Writing the West, Episode 16

This episode includes the following stories:

Keep the Light Burning: Fighting nature at Cape Disappointment…
Good and Bad: Out West, those two extremes can be even more extreme…
Native Logging: How it was done before the whites came…
Commercial Logging: How cutting down trees became a big business…

…and the poem “Imagine” by Rick Steber.

All stories and poems by Rick Steber. Used by permission of the author. Theme music is “Slobro Daze” by Danny Lee Allison. Sound effects found on YouTube and the Freesound Project.

Writing the West, Chapter 15

This episode includes the following stories:

Beeswax Treasure: Surprises at the foot of a mountain…
Memories: Looking back at a Western adventure…
Riding the Stage: Talk about equality!!…
Women of the Trail: The truth about these adventurous females…

…and the poem “Ask From Life” by Rick Steber.

All stories and poems by Rick Steber. Used by permission of the author. Theme music is “Slobro Daze” by Danny Lee Allison. Sound effects found on YouTube and the Freesound Project.

Writing the West, Episode 14

This episode includes the following stories…

Tight Cinch: A panic at the Yellowstone River…
Finding a Horse: Walking to Oregon, and solving a problem…
Camped in Yosemite: Man versus nature in the shadow of Half Dome…
Wreck of the Peter Iredale: A shipwreck on the Columbia River…

…and the poem “Salvation” by Rick Steber.

All stories and poems by Rick Steber. Used by permission of the author. Theme music is “Slobro Daze” by Danny Lee Allison. Sound effects found on YouTube and the Freesound Project.

Writing the West, Episode 13

The episode includes the following stories:

Outlaw: The story of a buckaroo gone bad…
Games: Passing the time on the Oregon Trail…
Not Guilty: Who burned down that forest?…
Comanche Attack: A confrontation between two armed cultures…

…and the poem “If I Believe” by Rick Steber.

All stories and poems by Rick Steber. Used by permission of the author. Theme music is “Slobro Daze” by Danny Lee Allison. Sound effects found on YouTube and the Freesound Project.