HOW TEDDY ROOSEVELT SAVED FOOTBALL & 14 OTHER UNIQUELY AMERICAN STORIES
1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast
Jon Hagadorn
4.5 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 21 June 2020
⏱️ 46 minutes
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A collection of 14 distinctly American stories covering a wide range of topics from early explorers to Appalachian legends. In order: 1) Bjorni Herefson, the man who didn't discover America, 2), Why the Mayflower really landed at Plymouth (they were out of beer), 3) The unread message at Trenton, 4) Washington was really our 8th president, 5) Every vote counts, 6) The song Dixie was born in New York City?, 7) Elvis loved Dixie, 8) Save the Last Dance For Me, the song, the backstory, 9) Karaoke anyone?, 10) How T.R. Roosevelt saved football, 11) Lafayette's lost treasure, 12) The 1897 UFO that landed in Aurora TX, 13) Calamity Jane, 14) The Legend of the Wampus Cat.15) How the National Anthem came to be played at ballgames, 16( prviews of upcoming shows at 1001 Heroes.
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| 0:00.0 | The Oh, Welcome back everyone to |
| 0:27.0 | everyone to 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories and Mysteries. |
| 0:32.0 | I'd like to thank all of you for being a part of |
| 0:35.1 | this journey into history and literature with me at 1001 stories network. Your |
| 0:40.8 | presence, you're listening, you're sharing our shows with others, your feedback at |
| 0:45.4 | Twitter and Facebook are all deeply appreciated. |
| 0:49.5 | Your emails and direct messages, you're subscribing to our shows, your reviews, and your |
| 0:54.4 | support at patreon dot com forward slash |
| 0:56.8 | one thousand one stories network are also enjoyed |
| 1:00.2 | and appreciate it very much. I read your reviews daily and enjoy them. The |
| 1:05.5 | general message is that we are appreciated. Our stories are well done and well |
| 1:10.1 | chosen and that we help you through your drive or your walk, your run, or just your relax time. |
| 1:16.1 | In many different ways, we help to make your day more enjoyable. |
| 1:20.5 | Sometimes you send me possible ideas for shows, names of people and places that history is largely forgotten, |
| 1:26.0 | and I researched them to see if the story can carry a full episode. |
| 1:29.0 | And if it can, and I like the story, I'll run with it. |
| 1:33.0 | Sometimes I'll store the smaller stories away for future use. |
| 1:37.0 | They're not usually stories of big events. |
| 1:39.0 | Sometimes they're just footnotes which are relatively unknown, |
| 1:42.0 | but important in their own way. |
| 1:44.0 | The first volume of American patchwork is a collection of stories which I believe will |
| 1:48.8 | interest, entertain, and inform you and give you something interesting to bring up in conversation when the table gets quiet. |
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