Mendocino Words, or just Mendo Words, is two minutes of local poetry, weekly. Mendocino County is rich with poets writing about our natural beauty, our politics, and the little lives we can make for ourselves here. Mendo Words is hosted by Frej Barty, Mendocino County Youth Poet Laureate, with the mission to spread poetry across the county. Local poetry calendar: https://theresawhitehill.com/events/. Website: https://mendocinopoetlaureate.mymcn.org/youth-poet-laureate/ Insta: @mendocinoyouth ...
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Linda Pack reads episodes of her immensely popular public radio program Mendocino County Remembered. She edits and interprets selections from the oral histories collected and published under the auspices of the Mendocino Historical Society for the American Bicentennial in 1976. A new episode every Sunday.
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Door Frej Barty
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An eloquent appreciation of the special beauty of living on the Mendocino Coast.Door Linda Pack
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Sad tales of an unlucky family in the late 1800's.Door Linda Pack
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A strong statement about the ethics of Pomo families.Door Linda Pack
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The sighting of Haley's comet in 1910 terrifies a stock driver.Door Linda Pack
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The practice and pride in the skills of raising goats in Anderson Valley.Door Linda Pack
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"Hitting the bamboo" and drinking "Jackass" at the turn of the 20th Century in Point Arena.Door Linda Pack
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The story of the family that built the temple of Kwan Tai in Mendocino Village.Door Linda Pack
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Traveling evangelists provide surprising winter entertainmentDoor Linda Pack
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Lively and useful recollections about home remedies.Door Linda Pack
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The heart-breaking story of a lumberman who yearns to be a classical musician.Door Linda Pack
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The hardships of living and dying in the northeast corner of Mendocino County in the early 1900's.Door Linda Pack
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Anecdotes about livelihoods on the Mendocino CoastDoor Linda Pack
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The Finnish immigrants to the Mendocino Coast create elaborate entertainments for their community in the early 20th century.Door Linda Pack
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A young boy encounters a dangerous critter on his way to school.Door Linda Pack
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Melissa Kendrick, Anderson Valley & Ukiah; Lena Meshishnek, Comptche; Elise Pimental, Covelo; and Ruth Hood, Little River all relate their memories of Christmas in Mendocino County in the early 1900's. More of these wonderful stories are Episodes #37 & #38, Remembrances of Christmases Past Parts 1 & 2.…
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Itinerant salesmen and the first cars in the county.Door Linda Pack
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An emphatic account of crime and punishment.Door Linda Pack
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Providing for a remote homestead in the early 1900's.Door Linda Pack
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A story about he herding of both cattle and Indians into Round Valley.Door Linda Pack
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A port captain explains the complexities of loading and shipping lumber in the early 1900's.Door Linda Pack
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Preparing the delicious bounty of the Mendocino Coast.Door Linda Pack
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Terrifying tales of protecting stock from dangerous predators.Door Linda Pack
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An inspiring story from an extraordinary woman reclaiming her Pomo heritage.Door Linda Pack
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A proud lifelong railroad man talks about his career.Door Linda Pack
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A thrilling and lyrical recounting of getting the logs down the river.Door Linda Pack
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Having fun at dances and drinking all over town.Door Linda Pack
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Amazing anecdotes of a tough character in the 1860's.Door Linda Pack
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Starting the first school on the Round Valley Indian Reservation in 1910.Door Linda Pack
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The beginnings of County agriculture and transportation in the early 1900's.Door Linda Pack
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A wonderful anecdote about a Mountain Man.Door Linda Pack
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Working with the glorious abundance of salmon, dairy, and produce in the early 1900's.Door Linda Pack
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An epic poem about how a feud between Boonville and Philo turned into a brawl.Door Linda Pack
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Memorable mischief and fun growing up in timber country.Door Linda Pack
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It was a hard way to make a living - fishing for salmon, shark, tuna and cod.Door Linda Pack
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Speakeasies, bootleggers and rumrunners on the Mendocino Coast in the the dangerous 1920's.Door Linda Pack
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An story poem about the local option for prohibition, with some Boontling -- an archaic local languageDoor Linda Pack
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The agricultural year and a remedy for poison oak from the early 1900s.Door Linda Pack
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An eye-opening story of the two year long strike for safety rules and overtime, 1946 - 1948.Door Linda Pack
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A proud young woman begins her career as a teacher.Door Linda Pack
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A hot snd prickly summer job provides needed income.Door Linda Pack
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The Saga of Lucy Young, a Wailaki Indian girl, who, in 1862, when she was around 10 years old, fled from soldiers and from white men who trafficked in Indian children. In 1939, when Lucy was in her 90s, she told her story to her neighbor in Covelo, the ethnobotanist Edith Van Allen Murphey. Lucy Young wanted the truth to be told. Part 7 of 7 "Final…
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The Saga of Lucy Young, a Wailaki Indian girl, who, in 1862, when she was around 10 years old, fled from soldiers and from white men who trafficked in Indian children. In 1939, when Lucy was in her 90s, she told her story to her neighbor in Covelo, the ethnobotanist Edith Van Allen Murphey. Lucy Young wanted the truth to be told. Part 6 of 7 "Runni…
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The Saga of Lucy Young, a Wailaki Indian girl, who, in 1862, when she was around 10 years old, fled from soldiers and from white men who trafficked in Indian children. In 1939, when Lucy was in her 90s, she told her story to her neighbor in Covelo, the ethnobotanist Edith Van Allen Murphey. Lucy Young wanted the truth to be told. Part 5 of 7 "Escap…
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The Saga of Lucy Young, a Wailaki Indian girl, who, in 1862, when she was around 10 years old, fled from soldiers and from white men who trafficked in Indian children. In 1939, when Lucy was in her 90s, she told her story to her neighbor in Covelo, the ethnobotanist Edith Van Allen Murphey. Lucy Young wanted the truth to be told. Part 4 of 7 "The C…
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The Saga of Lucy Young, a Wailaki Indian girl, who, in 1862, when she was around 10 years old, fled from soldiers and from white men who trafficked in Indian children. In 1939, when Lucy was in her 90s, she told her story to her neighbor in Covelo, the ethnobotanist Edith Van Allen Murphey. Lucy Young wanted the truth to be told. Part 3 of 7 "Survi…
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