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In 1854, violence broke out in what today is a corn field in Eastern Wyoming. A dead cow, a new West Point Lieutenant, a drunken translator, and an entire village of Lakota Sioux came together in the greatest defeat of US Soldiers to a native force west of the Mississippi to that date. Today we visit the site of the battle and learn about the odd and unusual elements that kicked off years of violence in this part of the American West.

Left or Right, Jaeger Held & CJ Young in front of Fort Laramie's Officers' Quarters "Old Bedlam." Photo Courtesy of CJ Young.

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Have you ever wanted to quit you job and just go someplace where you can listen to the waves crashing on a tropical beach? On this episode we hear the story of two cousins and what happened to them when they did.

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Salt Lake City's Avenues District is the oldest neighborhood in one of the oldest cities in The Mountain West. From polygamists, to golf promotors, a house that was used as the set of a horror movie, to a rumored rental of Ted Bundy, this old neighborhood played host to some of the strangest and most quirky stories in SLC. On this episode we hear Cevan LeSieur, author of two books about the avenues, tell us some of the more interesting stories from this small neighborhood with a big history.

PHOTO: This is Governor William Spry's home shortly after it was moved to I street. Photographer's name wasn't given.

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Images of America

The Avenues of Salt Lake City

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A Bit about The LDS Church in Denmark

Otto Branning the Chili King

More about The Grabeteria

The Death of Mrs Moormeister and some more on that

Jeremy Pugh's Article about Mrs Moormeister's Murder "Utah's Black Dahlia"

A Bit About Joe Hill The Executed Labor Activist

Bomb Found at Governor Spry's Residence

Bomb Meant for Governor Spry Explodes in a Boxcar

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