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High Plains History
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Take a few minutes to step back in time and explore the historical events, places, persons, social movements, and humorous incidents from the centuries of human settlement on the High Plains.  High Plains History is written and produced by Skip Mancini with the assistance of historians, historical societies, and museums from across the region. 

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Latest Episodes
  • Virginia Kerns Frantz was born near Granada, Colorado on February 28, 1924. She remembers her childhood as a hand to mouth existence. Her father was a…
  • Let’s give the mailman something to laugh about and send one of those exaggerated postcards of giant insects or oversized rabbits. You can find them at…
  • Today we’ll visit the Texas Panhandle and stop by the Sherman County Depot Museum to hear the story of Sam Wohlford. We’ll take a look at a silver medal…
  • A trip along the history trail that tells of the settling of the west is littered with the remains of hundreds of ghost towns. The lives of many of these…
  • The saying ‘You can’t get there from here!’ must have been on the minds of many of the pioneers who tried to settle in far west portions of the HPPR…
  • A list of the movers and shakers who helped develop the city of Amarillo would have to include Guy Anton Carlander. An architect who developed his own…
  • Though the town of Windthorst never really became a reality, the magnificent church that was the centerpiece of an entire community is very real and well…
  • Today we’ll take you out to the ball game. Though we won’t buy you some peanuts and crackerjack, we’ll have another type of treat. We’ll tell you the…
  • Let's get ready for the new Year by taking a drive to Lake Scott State Park. Maybe the weather will let us try our hand at some trout fishing, and we'll…
  • We’ll celebrate the Christmas holiday by recounting a Christmas blizzard of long ago, when Santa traveled across the open range of the Texas and Oklahoma…