FAMILY HISTORY DRAMA : True Ancestry. Told Like Legend.
Travis M. Heaton
29 episodes
3 months ago
Send us a text The all-woman town council of Kanab, Utah, wasn’t just a quirky footnote in frontier history—they were a civic force with apron strings and iron wills. In this second half of their story, the ordinances keep coming, but marshals keep quitting. So the women place a help-wanted ad for a man with “spine, humor, and no fear of mothers.” But not every tale from their tenure is quite so grounded… We investigate the myth of the “Rollaway Saloon”—a bar-on-logs said to have dodged prohi...
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Send us a text The all-woman town council of Kanab, Utah, wasn’t just a quirky footnote in frontier history—they were a civic force with apron strings and iron wills. In this second half of their story, the ordinances keep coming, but marshals keep quitting. So the women place a help-wanted ad for a man with “spine, humor, and no fear of mothers.” But not every tale from their tenure is quite so grounded… We investigate the myth of the “Rollaway Saloon”—a bar-on-logs said to have dodged prohi...
Ep 11 Edward Augustus Boardman: Trains 🚂 Tragedy 🪦 & the Colorado Loop 🛤️
FAMILY HISTORY DRAMA : True Ancestry. Told Like Legend.
39 minutes
1 year ago
Ep 11 Edward Augustus Boardman: Trains 🚂 Tragedy 🪦 & the Colorado Loop 🛤️
Send us a text 🚨Are YOU related to ME? Find me on Family🌳Search: Edward Augustus Boardman🔗 Then click “VIEW RELATIONSHIP” to see if we are cousins. In this deeply moving episode of Family History Drama, we follow the remarkable journey of Edward Augustus “Gus” Boardman, a Union Pacific Railroad man, proud builder of the Georgetown Loop, and grieving father. From the booming heights of Colorado’s gold rush towns to the devastating depths of family loss, Gus recounts a life marked by inno...
FAMILY HISTORY DRAMA : True Ancestry. Told Like Legend.
Send us a text The all-woman town council of Kanab, Utah, wasn’t just a quirky footnote in frontier history—they were a civic force with apron strings and iron wills. In this second half of their story, the ordinances keep coming, but marshals keep quitting. So the women place a help-wanted ad for a man with “spine, humor, and no fear of mothers.” But not every tale from their tenure is quite so grounded… We investigate the myth of the “Rollaway Saloon”—a bar-on-logs said to have dodged prohi...
