Short History of Roads and Highways - Indiana Edition: Indiana History Series, #4

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Short History of Libraries, Printing and Language – Indiana Edition: Indiana History Series, #1

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Short History of Fire Fighting - Indiana Edition: Indiana History Series, #2

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Short History of Public Parks - Indiana Edition: Indiana History Series, #5

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Short History of Roads and Highways - Indiana Edition: Indiana History Series, #4

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The Stories of Indiana's Counties: Indiana History Series, #6

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The Story of the Indiana Constitution: Indiana History Series, #7

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A Short History of Basketball - Indiana Edition: Indiana History Series, #8

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Indiana's Role in Civil War: Indiana History Series, #9

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Short History of Roads and Highways: Short History Series, #8

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Short History of Roads and Highways - Indiana Edition: Indiana History Series, #4

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Paths of the Mound-Building Indians and Great Game Animals

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Indiana Covered Bridges

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Historic Highways of America (Vol. 11) Pioneer Roads and Experiences of Travelers (Volume I)

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Backroads of Ontario

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Pioneer Roads, Part 1 of 2

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Building the Caldecott Tunnel

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The Old Coast Road: From Boston to Plymouth

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The Icknield Way: Portraits the English Countryside

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The Icknield Way

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Alfred Ely Beach's Pneumatic Subway

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Historic Highways of America (Vol. 1) Paths of the Mound-Building Indians and Great Game Animals

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Short Line To Paradise: The Story Of The Yosemite Valley Railroad

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Iowa's Railroads: An Album

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This Ancient Road: London to Holyhead: a journey through time

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Portage Paths

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Nastawgan: The Canadian North by Canoe & Snowshoe

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The Delaware and Hudson Canal and the Gravity Railroad

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At The Middle of the Bridge ~ Turn Left or Turn Right (Part 2)

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The Great American Canals

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Adventure Roads of BC's Northwest Heartland

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The Lincoln Highway Across Illinois

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Ohio's Covered Bridges

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Around Monarch Pass

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Tracing Lost Railways

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Songs of the Sasquatch

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How the Steam Railways came to Surrey

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Tacoma Curiosities: Geoduck Derbies, the Whistling Well of the North End, Alligators in Snake Lake & More

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Rail-Trails West: California, Arizona, and Nevada

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A People's History of the United States

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1776

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The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man

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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

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The Library Book

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Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom

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Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History

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Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

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The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government

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The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party

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The Fourth Turning Is Here: What the Seasons of History Tell Us about How and When This Crisis Will End

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Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

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Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays

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Summary of The Fourth Turning: by William Strauss & Neil Howe - What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny - A Comprehensive Summary

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The Great Reset: And the War for the World

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Killing the Guys Who Killed the Guy Who Killed Lincoln: A Nutty Story About Edwin Booth and Boston Corbett

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Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

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Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer: An Edgar Award Winner

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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

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How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States

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Twelve Years a Slave (Illustrated) (Two Pence books)

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Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes: Revised and Complete Edition

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The Fifties

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Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House

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Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage

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Disloyal: A Memoir: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump

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The White Album: Essays

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South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation

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Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty

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Killing England: The Brutal Struggle for American Independence

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46: Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim History – Part 1 (1890-1928): The history of crossing the Grand Canyon on foot, rim-to-rim. The trails, builders, bridges, mines, and Phantom Ranch. Part 1.

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Level 4-Day 23.The Welland Canal

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48: Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim History – Part 3 (1964-1972): The construction of the trans-canyon water pipeline and its destruction by the massive 1966 1000-year flood that nearly destroyed Phantom Ranch.

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5: Crossing the Grand Canyon: A 120-year history of crossing the Grand Canyon. The creation of the trails, bridges, water pipeline, and Phantom Ranch. The 1979-1991 races across the Canyon.

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Going to the Sun: Only a few miles of rough wagon roads existed within Glacier National Park when Congress established the park on May 11, 1910. Many people, including the first Park Superintendent, William R. Logan, wanted to build a transmountain road across the park. S...

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Damian Hall - The UK scene is hot, with ANOTHER FKT on the Pennine Way - #97: Damian is highly respected in the UK, and it's ea…

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58: The 100-miler – Part 5 (1902-1926) London to Brighton and Back: Numerous 100-mile races were held from London to Brighton and back during the early 1900s by the Surrey Walking Club. The Brotherhood of Centurions was founded in 1911.

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History of the Berkeley Pier: A Ferry Tale: What's the story behind this super-long pier that once nearly stretched from Berkeley to Treasure Island?

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23: Dakota Bob – Transcontinental Walker: Dakota Bob walked across the United States 8 times from 1897-1910 and walked 125,000 miles during his life. Or did he? Was he the transcontinental champion?

