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Kentucky Christmas gifts

Host Kelly Burdick shares a story of a Christmas past where people in the north country helped...

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Ghost Army

During World War II, American soldiers embarked on a mission to mislead and deceive the German...

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Planting for the future: Tree Cities in the north country

“You can gauge a country’s wealth, its real wealth, by its tree cover.” ~ Richard St. Barbe Baker...

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War of the Worlds in the North

This episode is hosted by Kelly Burdick and edited by Christina Knott. Intro music is "Nobody...

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Dogs for Defense

Host and local history fan Kelly Burdick talks about Dogs for Defense, a military program in...

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The sad sinking of the Eastcliff Hall ship

Kelly Burdick talks about a tragic event from 1970 when a ship near Massena went down, claiming...

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The Adirondack fire of 1903

"The sun today is still obscured by smoke and ashes. ... The heat is so intense and the smoke so...

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How Carry A. Nation came to Watertown

Carry A. Nation was one of the most famous anti-alcohol protesters in American history. She made...

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Looking back at some listener mail

Host Kelly Burdick is joined by two special guests to share some of your listener feedback, as...

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Barnum and Bailey's dircus train derailed in Potsdam

Host Kelly Burdick discusses the 1889 Potsdam circus train wreck, in which a train carrying...

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A baby up for adoption

Host Kelly Burdick talks about a tiny treasure of a story from north country history about a...

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A little look at the past: 125 years ago

Host Kelly Burdick discusses and reads some of her favorite history highlights of Northern New...

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After the end of World War Two

The second World War ended 75 years ago this month to much fanfare. After the celebrations died...

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Genius at play: Albert Einstein and his love for the Adirondacks

Albert Einstein was famously private. He came to Saranac Lake for the first time in July 1936 to...

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How the Adirondack chair came to be

The Adirondack chair is a well-known rustic hallmark of outdoor relaxation, and in this week's...

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1911's heatwave for this history books

People slept outside in parks, soaked themselves in water and tried desperately to stay out of...

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Old Watertown City Hall bites the dust

The Watertown's City Hall stood from 1895 to 1966, when it was eventually torn down as part of...

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The mask debate during the Spanish flu

An apparent hot topic during the COVID-19 pandemic is the wearing of masks. The debate isn't...

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The life and death of a Noble woman

In her last days, memories of her time in the Thousand Islands continued to bring a smile to June...

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