Historic Jefferson Highway

This episode of Big Blend Radio "Jefferson Highway" Show is all about three unique and historic lodging destinations. FEATURED GUESTS: - Roger Bell - Jefferson Highway Association - https://jeffersonhighway.org/ - Arlene Gould - Natchitoches Tourism - https://natchitoches.com/ - Bridget Metoyer - Steel Magnolia House B&B in Natchitoches, Louisiana - http://steelmagnoliahouse.net/ - Martha Turn...

This episode of Big Blend Radio's "Jefferson Highway" Show features Roger Bell and Arlene Gould who give an overview of the activities and experiences at the recent Annual Jefferson Highway Association Conference in Mason City, Iowa, as well as the Sociability Caravan that drove up from Lamoni to Mason City. The 2024 Conference will be held in Alexandria, Louisiana. Roger Bell is the President of...

This episode of Big Blend Radio's "Jefferson Highway" Show focuses on two military history sites that span the Civil War through World War One, Two, Korea, and Vietnam. Featured Guests: - Roger Bell - President of the Jefferson Highway Association - Adam Lynn - Honey Springs Battlefield & Visitor Center in Checotah, Oklahoma - more: https://www.okhistory.org/sites/honeysprings - Susan Lanning...

This episode of Big Blend Radio's "Jefferson Highway" Show focuses on the Iowa Sociability Caravan that will take place a few days before the Jefferson Highway Associaiton Conference held June 7-10, 2023 in Mason City, Iowa. This special driving event will be similar to historic caravans of old. It begins in Lamoni, Iowa on the morning of Monday, June 5th and will have subsequent overnight stays i...

This episode of Big Blend Radio's "Jefferson Highway" Show focuses on women's history. FEATURED GUESTS - ROGER BELL - Historian and President of the Jefferson Highway Association shares the story of Ada Kimbell from Shreveport, Louisiana. - JONITA MULLINS - Historian, speaker, and author of "The Jefferson Highway in Oklahoma," talks about Alice Robertson from Muskogee, Oklahoma. More: https://joni...

This episode of Big Blend Radio's "Jefferson Highway" Show focuses on the life and history of George Washington Carver, the acclaimed botanist, scientist, educator, and inventor who changed the world of agriculture in the south. From Missouri to Iowa, Texas, and beyond, his legacy is part of the Jefferson Highway. A key place to experience his story is at the George Washington Carver National Monu...

This episode of Big Blend Radio's "Jefferson Highway" Show focuses on the upcoming Annual Jefferson Highway Association Conference happening June 7-10, 2023 in Mason City, Iowa. More about the event: https://www.jeffersonhighway.org/event-4605436 Featured Guests: - Roger Bell, President of the Jefferson Highway Association - Sandra Huemann Kelly - Jefferson Highway Association Conference Chair - L...

This special live broadcast episode of Big Blend Radio's 4th Thursday "Jefferson Highway" Show focuses on 23 unique must-do experiences on and off the historic Jefferson Highway. Created by the Jefferson Highway Association which was originally founded in 1915, the Jefferson Highway is an international highway, also known as "The Pines to the Palms Highway," that runs from Winnipeg, Canada to New...

This episode of Big Blend Radio's 4th Thursday "Jefferson Highway" Show focuses on 23 unique must-do experiences on and off the historic Jefferson Highway. Created by the Jefferson Highway Association which was originally founded in 1915, the Jefferson Highway is an international highway, also known as "The Pines to the Palms Highway," that runs from Winnipeg, Canada to New Orleans, Louisiana. Fea...

This episode of Big Blend Radio's "Jefferson Highway" Show focuses on the Miners Hall Museum in Franklin, on the Jefferson Highway in Southeast Kansas. Featured Guests: - Roger Bell, President of the Jefferson Highway Association - Phyllis Bitner - Miners Museum Hall Foundation - More: https://www.minershallmuseum.com/ Created by the Jefferson Highway Association which was originally founded in 19...

This episode of Big Blend Radio's 4th Thursday "Jefferson Highway" Show focuses on Ghost Stories & Haunted Hotels on the Jefferson Highway. Created by the Jefferson Highway Association which was originally founded in 1915, the Jefferson Highway is an international highway, also known as "The Pines to the Palms Highway," that runs from Winnipeg, Canada to New Orleans, Louisiana. Learn more at:...

Created by the Jefferson Highway Association which was originally founded in 1915, the Jefferson Highway is an international highway, also known as "The Pines to the Palms Highway," that runs from Winnipeg, Canada to New Orleans, Louisiana. Learn more at: https://jeffersonhighway.org/ This episode of Big Blend Radio's 4th Thursday "Jefferson Highway" Show features Tom Alyea, author of the "Wanderi...

This episode of Big Blend Radio's 4th Thursday "Jefferson Highway" Show focuses on the three historic outlaw women - Belle Starr, Edna Murray "The Kissing Bandit," and Ma Barker. Created by the Jefferson Highway Association which was originally founded in 1915, the Jefferson Highway is an international highway, also known as "The Pines to the Palms Highway," that runs from Winnipeg, Canada to New...

This episode of Big Blend Radio's 4th Thursday "Jefferson Highway" Show focuses on the jazz history and current jazz scene along the historic Jefferson Highway. Created by the Jefferson Highway Association which was originally founded in 1915, the Jefferson Highway is an international highway, also known as "The Pines to the Palms Highway," that runs from Winnipeg, Canada to New Orleans, Louisiana...

This episode of Big Blend Radio features husband-wife travel team Bill & Jane Johnson who talk about their recent adventure traveling the historic Jefferson Highway from Winnipeg, Canada to New Orleans, Louisiana in their '55 Chevy. Plus, Roger Bell, President of the Jefferson Highway Association, and board member Arlene Gould, Director of the Natchitoches Convention & Visitors Bureau, dis...

From outlaws like Bonnie & Clyde and Belle Starr, to historic routes and trails like the Pony Express, Butterfield Overland Stage Route, and Santa Fe Trail, this episode of Big Blend Radio focuses on some of the historic highlights and happenings on the historic Jefferson Highway. Created by the Jefferson Highway Association which was originally founded in 1915, the Jefferson Highway is an int...

This episode of Big Blend Radio focuses on parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Louisiana on the historic Jefferson Highway. Created by the Jefferson Highway Association which was originally founded in 1915, the Jefferson Highway is an international highway, also known as "The Pines to the Palms Highway," that runs from Winnipeg, Canada to New Orleans, Louisiana. Learn more and find out about the upcomi...

This episode of Big Blend Radio focuses on the historic Jefferson Highway and features Roger Bell, President of the Jefferson Highway Association, and board director Arlene Gould, Director of the Natchitoches Convention and Visitors Bureau in Louisiana. Created by the Jefferson Highway Association which was originally founded in 1915, the Jefferson Highway is an international highway, also known a...