- 32 minutes 13 secondsDot Babb's Road Home - Part 5
This episode follows Dot Babb's journey home, without the help of William Tecusmseh Sherman.
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27 April 2026, 5:00 am - 34 minutes 43 secondsDot Babb's Comanche Memories Part 4
In this episode we learn much more about Dot Babb's time with the Comanche in addition to official efforts between the State of Texas and the United States governments to free captives.
WARNING: This episode shares a story of extreme cruelty and violence perpetuated in the 1860s. Do not listen unless you are prepared for a graphic, but true, story of captivity. It also includes unacceptable pejoratives and epithets against Native peoples that were common for the time period.
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20 April 2026, 5:00 am - 23 minutes 16 secondsMrs. Luster's Adventure according to Dot Babb
This episode continues the story of the Babb children with a focus on what happened to Mrs. Luster...and we learn that we have to be careful about who we believe.
WARNING: This episode shares a story of extreme cruelty and violence perpetuated in the 1860s. Do not listen unless you are prepared for a graphic, but true, story of captivity. It also includes unacceptable pejoratives and epithets against Native peoples that were common for the time period.
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15 April 2026, 5:59 pm - 29 minutes 57 secondsDot Babb's Comanche Memories: Part 2
This episode continues the story of the Babb children's journey into captivity with some additional information concerning attempts to rescue them. Do they dare to attempt an escape? Listen and find out!
WARNING: This episode shares a story of extreme cruelty and violence perpetuated in the 1860s. Do not listen unless you are prepared for a graphic, but true, story of captivity. It also includes unacceptable pejoratives and epithets against Native peoples that were common for the time period.
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23 March 2026, 5:00 am - 34 minutes 37 secondsDot Babb's Comanche Memories: Part 1
This episode introduces a new series focusing on the lives of Dot and Bianca Babb, two young children taken from their home on the Texas frontier and their subsequent life with the Comanche people.
WARNING: This episode shares a story of extreme cruelty and violence perpetuated in the 1860s. Do not listen unless you are prepared for a graphic, but true, story of captivity. It also includes unacceptable pejoratives and epithets against Native peoples that were common for the time period.
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17 March 2026, 3:11 pm - 57 minutes 42 secondsThe Complete Narrative of the Captivity of Jane Wilson
This episode is provided for everyone who wants to hear the story of Jane Wilson, complete and uninterrupted.
WARNING: This episode shares a story of extreme cruelty and violence perpetuated in the 1850. Do not listen unless you are prepared for a graphic, but true, story of captivity. It also includes unacceptable pejoratives and epithets against Native peoples that were common for the time period.
Text Version Available on Texas History Lessons Substack - The Past Seems Like A Horrid Dream.
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4 March 2026, 6:00 am - 33 minutes 24 secondsThe Captivity of Jane Wilson Part 2
What happened to Jane Wilson? How did she survive, all alone, the harshness of the Texas plains. What happened to the brothers? In this episode we conclude Jane's personal narrative and dig even deeper to answer these questions and more. And the story of Mrs. Wilson and the boys is not just their survival tale. Another person survived their own terrible experience as well. Listen to hear more of this exciting tale!
WARNING: This episode shares a story of extreme cruelty and violence perpetuated in the 1850. Do not listen unless you are prepared for a graphic, but true, story of captivity. It also includes unacceptable pejoratives and epithets against Native peoples that were common for the time period.
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2 March 2026, 6:00 am - 36 minutes 28 secondsThe Past Seemed Like a Horrid Dream The Captivity of Jane Adeline Smith Wilson
This episode shares the story of Jane Wilson's hard life, centered around the harsh experience of being taken captive by a group of Comanche people in the 1850s.
WARNING: This episode shares a story of extreme cruelty and violence perpetuated in the 1850. Do not listen unless you are prepared for a graphic, but true, story of captivity. It also includes unacceptable pejoratives and epithets against Native peoples that were common for the time period.
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23 February 2026, 6:00 am - 42 minutes 7 secondsThe Enmity of the Comanches and the Texans
What a difference time and perspective can make on how we view things in the world!
The goal of this post is to consider that opening line along with further introducing you to the work of Mary Austin Holley, give a peak into how people viewed Texas and the Comanches in the early 1830s, along with asking you to consider how our opinions and perspectives change over time. A tall task but I think you can do it.There's also a little bit on Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove. What did Larry think of the situation. And more importantly--how did Charles Goodnight deal with the Comanches and Kiowas and vice versa?
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15 February 2026, 3:57 pm - 27 minutesA Description of Texas from 1832
As the title suggests, this episode takes a look at a very complimentary description of Texas in 1832 that would entice even the most reluctant settler.
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9 February 2026, 6:00 am - 1 hour 49 minutesLottie H. Hargrove's Texas History in Rhyme
This episode contains Lottie H. Hargrove's Texas History in Rhyme, complete and unabridged. The book was originally published in 1910.
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