
Moments in History
“Moments in History” are local history audio programs that are produced in Newcaslte Wyoming and air daily on AM 1240 KASL. Each “Moment in History” is like an audio storybook, covering an actual event in Weston County, Northeast Wyoming, or regional history, in an entertaining way that involves character dialogue and sounds that make the scene come alive. Moments in history are actual historical events that actually happened, reenacted and retold in a unique and theatrical fashion. Moments in History are sometimes fun, sometimes educational, but always entertaining!
Here are some samples of our “Moments in History” programs for you to listen to and enjoy. Click the highlighted links to play the audio, the links to the stories will change periodically so check back soon.
| Jenny Stockade | Stagecoach Etiquette |
| Hanging of Diamond L. Slim | Canyon Springs Robbery |
| Calamity Jane | One Room School |
| Hand Dug Oil Well | Cambria |
| Grizzly | Beaver Creek School |
| Flying V | Battle of Lightning Creek |
| Soiled Doves | Shooting of Frank Mondell |
| Mule Sunday | Weston County Oil |
| Upton (The Best Town on Earth) | Toomies Mill |
| The Hanging of Thomas Waggoner | Gray Jack |
| Tubb Town | Rush Mills |
| Anna Miller | Big Nose George |
| Blizzard Of ’49 | Charlie Nolan |
| Chief Stinking Bear | Cricket Invasion |
| Dr. Will Frackelton | President Roosevlet |
| Frank Mondell | Charolette Shafer |
| The Shooting of W.T. Eubanks | Hunyadi Beach |
| Culture in Weston County | Hyena |
| Tunnels | Earl Caddock, Wrestling Champion |
| Japanese Bombs of World War II | The Cowboy Brigade |
| Jenny Ellis | Johnny Owens |
| Shorty Shenton | Peter Kinney |
| Union State Bank Robbery | Charlie Creigh |
| Outhouse | Mystery of Cy Ristoff |
| Dick Lake | Religion in Tubb Town |
| Cambria Train Wreck | Stranded on Devil’s Tower |
| Merci Train | House of Blazes |
| Augusta Buttner & World War I | Coyote Bill |
| The Great Egg Fight | First Car in Weston County |
| Legend of Devil’s Tower | A Love That Never Died |
| The Circus Visits Newcastle | Canyon Springs Prairie Tornado |
| Strange Bedfellows | Cats for Deadwood |
| The Horse Thief | Exploring the Hills |
| The Great Horse Race | Fishing in Upton |
| The Unusual Wake of White Swede | Wall & Blackburn Stagecoach Robbery |
| Trapper Frenchy’s Cat | The Ventriloquist |
| Little Ada Magill | Story of Salt Springs |
| The Ram | The Old Rockpile |
| The Graves Family Farm | Ghostly Visitor at The Gate |
| Edwell Hotel Liqour Run | The Custer Wolf |
| Sir George Gore | Mallo Camp & the Cold War |
| Little Mary Kelly | Edwin the Dude |
| Fire Drill & English Class | Dirty Water |
| Elmore Wells | The Wisdom of Desert Pete |
| Dell and Her Hotel | Harper Grist Mill |
| Salt of the Earth | Sauerkraut |
For more “Moments in History” listen to AM 1240 KASL at 10:15AM and 4:45PM.
Do you know of a factual “moment” in the history of Newcastle, Weston County, Northeast Wyoming or Western South Dakota? Do you think that it would be an great “Moment In History” audio program? You can submit an idea or information about the story below. Pending approval you might just here your story presented on AM1240 KASL as a “Moment In History”
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