Best Pomo Podcasts (2024)

Melissa Kendrick, Anderson Valley & Ukiah; Lena Meshishnek, Comptche; Elise Pimental, Covelo; and Ruth Hood, Little River all relate their memories of Christmas in Mendocino County in the early 1900's. More of these wonderful stories are Episodes #37 & #38, Remembrances of Christmases Past Parts 1 & 2.…

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Blanche Brown, Philo: Peddlers 5:04

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Itinerant salesmen and the first cars in the county.By Linda Pack

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Monte Bloyd, Anderson Valley: Gambling & Robbery 4:48

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An emphatic account of crime and punishment.By Linda Pack

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Hattie Kerr, Bell Springs: Getting & making food 5:15

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Providing for a remote homestead in the early 1900's.By Linda Pack

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Mart Hurt, Covelo: Cattle & Indians ` 5:24

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A story about he herding of both cattle and Indians into Round Valley.By Linda Pack

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Caspar Hexberg, Fort Bragg: Steam schooners 4:53

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A port captain explains the complexities of loading and shipping lumber in the early 1900's.By Linda Pack

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Elsie Farnsworth, Navarro Flat: Smoking salmon 5:07

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Preparing the delicious bounty of the Mendocino Coast.By Linda Pack

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Tom Jameson, Redwood Valley: Panthers & Grizzly Bears 5:08

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Terrifying tales of protecting stock from dangerous predators.By Linda Pack

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Elsie Allen, Ukiah Valley: Rediscovering her basket weaving art 5:11

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An inspiring story from an extraordinary woman reclaiming her Pomo heritage.By Linda Pack

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James Brashear, Willits: Railroading 4:46

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A proud lifelong railroad man talks about his career.By Linda Pack

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Aldine Gorman, Greenwood: The “River Drive” 5:01

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A thrilling and lyrical recounting of getting the logs down the river.By Linda Pack

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John Fayal, Mendocino: Playing accordion at dances & saloons 5:10

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Having fun at dances and drinking all over town.By Linda Pack

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Ernest “Sharkey” Rawles, Boonville: Uncle Joe 5:10

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Amazing anecdotes of a tough character in the 1860's.By Linda Pack

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Lura Frati, Covelo: Teaching at the Indian School 5:21

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Starting the first school on the Round Valley Indian Reservation in 1910.By Linda Pack

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Cecil Gowan, Philo: The original Anderson Valley Apple Show 5:15

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The beginnings of County agriculture and transportation in the early 1900's.By Linda Pack

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David Warren Ryder, Potter Valley: Uncle Fields 4:57

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A wonderful anecdote about a Mountain Man.By Linda Pack

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Effie Johnson, Manchester: Home Grown Food 5:30

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Working with the glorious abundance of salmon, dairy, and produce in the early 1900's.By Linda Pack

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Ernest “Sharkey” Rawles, Boonville: The Devil's Dance 5:24

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An epic poem about how a feud between Boonville and Philo turned into a brawl.By Linda Pack

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Lena Meshishnek, Comptche: Kids Just Playing 5:34

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Memorable mischief and fun growing up in timber country.By Linda Pack

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Manuel Figueiredo, Fort Bragg: Commercial Fishing 5:17

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It was a hard way to make a living - fishing for salmon, shark, tuna and cod.By Linda Pack

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Albert “Kit” Penitenti, Fort Bragg: Prohibition 5:27

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Speakeasies, bootleggers and rumrunners on the Mendocino Coast in the the dangerous 1920's.By Linda Pack

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Max Rawles, Anderson Valley: "How the Joints Were Closed" 5:15

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An story poem about the local option for prohibition, with some Boontling -- an archaic local languageBy Linda Pack

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Hal Case, Willits: Farming 5:26

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The agricultural year and a remedy for poison oak from the early 1900s.By Linda Pack

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George Hall, Fort Bragg: Union Lumber Company Strike 6:22

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An eye-opening story of the two year long strike for safety rules and overtime, 1946 - 1948.By Linda Pack

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Louella Williams, Upper Redwood Valley: 1st Day of School 5:21

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A proud young woman begins her career as a teacher.By Linda Pack

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Hazel Pittman, Ukiah: Picking Hops 5:32

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A hot snd prickly summer job provides needed income.By Linda Pack

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Lucy Young, Round Valley: A True Indian Story, Part 7 of 7: "Finale" 4:59

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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 "Final…

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Lucy Young, Round Valley: A True Indian Story, Part 6 of 7: "Running to Safety" 5:14

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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 "Runni…

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Lucy Young, Round Valley: A True Indian Story, Part 5 of 7: "Escaping Again" 5:35

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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 "Escap…

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Lucy Young, Round Valley: A True Indian Story, Part 4 of 7: "The Capture of Chief Lassik" 5:12

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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 C…

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Lucy Young, Round Valley: A True Indian Story, Part 3 of 7 "Surviving" 5:03

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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 3 of 7 "Survi…

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Lucy Young, Round Valley: A True Indian Story, Part 2 of 7 "Hiding from Soldiers" 6:11

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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. "Hiding from Soldi…

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Lucy Young, Round Valley: A True Indian Story, Part 1 of 7 "Grandfather's Dream" 5:29

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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. "Grandfather's Dre…