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[ door creaks ] [ wind howls ] [ thunder rumbles ] [ bird caws ] [ midtempo music plays ] im jamie colby, and today im heading to the annual blueberry festival in plymouth, indiana. Its not exactly the kind of place youd expect to see a massive california redwood, but this tree rocks because it rolls. My name is jamie allen, and, in 1985, when i was 23, my father passed away, and he left me something that his father left him, and its kept me on the road all my life. Jamie . Jamie . [ chuckles ] ...

[ door creaks ] [ wind howls ] [ thunder rumbles ] [ bird caws ] [ midtempo music plays ] im jamie colby, and today im heading to the annual blueberry festival in plymouth, indiana. Its not exactly the kind of place youd expect to see a massive california redwood, but this tree rocks because it rolls. My name is jamie allen, and, in 1985, when i was 23, my father passed away, and he left me something that his father left him, and its kept me on the road all my life. Jamie . Jamie . [ chuckles ] ...

Im jamie colby, and today im in birmingham, alabama, which is in the rolling foothills of the appalachians. They say that wars are fought to change maps, and this episode of strange inheritance is actually about a map, a very old map, and one that survives in a family whose history spans from texas to virginia and then back here to alabama. My name is Patrick Martin. My parents died in 1999, and my sister and i inherited the house and contents. We were surprised when we figured out what it conta...

[ wind howls ] [ thunder rumbles ] [ bird caws ] im jamie colby, and im driving into portales, new mexico, along the texas border and near the Cannon Air Force base. You know, the welcome sign here says it all 17,000 friendly people and three or four old grouches . Im here to meet a man whose strange inheritance certainly called for that kind of sense of humor. My name is john wall. My mother, irene wall, passed at 90 years old. She had left me with a very large collection that meant a lot to he...

Rotated his slaves between philadelphia and mount vernon for a not very president ial reason . Hes also a chief operating officer. Dr. Arnold, thank you very much for joining us. You are the goto person for pennsylvania facts. Ive been with the Historical Society for over 24 years. Im also a tour guide within the city. Its always amazing that people, even locals, dont know a lot of the history of their own city. One of the first ones starts with the founding of philadelphia, founded by william p...

Im jamie colby, and today im out in west texas, about 50 miles southwest of abilene. Im here to hunt down two strange inheritances submitted by viewers whose stories converge into a single tale, a tale born straight out of the wild, wild west. My name is garland richards. In 1998, my dad passed away, left me and my siblings a large cattle ranch and a giant part of history. Well, i got your letter, and im dying to learn more about your inheritance. What is this place . This is the richards ranch,...

Im jamie colby, and, today, im in encino, california. Will rogers once said, if there are no dogs in heaven, then when i die, i want to go where they go. But when the owners go first, especially the rich or eccentric ones, it can make for one strange inheritance. My name is tyson kilmer. Im an animal trainer. When one of my clients, sam simon, passed away in march of 2015, i inherited his dog, who is not exactly lassie, marmaduke, or any other lovably harmless pet youve seen on tv. Hi, kilmers. ...

Im jamie colby, and im in the berkshire mountains on my way to great barrington, massachusetts. Im meeting a woman whose ancestor played on one of the great teams in the early days of baseball. His picture is on her strange inheritance, which may just be the worlds oldest Baseball Card. My name is Florence Sasso. My greatgreatuncle Archibald Mcmahon was a member of the 1860s atlantic nine Baseball Team. I inherited this card from my mother when she passed away. Hi. Im jamie. Hi. Im florence. Hea...

Worked against those trying to escape europe certainly in the 1930s and during the war. , but like so much, we talk about the immigration system and how systems Work Together in other countries. It may depend on whether people come from. Where the people come from. Certainly those people in germany who were trying to get german exitject to requirements and at times germany might require you to have so much money to leave. Or you couldnt take as much money out of the country i think is a better w...

Coming up next on American History tv, the National Archives posts independent researcher john emond as he reads letters from civil war soldiers, placing the letters in the context of the war as well as the soldiers daily lives, defined by personal hardship disease, and death. This is about one hour and 20 minutes. I think we are all settled in. Welcome. I work in the National Archives. I work i welcome you to this program. We have an ongoing lecture series to teach you about the records of the ...