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Show by Shane Waters
Every week, Hometown History takes you to one real American town, a place you can find on a map and drive through, and tells the story it left behind. Shane Waters builds each one from the record: the letters, the old newspapers, the people who were there.In this trailer: the Peshtigo fire in Wisconsin, 1871. Everett Ruess heading into the canyons near Escalante, Utah, in 1934. The great diamond hoax in San Francisco. And Shawneetown, Illinois, the town that kept building its levee higher.More than 200 episodes are waiting, from ghost towns to state capitals. Start anywhere. Your town might already be in here.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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- Shawneetown, Illinois: The Town That Kept Building the Wall Higher
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- Escalante, Utah: The Mysterious Disappearance of Everett Ruess
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