FAMILY HISTORY DRAMA : Unbelievable True Stories

The Grand Canyon is a place of connecting with nature, finding one’s center, and in this rare account, airing one’s grievances. In 1968, newlywed and rookie Park Ranger Mel Heaton was tasked with an impossible undertaking...to disarm 5 hostile men...by himself.
CHARACTERS (in order of appearance)
García López de Cárdenas
Alonso de CárdenasFrancisco Vázquez de Coronado
Pedro de Tovar
Pedro de Sotomayor
Pablo de Melgrossa
Juan Galeras
Hopi Guides
Irvine Cob
Henry Long
Clarence Dutton
John Wesley Powell
Havasupai
Ralph H. Cameron
David Rust
President Theodore Roosevelt
Henry Harvey
Mary Jane Colter
Spanish Conquistador
Martin Luther King Jr
Robert F. Kennedy
Park Ranger Mel Heaton
Federal Marshal
Jesus
Apollo 8 Crew
Frank Borman
James Lovell
William Anders
Apollo 11
John F. Kennedy
LOCATIONS
Llerena, Corona de Castilla
La Puebla del Maestre
River Tizón
Cíbola
Zuñi, New Mexico
Tower of Seville, the Giralda
Spain
ÖngtupqaColorado River
The Grand Canyon
Phantom Ranch
Garden Creek
Indian Garden
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Santa Fe Railroad
Bright Angel Trail
Grand Canyon South Rim
Vietnam
France
Czechoslovakia
Russia
North Kaibab Trail
Moccasin, Arizona
The River House
Pipe Creek Rest House
FBI Park Ranger Training
Silver Suspension Bridge
South Kaibab Trail
Grand Canyon North Rim
California
Florida
Moon
LINKS
https://youtu.be/4JjADNAn5g4
CREDITS
Based on an account written By Carolyn Heaton Grygla
Wild West Whistling Duel, Copyright 2013 Iwan Gabovitch, CC-BY3 license

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Ep 6 Bub Meeks Pt 1:🐎Fresh Horses, Butch Cassidy 🐿 & Unauthorized Bank Withdrawals💰

FAMILY HISTORY DRAMA : Unbelievable True Stories

10/01/23 • 24 min

Life without structure leads to trouble. How many times will we be told to “choose our friends wisely”? Bub Meeks lived hard and fast, and paid the price for it. Life in the late 1800’s was tempting for folks who didnt have the patience for working and saving. So they took balloon withdrawals anytime they were low on cash.
CHARACTERS:
Grover Cleveland
Albert Edward VII
Henry Ford
George Burns
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Walter Arnold
Robert LeRoy Parker
William Ellsworth Lay
Henry Rhodes Meeks
Samual Emelle
Sidonia Schwarz Emelle
Marguerite Emelle
Edward Lorenzo Burgoyne
Andy Little
GC Gray
Ed Hoover
Bud McIntosh
William Perkins
Fred Cruikshank
J.A. Bagley
Sheriff Davis
Bub
Elzy
Butch Cassidy
Henry Len Meeks
Matt Warner
Paymaster CarpenterThe Wild BunchLOCATIONS:
United States
England
Yukon
Athens, Greece
Frankfurt, Germany
Kent, England
Bear Lake
Montpelier, Idaho
Oregon Short Line Railroad
Chicago
Boston
Cokeville, Wyoming
Switzerland
The Palace Saloon
Bank of Montpelier
Paris, Idaho
Circleville, Utah
Marysville, Utah
Sevier River
Green River, Wyoming
Winnemucca, Nevada
Logan, Utah
Ogden, utah
Castle Gate, Utah
Robbers Roost
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Union Pacific Railroad
Boise, Idaho

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Ep 5 Heber Jesse Meeks: 🐄 Milk Heist, Ghost🐎Horse, & Malt Beer🍺