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A Race to a Tie: On May 10th, 1869, in Promontory Summit, Utah, two sets of ordinary railroad tracks met under extraordinary circumstances. Together the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroad companies, building from Sacramento, California, and Omaha, Nebraska, joine...

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Countrystride #39: Thirlmere - and the flooding of a valley: …in which we take an autumnal wander along the wooded west shore of Thirlmere, the reservoir that displaced a close-knit pastoral community to fulfil 19th century Manchester’s ever-growing thirst for water.   As we walk, we learn from author and on...

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184 River rilling through Miller’s Dale (sleep safe, hour-long): Miller's Dale. Steep sided. A valley in the Derbyshire Dales with magnificent contours. High rocky outcrops. Sheer faced cliffs. Green fields plunging down to a quiet, winding river.   It's a place where geologists go, to see the evidence of lava flo...

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#270 Heaven on the Hudson: A History of Riverside Park

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131 A thousand years along the Creel Path: A straight and stony path heads through open country, towards the sea. Beside the track, amongst land in-between, a tree. Lone and leafy. Like a sentry. Exposed and standing. It watches the sea birds. Hears their wide and freeing calls. Feels summer ...

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#386 On the Trail of the Old Croton Aqueduct: What 19th century American engineering landmark invites you through nature, past historic sites and into people's backyards? Join us on this journey along the Old Croton Aqueduct Trail, 26,5 miles of dusty pathway through some of the most interesting towns and villages in Westchester County.

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47: Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim History – Part 2 (1928-1964): The history of crossing the Grand Canyon on foot, rim-to-rim. The improvements made by the CCC. The first rim-to-rim hikes in a day during the 1950s and 1960s.

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Electric Lawn Care

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141: Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim History – Part 11: More for 1950-1964: Grand Canyon Rim to Rim History 1950-1964. The Gemini and Apollo Astronauts hike down to Phantom Ranch and back, including Neil Armstrong

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History of the New Orleans Streetcar - Episode #016: Ride the Rails across Time & the Crescent City!

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The Chinese Immigrants Who Built America

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135: Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim History – Part 6: Early Guides: In the early years, guides were used to cross the Grand Canyon. In 1913, Theodore Roosevelt was guided across the Canyon to hunt mountain lions with his sons.

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Ep 21 — Trains: Better than Planes and Cars. Fight Me.: In the 200 years since trains first started clattering on the rails, they dramatically changed industry and commerce — and inspired technological innovations that changed the world. But we like them because they're romantic and comfortable, allow us to i...

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The Fight to Protect the Waverley Uplands, the Cleanest Water in the World

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#363 The Sunny Saga of Jones Beach: Our new mini-series Road Trip to Long Island featuring tales of historic sites outside of New York City. In the next leg of our journey, we visit Jones Beach State Park, the popular beach paradise created by Robert Moseson Long Island's South Shore. Well before he transformed New York City with expressways and bridges, Moses was an idealistic public servant working for new governor Al Smith. In 1924 he became president of the Long Island State Parks Commission, tasked with creating new state parks for public enjoyment and the preservation of the region's natural beauty.  But preserving, in the mind of Moses, often meant radical reinvention. The new Jones Beach featured glamorous bathhouses, proper athletic recreations (no roller coasters here!), an endless boardwalk and even new sand, anchored to the coast with newly grown beach grass. Sometimes called 'the American Riviera', Jones Beach made Moses' reputation and became one of the most popular be

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Glacier National Park

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7: The 1930 500-mile Peter Dawson Relay: In 1930, the best ultrarunners in American competed in Canada, in an eight-day 500-mile relay around southern Quebec, called the Peter Dawson Relay.

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Essence of estuary: Plunge off the train and smile at the fresh air of nowhere! This is Thorpe-le-Soken in Essex. All ground and sky. The bell in the driver's cab rings twice, then twice again, and it's off. Next stop, somewhere else. The ensuing feeling of loneliness is on...

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The Lost Highway: America's First Cross Country Road: In 1900, there were about 8,000 registered automobiles in the United States. They were a genuine novelty. Those that attempted to go on 'road trips' met with a frustrating reality -- there were no drivable roads, no unified road maps, no nation-wide...

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True Grit (rebroadcast): Without sand, engineering would be stuck in the Middle Ages. Wooden houses would line mud-packed streets, and Silicon Valley would be, well, just a valley. Sand is the building material of modern cities, and we use more of this resource than...

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True Grit: Without sand, engineering would be stuck in the Middle Ages.  Wooden houses would line mud-packed streets, and Silicon Valley would be, well, just a valley.  Sand is the building material of modern cities, and we use more of this resource...