SEASON 1 EPISODE 12 “VOICES ON THE PRAIRIE WIND“
David Wolf, Director of the Legacy of the Plains Museum, is joined by Vickie Schaepler.
In the final episode of this Series, David Wolf talks with Vickie Schaepler, Coordinator for the Legacy of the Plains Japanese Hall and History Project. Built 1928-29, the Japanese Hall has served as a community center, theater, reception hall, church, school, dormitory, cultural center, and much more. Vickie also expands out to talk about Nebraska’s rich Japanese American history.
- This program was produced with the help of Long Draw Publishing & WyoBraska Magazine.
- Distributed by, and available at Buzzsprout
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HISTORY OF THE PODCAST
After months of preparation, on August 25, 2021, the first “Voices on the Praire Wind Podcast” was dropped, and made public, on several global platforms launching the Legacy of the Plain Museum in Gering, Nebraska into a new era of global communication, sharing the stories, people and events of the High Plains with the rest of the world.
LEGACY OF THE PLAINS MUSEUM
Located on the Oregon Trail, the Legacy of the Plains Museum features an impressive collection of pioneer and early community artifacts, antique tractors, and farm implements; an 80-acre working farm; historic farmstead structures; and striking views of Scotts Bluff National Monument. Come live the timeless stories of the Nebraska prairie.
