KZYX Mendocino County Remembered: Recent Episodes
Linda Pack
Linda Pack reads episodes of her immensely popular public radio program Mendocino County Remembered. She edits and interprets selections from the oral histories collected and published under the auspices of the Mendocino Historical Society for the American Bicentennial in 1976. A new episode every Sunday.
Speakeasies, bootleggers and rumrunners on the Mendocino Coast in the the dangerous 1920's.
An story poem about the local option for prohibition, with some Boontling -- an archaic local language
An eye-opening story of the two year long strike for safety rules and overtime, 1946 - 1948.
The Saga of Lucy Young, a Wailaki Indian girl, who, in 1862, when she was around 10 years old, fled from soldiers and from white men who trafficked in Indian children. In 1939, when Lucy was in her 90s, she told her story to her neighbor in Covelo, the ethnobotanist Edith Van Allen Murphey. Lucy Young wanted the truth to be told. Part 7 of 7 "Finale"
The Saga of Lucy Young, a Wailaki Indian girl, who, in 1862, when she was around 10 years old, fled from soldiers and from white men who trafficked in Indian children. In 1939, when Lucy was in her 90s, she told her story to her neighbor in Covelo, the ethnobotanist Edith Van Allen Murphey. Lucy Young wanted the truth to be told. Part 6 of 7 "Running to Safety"
The Saga of Lucy Young, a Wailaki Indian girl, who, in 1862, when she was around 10 years old, fled from soldiers and from white men who trafficked in Indian children. In 1939, when Lucy was in her 90s, she told her story to her neighbor in Covelo, the ethnobotanist Edith Van Allen Murphey. Lucy Young wanted the truth to be told. Part 5 of 7 "Escaping Again"
The Saga of Lucy Young, a Wailaki Indian girl, who, in 1862, when she was around 10 years old, fled from soldiers and from white men who trafficked in Indian children. In 1939, when Lucy was in her 90s, she told her story to her neighbor in Covelo, the ethnobotanist Edith Van Allen Murphey. Lucy Young wanted the truth to be told. Part 4 of 7 "The Capture of Chief Lassik"
Cleaning, lighting and cooking on a ranch outside of Willits in the early 20th century.
Recollections of teaching all 8 grades in one-room schools to becoming Superintendent..
Two coastal residents remember stories about Tom Bacon and his song for the early 1900's.
In the early lumber industry, young George is injured working in the woods on a spool donkey.
After learning his trade in Finland, 19 year-old Emil immigrates to Fort Bragg in 1904, starting the bakery in the first Finnish Co-op store and becomes a U.S. citizen.
Ewell speaks proudly of all the different kinds of work his father did on the Mendocino Coast in the early 1900's.
Claire recollects her mother's generosity and goodness on the ranch at Ten Mile, in the early 1900's.