FAMILY HISTORY DRAMA : Unbelievable True Stories

09/01/23 • 18 min

From the life and times of Heber Jesse Meeks. While living a prominent and involved life at the turn of the 19th century Heber dealt with the nature of old horses, driving new fangled automobiles, and teaching children how to subtly but firmly deal with troublesome neighbors. Whether its devotion to spouse, love of family, or commitment to country, God, and small town traditions, Heber Jesse Meeks lived it to the fullest.
CHARACTERS:
Rose Hamblin
Mason Meeks
Dalton (Dot) Meeks
Heber Jesse MeeksMary Jane McCleve
Dr. Priddy Meeks
Clarissa (Clara) Amanda BowersSenator William Henry King
Elson Riggs
Burton McAllister
Brother Pugh
Brother Heaton
LOCATIONS:
Harrisburg, Utah
Saint George, Utah
Orderville, Utah
Kanab, Utah
Bullrush, Arizona
Pipe Spring Ranch (National Monument)
Moonshine Point
Mount Trumbull
Grand Canyon
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Jules Renard, Poetry
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FJ Raymond, Quote
Jeremiah Seed, Quote
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Ep 4 Orville Sutherland Cox: Chief Walkara 🪶 the Blizzard❄️ and Nikki🐍

FAMILY HISTORY DRAMA : Unbelievable True Stories

08/01/23 • 22 min

The Journey from Nebraska to the Territory of Deseret was an adventurously long one. And in the early days of settling the Wild West, there was never a destination. The only place you could permanently call home was your final resting place. From Conestogas to Cavalry, from rivers to mountains, from Chiefs to Governors, from freezing winters to striking summers, from Sasquatch attacks to buried Mummies, from hidden treasure to Egyptian hieroglyphs, and from settling the Sanpete area to sipping sop with snakes. You wont want to miss this tale. Too true to be believed.
Characters (in order of appearance):
Orville Sutherland Cox
Elvira Pamela Mills
Charles C. Rich
General Kearney
Sylvester Hulet
Amos Cox
Loenza Philena
John C. Freemont
Orville Mills Cox
Chief Walkara, (aka Chief Walker or Joseph Walker)
Brigham Young
Isaac Morley
Towats
Adelia Belinda Cox
Almer Bingley Cox
DeLaun Mills Cox
Locations:
Elkhorn River, Nebraska
Sweet water River, Wyoming
Independence Rock, Wyoming
Territory of Deseret (aka Utah)
Salt Creek Canyon, Territory of Deseret
Mount Nebo
Sanpete Valley
Manti
Drinking Venom
https://insh.world/science/what-if-you-fell-into-a-pool-filled-snake-venom/

Reptile Oral Bacteria
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25921519/
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Macy Heaton

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Ep 2 🏀 Funerals, Jockstraps 🫣 & Friends 👮‍♂️

FAMILY HISTORY DRAMA : Unbelievable True Stories

09/06/21 • 15 min

Loving one another is Understanding One Another. I’ve been reminded of this recently from a lifelong friend. Her and I don’t agree on everything. And to be honest with you, i look forward to disagreeing with her. And I say that For selfish reasons, because she is gently yet firmly opinionated, and I get a different perspective. Usually because, out of lack of experiences I’m ignorant. We don’t have to agree with each other to understand each other. Understanding creates respect beyond congruent opinions.
I was reminded this week of a fav quote of mine from Marie Forleo, who said “Clarity comes from engagement and not thought.”

We gain understanding of others in active engagement with them. Learning of them, considering them, and in a healthy setting, being present with them.
It is unfortunate that we ofttimes wait until we hear a eulogy before we start applying gentle consideration instead of church pew judgment? The gift of losing someone can be really life altering, and can raise your spiritual and emotional frequency to some very healthy levels.
As my friend Russ Nelson once said “We are born to die, and we die to live.”
I hope we strive to fully FEEL OUR OATS by understanding others a little more. I feel more complete when I am dismantled by humbling experiences and then reassembled by the considerate feelings of love that are inclusive of grief & sorrow.
If we are fortunate we are made DIFFERENT by the depth experiences.

