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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.
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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

Saturday Dec 13, 2025
Talking Tombstones 2025 - Ep 11 - Father Albert Lacombe
Saturday Dec 13, 2025
Saturday Dec 13, 2025
Recorded July 19, 2025
at Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village
Reading of Father Albert Lacombe
performed by Gord Tolton

Saturday Dec 06, 2025
Talking Tombstones 2025 - Episode 10 - Marie Rose Smith
Saturday Dec 06, 2025
Saturday Dec 06, 2025
Recorded July 19, 2025
at Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village
Reading of Metis Matriarch Marie Rose (Delorme) Smith
performed by Savanah Hope-Taylor

Saturday Nov 29, 2025
Talking Tombstones 2025 - Episode 09 - Bessie Vroom Ellis
Saturday Nov 29, 2025
Saturday Nov 29, 2025
Recorded July 19, 2025
at Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village
Reading of south-western Alberta journalist and historian Bessie Vroom Ellis
performed by Maddy Chernoff

Saturday Nov 22, 2025
Talking Tombstones 2025 - Episode 08 - James Scott
Saturday Nov 22, 2025
Saturday Nov 22, 2025
Recorded July 19, 2025
at Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village
Reading of Pincher Creek's first Mayor, James Scott
performed by Farley Wuth

Saturday Nov 15, 2025
Talking Tombstones 2025 - Episode 07 - Lionel Brooke
Saturday Nov 15, 2025
Saturday Nov 15, 2025
Recorded July 19, 2025
at Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village
Reading of "Lord" Lionel Brooke,
performed by Kari Zieffle

Saturday Nov 08, 2025
Talking Tombstones 2025 - Episode 06 - Ernie Sinnott
Saturday Nov 08, 2025
Saturday Nov 08, 2025
Recorded July 19, 2025
at Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village
Reading of Ernie Sinnott,
performed by Gord Tolton

Saturday Nov 01, 2025
Talking Tombstones 2025 - Episode 05 - Bertha Ecklund
Saturday Nov 01, 2025
Saturday Nov 01, 2025
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

Saturday Oct 25, 2025
Talking Tombstones 2025 - Episode 04 - Billy Welsch
Saturday Oct 25, 2025
Saturday Oct 25, 2025
Recorded at Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village,
Pincher Creek Alberta - July 19, 2025
Performance by Joel Bonnwick

Sunday Oct 19, 2025
Talking Tombstones 2025 - Episode 3 - "Bedrock" Jim Scott
Sunday Oct 19, 2025
Sunday Oct 19, 2025
Recorded at Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village,
Pincher Creek Alberta - July 19, 2025
Performance by Gord Tolton
