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Conestoga Town: Episode 12 - The Massacre of the Conestoga Sep 29, 2024

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The Paxton militia, believing that all Indians are now the enemy, launch a genocidal campaign and ride to Conestoga Town.

Conestoga Town: Episode 11 - 1763 and The (first) American Revolution - Pontiac’s War Sep 27, 2024

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1763: English America gets a continent. Native America launches a war of independence. And on the Frontier between the two, pacifist Quakers fund an army. The Paxton Rangers.

Conestoga Town: Episode 10 - The (first) First World War Sep 22, 2024

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The first, First World War begins—not in Sarajevo, but in Pennsylvania—when a young Virginia Plantation owner and part-time Army officer walks into a room full of gunpowder with a lit match. And sets the world ablaze.

Conestoga Town: Episode 9 - Paxton Sep 13, 2024

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With William Penn gone, Pennsylvania begins its transformation from a Peaceable Kingdom to a violent frontier. Leading this, a new wave of settlers establish a base of operation at a place they name Paxton.

Conestoga Town: Episode 8 - Gandestogue Sep 10, 2024

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We explore the mystery of how a people's homeland becomes larger and more powerful... after they leave the land behind. And a man is saved from execution by an army of ghosts…with knives.

Conestoga Town: Episode 7 - "Queen of the Pamunkey" Aug 31, 2024

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In which a woman emerges from the Great Dragon Swamp to create one of the most essential and enduring documents in America. And she did it her way. Meet Cockacoeske "Queen of the Pamunkey"

Conestoga Town: Episode 6 - A Peaceable Kingdom Aug 08, 2024

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In which a man goes from an English prison to becoming the largest private landowner in the world. Then he creates a Peaceable Kingdom in America founded on equality and equanimity - for everyone. It almost works.

Conestoga Town: Episode 5 - Bacon and Exile Aug 01, 2024

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The Susquehannock find sanctuary - and civil war - in Virginia. A war started by America's first heartland populist. And a pig.

Conestoga Town: Episode 4 - Not Your Continent Jul 25, 2024

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In this episode, we look at the time when Europeans and Indigenous Americans first met and the lethal impact it had on both groups. And how both silver and clam shells can make and destroy economies.

Conestoga Town: Episode 3 - Way Back Jul 18, 2024

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In this episode, we go back, all the way back, to a time that is older and stranger than you probably imagined to meet the first Pennsylvanians and follow their journey across the millennia.

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