The best way to celebrate another’s life is to learn from it. Become a better you because of them. If we aren’t able to glean something from one another, are we truly friends or are we just seriously not paying attention?
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Ep 17 Jesse Perse Harmon Pt 1: 💥 The Siege of Fort Erie ❤️‍🩹 Spared from Death

FAMILY HISTORY DRAMA : Unbelievable True Stories

09/01/24 • 37 min

Explanation of canons and canon spiking

🚨Are YOU related to ME? Find me on Family Search: Jesse Perse Harmon 🔗 Then click “VIEW RELATIONSHIP” to see if we are cousins.
In part one of this fabulous story, we begin at the turn of the 19th century as an international pissin match turns into the conflict known to history as The War of 1812. Jesse Perse Harmon (17 years old) and his older brother both enlisted. This is a portion of Jesse’s story and some of his most notable experiences from that war. From the Siege of Fort Erie in Canada, the Battle of Lacolle Mill, to an explosive moment of terror and tragedy that emotionally marked the remainder of his long life.
PEOPLE:
George Washington, US President 🌳 KNDX-MKG
James K. Polk, US President
Caleb Bradham, Inventor of Pepsi Cola
Andy Griffith, actor
Micheal Jordan, Professional Athlete
John Keats, English Poet
Jesse Perse Harmon
Martin Harmon, Sr
Tryphena Poole
Jesse Pierce
Nehemiah Harmon
Oliver Harmon
John Gibbs
Thomas Hinkley
Sarah Harmon
Diantha Harmon
Orville Harmon
Alpheus Harmon
Lucina Harmon
Martin Norton Harmon, Private 22nd Regiment, Maryland Militia
Colonel Clark
General Hampton
Shawnee, Native American Tribe
Hannah Dunbar
British Major Hancock
Canadian Voltigeurs
Canadian Fencibles
Commander Daniel Pring, British Royal Navy
General Wilkinson
Maryland Militia
Brigadier General Peter B. Porter
Pennsylvania Militia
Colonel Joseph Willcocks, Canadian Colunteers
Lieutenant Riddle
Lieutenant Frazier
Colonel Wood
New York Militia
Major Pattison, 82nd Regiment
Surgeon Dunlop
Jesus Christ
PLACES:
United States of America 🇺🇸
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC
Rupert, Bennington County, Vermont Republic
Sheffield Island, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Lewis, New York
Adirondack Mountains
Castleton, Rutland County, Vermont
Burlington, Vermont
Lake Champlain
Plattsburgh, New York
Lacolle Mill, Canada
Battle at Lacolle Mill
Champlain, NY
Odelltown, Canada
Richelieu River
Ile aux Noix
Lacolle River
Little Sharzee, New York
Rutland County, Vermont
Lake Erie
Buffalo, New York
Fort Erie, Upper Canada
Siege of Fort Erie
Pennsylvania
Chippewa, Canada
Niagara Falls
Illinois
The War of 1812: The War of 1812 in Four Minutes

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Ep 7 Bub Meeks Pt 2:🤠Prisoner #574, Good Teeth🦷 , Mustache & Size 7 Boots🥾

