Bone Wars and The Ghost Town Rhyolite

The Past and The Curious: A History Podcast for Kids and Families

The Past and The Curious History Podcast for Kids

Kids & Family

4.5 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Our 99th Episode! This episode features the narration talents of musician Will Oldham, also known as Bonnie Prince Billy. Will tells the story of Rhyolite, a town once founded in Death Valley after the discovery of gold by Frank "Shorty" Harris. Today it is a ghost town. But first, Mick tells the story of the Bone Wars, when Othniel Charles Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope should have gotten along, but didn't. Still, they made some major paleontology and dinosaur discoveries. Stories written by Mick Sullivan, with editorial help from Will Oldham. Music arranged and performed by Mick Sullivan.

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1:15.0	Well, hello everybody, it's Mick Sullivan coming to you with the 99th episode of the past and the curious.
1:25.0	That's right, episode number 99.
1:28.0	I know I always say I'm excited about this one and it was a joy to work on,
1:32.0	but I really mean it this time I mean it every time but I really mean at this time
1:36.6	This episode features two stories one I've always wanted to tell which is the story of the Bone Wars. You probably heard about it or read about
1:46.3	it if you know anything about dinosaurs. It's fascinating. It goes to show how two people who probably
1:52.0	should have gotten along didn't and what a mess they made.
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