RadioKBPV's Podcast

Gord Tolton

RADIO KBPV - Tales of Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village - A podcast about the history of South-western Alberta–presented by Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village of Pincher Creek – a museum complex that document’s the stories of western Canada’s agricultural settlement through the preservation of local buildings and artifacts in a 6-acre park

  • 40 minutes 17 seconds
    Talking Tombsotnes 2025 - Episode 12 - Laurie Blackburn & Conclusion

    Recorded July 19, 2025

    at Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village

    Reading of Laurie Blackburn

    performed by Doris Blackburn

    Concluding Remarks by Kari Zieffle and Dan Crawford

    20 December 2025, 4:00 pm
  • 21 minutes 37 seconds
    Talking Tombstones 2025 - Ep 11 - Father Albert Lacombe

    Recorded July 19, 2025

    at Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village

    Reading of Father Albert Lacombe

    performed by Gord Tolton

    13 December 2025, 4:00 pm
  • 13 minutes 3 seconds
    Talking Tombstones 2025 - Episode 10 - Marie Rose Smith

    Recorded July 19, 2025

    at Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village

    Reading of Metis Matriarch Marie Rose (Delorme) Smith

    performed by Savanah Hope-Taylor

    6 December 2025, 6:39 pm
  • 11 minutes 32 seconds
    Talking Tombstones 2025 - Episode 09 - Bessie Vroom Ellis

    Recorded July 19, 2025

    at Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village

    Reading of south-western Alberta journalist and historian Bessie Vroom Ellis

    performed by Maddy Chernoff

    29 November 2025, 4:00 pm
  • 8 minutes 3 seconds
    Talking Tombstones 2025 - Episode 08 - James Scott

    Recorded July 19, 2025

    at Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village

    Reading of Pincher Creek's first Mayor, James Scott

    performed by Farley Wuth

    22 November 2025, 4:00 pm
  • 12 minutes 18 seconds
    Talking Tombstones 2025 - Episode 07 - Lionel Brooke

    Recorded July 19, 2025

    at Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village

    Reading of "Lord" Lionel Brooke, 

    performed by Kari Zieffle

    15 November 2025, 4:00 pm
  • 13 minutes 4 seconds
    Talking Tombstones 2025 - Episode 06 - Ernie Sinnott

    Recorded July 19, 2025

    at Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village

    Reading of Ernie Sinnott, 

    performed by Gord Tolton

    8 November 2025, 4:00 pm
  • 28 minutes 54 seconds
    Talking Tombstones 2025 - Episode 05 - Bertha Ecklund

    The story of Bertha Ecklund, performed by Carey Salmon. 

    Recorded at Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village, Pincher Creek, Alberta.

    July 19, 2025. 

     

    Read: Being Bertha: How a Wayward Woman Became a Local Legend

    by Fran Genereux

    https://www.amazon.ca/Being-Bertha-Wayward-Became-Legend/dp/1525502522

    1 November 2025, 4:00 pm
  • 9 minutes 12 seconds
    Talking Tombstones 2025 - Episode 04 - Billy Welsch

    Recorded at Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village, 

    Pincher Creek Alberta  - July 19, 2025

    Performance by Joel Bonnwick

    25 October 2025, 4:01 pm
  • 19 minutes 59 seconds
    Talking Tombstones 2025 - Episode 3 - "Bedrock" Jim Scott

    Recorded at Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village, 

    Pincher Creek Alberta  - July 19, 2025

    Performance by Gord Tolton

    19 October 2025, 9:41 pm
  • 9 minutes 17 seconds
    Talking Tombstones 2025 - Episode 02 - Mary Sharp

    Recorded at Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village, 

    Pincher Creek Alberta  - July 19, 2025

    Reading by Bella Ross. 

    11 October 2025, 4:00 pm
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