FAMILY HISTORY DRAMA : Unbelievable True Stories

11/01/23 • 35 min

The strategy of planning, the thrill of the heist, pulling your hat down over your ears during the galloping getaway, and the adrenaline of lining your pockets with nare a few moments worth of actual work. For those of you who might have been a little titillated by the previous story, this is what Mr. Harvey would refer to as “the rest of that story”, and it ain’t perty. In the final years of Bub’s “Flash-Bang” life he quickly realized the high cost of low living.
CHARACTERS:
Henry Rhodes Meeks Jr.
Butch Cassidy
Bub Meeks
Will Parry
Roy Toyer
J.C. Edwards
George Hailey
H.H. Albers
Judge Waters
Sheriff Joe White
J. H. Robinson
Dave Norwood
Samual Burd
Warden Charles VanDorn
Tom Welch
Wild Bunch
Tom Widdup
Warden Charles Arney
Guard Burns
George Eden
Clerk Robert Tschudy
Selam
Guard Donnelly
Joe Meeks
Warden R. Fulton
Mr. Meacham
Jed Bullock
LOCATIONS:
Montpelier, Idaho
Bank of Montpelier
Blackfoot, Idaho
Shoshone Journal
Mercer, Pennsylvania
Holt & Gilmore
Idaho State Prison
Boise, Idaho
Green River, Wyoming
Idaho State Hospital
Burnt Fork
Idahna Hotel, Boise, Idaho
Mississippi
Boise River
The Statesman Newspaper
Ada County
Idaho Daily Statesman
Idaho Historical Society
Lonetree, Wyoming
Fort Bridger, Wyoming
Evanston News
State Asylum, Evanston, Wyoming
Uinta County
Wild West

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Ep 8 👑 A Thrones Stow Away 🏠

FAMILY HISTORY DRAMA : Unbelievable True Stories

09/25/21 • 6 min

1-Live out your childhood daydreams...as long as they are legal and not life threatening. Be careful with the Karate Kid reenactments, Someone could get hurt, Right Ben? Sorry about that kick on the trampoline. I got way too much into character.

2-Really?!? Once again with the skinny dipping Travis? I dont even recall bringing a swimming suit. Doesn’t seem one was even needed. Shuck it, swim it, lay in the warm sand, air dry, unshuck, and apply a lot of lotion to your dry summer skin. I just remember how soothing the lotion was when it stung my dry chapped skin. Now that was Intensive Care at its finest.

3-As iggy once said “Your future is determined by your past, so be careful what you do in your past.” Cautiously and thoughtfully conduct your life. Trying to retain your old glory days could end up ending you. Clean out the attic of your life. Dont be an Uncle Rico, let it go. You ain’t all that.
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Ep 12 🤔❤️ Tina Turner & Weeble Wobbles 🙃

FAMILY HISTORY DRAMA : Unbelievable True Stories

10/21/21 • 19 min

Tina Turner got it right...What’s love got to do with it?
Love is NOT the center of Gravity
If you want an authentic and effective Weeble, you better add your center of gravity FIRST.
Time+Experience=Relationship & Love (Glen Grygla)
PBJ’s are good, and comfort food.
Gather the ingredients before you decide on a sandwich 🥪
Remember the miracle whip commercials “A sandwich just isn’t a sandwich without the zesty taste of miracle whip.” Brilliant marketing campaign, and profound in our discussion.
Love just isnt...without LIKE & ENJOY
You’re never too old to learn how to wobble strategically

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AAPT Physics Education
https://aapt.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1119/1.2343636?journalCode=pte

Tina Turner, “What’s Love Got To Do With It?”
https://youtu.be/oGpFcHTxjZs

Miracle Whip Commercials
TUNA https://youtu.be/iECRLMqEIh4
Midnight Sandwich https://youtu.be/rZWqMcqQs50
Salad Romance Lost https://youtu.be/TS-q_FOeWh8

Ep 11 🍔 Burgers, Boulders🪨 & Blunders 🤭

FAMILY HISTORY DRAMA : Unbelievable True Stories

10/10/21 • 18 min

Preserving YOUR identity in a relationship and marriage is important, because if you change who you are, you have changed who they initially fell in love with. And then what? Yet along with preserving the YOU in a WE scenario, I have never heard it said that a relationship or marriage didn’t work out because there was too much we, us, our, and togetherness. If those aspects cause a dissipation of the relationship, its the love that is crumbling and fracturing under the unproven foundation of how VITAL it is that we LIKE & ENJOY each other BEFORE we choose to “fall in love”.

Remember..... Time+Experience=Relationship.

Trust the process.

Use the process.

Engage the process.
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