb 3
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Annette Laing
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West With the Wagons (9): Cholera
WEST WITH THE WAGONS For Gold Rush Migrants, the Great Plains Journey Was Often Boring, Anxious, and Terrifying. Here's Some Terrifying.
Sep 16, 2023
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Annette Laing
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West With the Wagons (9): Cholera
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West With The Wagons (8): Need Any Stamps Today?
The Post Office in the Middle of Nowhere. On the Trail of the Gold Rush, We're All Surprised.
Aug 26, 2023
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Annette Laing
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West With The Wagons (8): Need Any Stamps Today?
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West With The Wagons (7): Misimpressions
Even Before They Went West, Migrants Craved Information About Native Peoples. But How Much Could They Know?
Jul 18, 2023
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Annette Laing
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West With The Wagons (7): Misimpressions
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West With The Wagons (6): Fear and Water
ANNETTE ON THE ROAD/THROWBACK SPECIAL It's Showtime in 1849! Scary Prairie, and the River On Which Everybody and Nobody Travels
Jul 1, 2023
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Annette Laing
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West With the Wagons (5) Unexpected Meetings
We Stop at Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Meet People We Might Not Expect Going West
Apr 29, 2023
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Annette Laing
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West With the Wagons (5) Unexpected Meetings
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West With the Wagons (4) Fighting Words/Traffic/People
In Missouri, Two Frontier Towns Battle (Gloves Off) For Westward Migrants' Cash. Plus A Chaotic Departure Experience.
Apr 18, 2023
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Annette Laing
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West With the Wagons (3) Slow Rainy Sticky Going ☔
On the Way Out of Missouri, We Meet Migrants Who're Not Who We Expected. Why Are We All Going South?
Apr 11, 2023
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Annette Laing
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West With the Wagons (3) Slow Rainy Sticky Going ☔
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West With the Wagons (2) Trails, Swales, 'n Tales in Independence
Getting Acquainted and Equipped in Independence, Your Westward Journey HQ
Apr 1, 2023
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Annette Laing
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West With the Wagons (2) Trails, Swales, 'n Tales in Independence
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West With the Wagons (1): Clueless in Independence
Annette Gets Ready to Go West From an 1849 Starting Point. Sort of.
Mar 25, 2023
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Annette Laing
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West With the Wagons (1): Clueless in Independence
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Introducing: West With the Wagons at NBH
ANNETTE ON THE ROAD Annette Follows Long-Ago Covered Wagons to Gold Rush California, and Discovers a Fantastic New Way to Travel (no, not by wagon)
Mar 21, 2023
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Annette Laing
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Introducing: West With the Wagons at NBH
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