America’s National Parks Podcast
Society & Culture:Places & Travel
Everyone knows America's legendary origins — 13 colonies fighting off the tyranny of the British Empire to form our Union — but did you know there was, if only for a brief time, an extra-legal 14th colony? If that blows your mind, you'll be even more astounded to find out its name ... it was called Transylvania.
It was made possible by a famous name, too, a man called Daniel Boone. On this episode of America's National Parks, The Transylvania Purchase, a land which laid its gateway at a gap in the Allegheny Mountains, now known as Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, where the borders of Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee meet.
More information, music credits, and a transcript are available at nationalparkpodcast.com/14thcolony
10 Days, 1,800 Miles
The Waving Girl of Savannah
The Voice of Wilderness in the Storm
Restoring the Giants
Rangers Make the Difference III
Lincoln's Throne
238,900 Miles from Idaho
A $50 Bet
Meaningless Without Sacrifice
Alone on a Winter's Island
On the Oregon Trail
"We were standing on Ground Zero of World War III"
Cataloochee - The Center of the World
A Presidential Barbecue
River on Fire
Guardian of the Gulf
A Race to a Tie
The Strange World of National Park Gift Stores
The Night the Mountain Fell
A Rescue in the Grand Tetons
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