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Jigsaw Puzzle: The Movie Railroad - Listen to the Big Blend Radio interview as you piece together this jigsaw puzzle of "the most photographed railroad in the world," Railtown 1897 State Historic Park in Jamestown, CA.

Judge David Davis 'Kingmaker Extraordinaire' - Norm Hills describes the service Davis had rendered to Abraham Lincoln in 1860, by masterfully maneuvering to provide him the Republican presidential nomination.

Infamous Female Folk Heroines - Karen Pierce Gonzalez discusses four women in history who ventured into male-dominated territory and took care of themselves and what they believed in as best as they could.

Southwest Spanish Mission Architecture - Artist Victoria Chick and Naomi Torres discuss the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail and the missions of Tumacácori and Mission San Xavier del Bac, in the Sonoran Desert.

England’s Ecclesiastical Heritage - Family history buff and tour guide Glynn Burrows highlights some of East Anglia’s finest historic churches, chapels and cathedrals.

Sesquicentennial Commemoration of the Battle of Gettysburg - One of the most intriguing Gettysburg stories will also be commemorated on July 6 in Gettysburg when the John Wesley Culp Sons of Confederate Veterans chapter will dedicate a statute honoring two Gettysburg brothers, Wesley and William Culp.

Pioneers in Paradise - Author Sophie Britten provides a historical and biographical record of early days in Three Rivers, California, from the 1850s to 1950s.

Civil War History in Our National Parks - Alan Spears shares how the National Park Service commemorates a defining event in our nation's history and its legacy in the continuing fight for civil rights.