Author: Mike Messner

This episode includes the following stories:

• Firecracker : What to do with a stubborn horse?…
• Banished: A trade with Natives has unintended consequences…
• Tough: A woman tends to her sick husband in the wilderness…
• After The Attack: Jedediah Smith faces off against a bear…

…and the poem “Have A Heart” 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.

This episode includes the following stories:

• State of Jefferson: The 51st state and its short life…
• The Holdup: A young man faces some hard criminals…
• Trail of Feathers: What happened at an abandoned campsite…
• The Milk Cow: Who knew a cow could be a good luck charm?

…and the poem “Names” 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.

This episode includes the following stories:

• Cowboy Story: A wild night on the town…
• Born Showman: Read the news AND get a show…
• Flaming Red Hair: A scatterbrained girl on the Oregon Trail…
• Grandpa’s Story: How an old man saved his bride…

…and the poem “Light” 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.

This episode includes the following stories:

• Two Trains: A witness to a train wreck tells his story…
• Tebo: What happened at Kiger Gorge?…
• Rumrunners: Violating Prohibition on the Oregon Coast…
• Buffalo Wall: Will a stampede leave any survivors?…

…and the poem “Clouds & Snow” 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.

This episode includes the following stories:

• The Kid and the Footrace: A headastrong kid makes a challenge…
• Disovering the Columbia: How the Great River of the West was found…
• Flying Mustanger: Herding horses from the air…
• Missouri Mule: A dark night on the Oregon Trail…

…and the poem “Liberty” 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.

This episode includes the following stories:

• Scared: Buying cattle cane be a dangerous proposition…
• Famous Bert: A young man makes good in the West…and elsewhere…
• Death On The Trail: A family fights cholera en route to Oregon…
• Sign of Distress: A secret order saves the life of a Western family…

…and the poem “Rain” 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.

This episode includes the following stories:

• Daredevil of the Sky: The first aviator of the West…
• Mules: A visit to Klamath Falls leads to so much more…
• Lucky Hans: A summer vacation ends with a wild story…
• The Long Trail: A lifetime of driving cattle through the Northwest…

…and the poem “Standing at Sallahie” 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.

This episode includes the following stories:

• Tusko: the largest elephant in captivity comes to the West…
• First Cattle Drive: To the Oregon Country, that is…
• Sheep Shooters: A tragedy near Benjamin Lake…
• Fishing Trip: Two boys get more than they bargained for…

…and the poem “Ghost Dance” 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.

This episode includes the following stories:

• Mystery Man: a stranger with a secret, calling himself Slim, shows up at a ranch…
• Christmas Dinner: a starving family gets a gift from heaven…
• Loop-De-Loop: a daredevil risks his life at an Oregon carnival…
• Cattle King: a North Carolina boy builds a great cattle ranch…

…and the poem “Progress” 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.