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Our unappreciated national treasure, Susan B. Anthony spent more than five decades in a struggle to transform life for American women by securing t...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
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The UNM Lobos make aviation history in 1929, flying to the Rose Bowl.

  • Added: Dec 16, 2011
  • Length: 01:56
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The telegraph comes to Santa Fe in 1868 and changes everything.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2011
  • Length: 01:59
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Truth or legend? New Mexico’s most persistent treasure tale: the lost mine of Padre Larue.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2011
  • Length: 01:58
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An attempt by a New Mexican US Senator to legitimize squatters on Pueblo Indian land is foiled by public outcry.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2011
  • Length: 01:58
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Lovington and Hobbs vie for the honor of becoming the Lea County Seat.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2011
  • Length: 01:59
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A Hillsboro blacksmith stumbles into the richest silver mine ever found.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2011
  • Length: 01:57
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The story of a Buffalo Soldier who won the Congressional Medal of Honor during the Warm Springs Apache uprising of 1880-1881.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2011
  • Length: 01:58
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Philadelphia heiress Catherine Drexel builds a Catholic school for Indian students in Santa Fe.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
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A US Army cavalry troop astride camels in the Southwest desert? Well it seemed worth a try a the time.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2011
  • Length: 01:58
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A former slave turned cowboy makes a surprising discovery that changes the archaeological timetable in America.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
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A simple chimpanzee from Cameroon makes space history and becomes a national hero.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2011
  • Length: 01:59
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Truth or legend? New Mexico’s most persistent treasure tale: the lost mine of Padre Larue.

  • Added: Dec 08, 2011
  • Length: 01:58
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General Kearny leads the Army of the West to Santa Fe and claims New Mexico for the United States of America.

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  • Added: Dec 08, 2011
  • Length: 01:58
  • Purchases: 1
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His too-short life story reads like adventure fiction.

  • Added: Oct 14, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
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Explorer, naturalist, writer ... in his too-short life, Lewis helped to make this country ... literally ... what it is today. From sea to shining s...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
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He was shy, geeky ... a genius ... and helped turn the tide in World War II.

  • Added: Apr 28, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
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From great grandson of William Dawes, midnight rider with Paul Revere, to U.S. Vice President under Calvin Coolidge ... to co-writer of a number on...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
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The first President of the United States, Samuel Huntington, died today. Wait, I know what you're thinking: "What happened to George Washington?" W...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 03:01
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He was a runner, early on. Before it was popular. Before Spandex, before Nike and Gatorade. At one time, he was one of a handful of the fastest hum...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
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"Louisiana Purchase" Classic Radio Highlight Reel 12/20

  • Added: Dec 08, 2009
  • Length: 06:28
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"Ripley’s Believe It or Not" CLassic Radio Highlight Reel 12/19

  • Added: Dec 08, 2009
  • Length: 05:49
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"George Fisher" Classic Radio Highlight Reel 12/18

  • Added: Dec 08, 2009
  • Length: 05:13
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"Edgar Bergen" Classic Radio Highlight Reel 12/17

  • Added: Dec 08, 2009
  • Length: 08:30
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"Gone With the Wind" Classic Radio Highlight Reel 12/15

  • Added: Dec 08, 2009
  • Length: 04:30