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Rooted in the Plains
Rooted in the Plains is a podcast about the people, places and moments that shaped the Great Plains. We'll dig into stories of resilience, curiosity and courage. These are the voices that whisper through the wind and are written in the dirt beneath our feet.
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Rooted in the Plains
Rooted Turns One And We Brought a Gift
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Rooted in the Plains turns one today! And I have a big announcement... Rootedintheplains.com is LIVE
Come check out the timeline and episode pages, with more to come.
Hey everyone, just popping in for a quick little note today. One year ago, I hit publish for the first time. To listeners across the country and around the globe, this means a lot to the girl who grew up in a small town of just a few hundred people. I want to thank you all for joining me to learn about the region I call home. Today, Rooted in the Plains has a home. RootedInThePlains.com is live. Most of us were taught history in neat little chapters with tidy endings. Turn the page and the new topic began. But as I dug more into the stories, the dates started to overlap. The dots were connecting. History has a butterfly effect. Things happening at the same time, hundreds of miles apart, reshaping each other without anyone realizing it. Or as you may have heard in the off the record episode, when I completely geeked out about all of the connections between some of the previous shows, or as I called it, Six Degrees of the Great Plains. In 1893, new inventions were being celebrated in Chicago at the World's Fair. Six hundred miles away, Oklahoma went from being open prairie to having new towns of thousands overnight. Indigenous people were being forced off of the land they had called home for generations. All of this occurring in the same year. Very different worlds, but you can still find connections between them. That's why I created the timeline page. The site has a page for every episode with photos, and there's a link to the Instagram page for even more. Every episode you might have missed, ways to connect with me, and there's more to come. Thanks for being here for year one. I can't wait to see what year two brings. And if you have enjoyed what you've heard so far, all I ask is that you share it with a friend, a teacher, a parent, a grandparent. You never know who might be ready to dig a little deeper. Go explore. The dots are waiting. Thanks.