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Buffalo Tales: Stories from Wyoming History
Jeremy Yates, John Woodward
8 episodes
3 months ago
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is common in the Cowboy State. Energy companies use this technique to access hard-to-reach oil and natural gas deposits. While modern fracking uses mixtures of sand, water, and various chemicals, a proposed project in the early 1970s sought to use something else...atomic weapons. Project Wagon Wheel was one of several proposals for using atomic fission devices for mining and civil engineering projects. Join Jeremy and John as they explore the background of a...
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Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is common in the Cowboy State. Energy companies use this technique to access hard-to-reach oil and natural gas deposits. While modern fracking uses mixtures of sand, water, and various chemicals, a proposed project in the early 1970s sought to use something else...atomic weapons. Project Wagon Wheel was one of several proposals for using atomic fission devices for mining and civil engineering projects. Join Jeremy and John as they explore the background of a...
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Episodes (8/8)
Buffalo Tales: Stories from Wyoming History
Episode 8 - Project Wagon Wheel
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is common in the Cowboy State. Energy companies use this technique to access hard-to-reach oil and natural gas deposits. While modern fracking uses mixtures of sand, water, and various chemicals, a proposed project in the early 1970s sought to use something else...atomic weapons. Project Wagon Wheel was one of several proposals for using atomic fission devices for mining and civil engineering projects. Join Jeremy and John as they explore the background of a...
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1 year ago
40 minutes

Buffalo Tales: Stories from Wyoming History
Episode 7 - Intercontinental Motor Convoy
In 1919, the United States Army organized a road trip across the United States that few people know about today. Several hundred soldiers, including a young Dwight Eisenhower, took trucks, cars, motorcycles, and a custom-built wrecker called the "Militor" from Washington, D.C., to San Francisco. The convoy crossed 14 states during their 62-day journey across the Lincoln Highway. Their route brought them across southern Wyoming. Join Jeremy and John as they explore this little-known road trip ...
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1 year ago
1 hour 11 minutes

Buffalo Tales: Stories from Wyoming History
Episode 6 - The Tale of Big Nose George, Part 2
John and Jeremy return for the second part of the Tale of Big Nose George. Part two starts in the aftermath of Dutch Charley's final ride. They look at George's activities following the Elk Mountain Murders, ending with his trial, botched escape, and hanging in Rawlins. John and Jeremy also share the events culminating in a pair of shoes made from George's tanned hide. This episode describes several violent murders. The content is not suitable for all ages. Listener discretion is advised. E...
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1 year ago
1 hour 13 minutes

Buffalo Tales: Stories from Wyoming History
Episode 5 - The Tale of Big Nose George, Part 1
Murders, Vigilante Justice, and an odd pair of shoes. John and Jeremy begin the tale of one of Wyoming's most infamous outlaws, Big Nose George Parrot. In the first of a two-part series, our hosts explore how a botched train robbery in the summer of 1878 began a chain of increasingly violent and macabre events in Southern Wyoming. Part one of the tale explores the infamous Elk Mountain Murders and how the search for justice ended with the hanging of "road agent" Dutch Charley in Carbon, Wyomi...
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1 year ago
46 minutes

Buffalo Tales: Stories from Wyoming History
Episode 4 - Riot in the Wyoming Legislature
Fisticuffs and politics? Politics in Wyoming can be heated at times but is usually sedate. But not always... Join Jeremy and John as they chat about the wildest day in the history of the Wyoming Legislature. This red-letter day in 1913 during the 12th Wyoming Legislature included a riot on the floor of the Wyoming House of Representatives. List in as our intrepid historians explore the events that led to the legendary riot, some insights into the Wyoming legislative process, and why the...
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1 year ago
40 minutes

Buffalo Tales: Stories from Wyoming History
Episode 3 - The Murder of Mark Niilson
John & Jeremy are back after a short hiatus. On this episode, we're heading to Sheridan and Campbell Counties for a murder. In 1928, a man walked into Sheridan and confessed to killing his father-in-law. The story spread across Wyoming in a matter of days, especially when the trial began shortly afterward. We have changed some of the names in this story since family members still reside in Northern Wyoming. **Notice** This episode contains adult subject matter regarding murder and sexua...
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1 year ago
28 minutes

Buffalo Tales: Stories from Wyoming History
Episode 2 - Battles of Platte Bridge Station & Red Buttes
On the morning of July 26, 1865, Lieutenant Caspar Collins and Commissary Sergeant Amos Custard rode into the history books during the Battles of Platte Bridge Station and Red Buttes. These small battles left an indelible mark on the history of Central Wyoming and especially the City of Casper, Wyoming. Join Jeremy and John as they explore these important battles...and how the City of Casper got its name thanks in part to a typographical error. Chapter Markers Introduction - 00:00 US ...
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1 year ago
50 minutes

Buffalo Tales: Stories from Wyoming History
Episode 1 - Shoshone Cavern National Monument
Spirit Mountain Cave, located west of Cody, Wyoming, has an interesting story. Discovered in the early 1900s, it became the state's second National Monument in 1909. Largely ignored by the Federal Government, the cave became an issue for Cody-area residents who sought local control over the site. Their desires became a reality in 1954. However, local boosters' and concessionaries' dreams and ambitions never came to fruition, and the cave reverted back to federal control in the late 1970s. Jo...
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1 year ago
58 minutes

Buffalo Tales: Stories from Wyoming History
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is common in the Cowboy State. Energy companies use this technique to access hard-to-reach oil and natural gas deposits. While modern fracking uses mixtures of sand, water, and various chemicals, a proposed project in the early 1970s sought to use something else...atomic weapons. Project Wagon Wheel was one of several proposals for using atomic fission devices for mining and civil engineering projects. Join Jeremy and John as they explore the background of a...