Western Slope Archives Castos https://western-slope-archives.castos.com A magical cabinet of audio stories. Explore Colorado history through 52 stories about people, objects and events. Created by Independent Producer Adam Burke with support from Southwest Colorado's 250 - 150 Local Organizing Committee. Fri, 18 Apr 2025 19:29:15 +0000 en © 2025 https://episodes.castos.com/6493bcb04853e6-61791949/images/A-Thunderbolt-1910-USDA-Pomological-Watercolor-Collection.jpg Western Slope Archives https://western-slope-archives.castos.com A magical cabinet of audio stories. Explore Colorado history through 52 stories about people, objects and events. Created by Independent Producer Adam Burke with support from Southwest Colorado's 250 - 150 Local Organizing Committee. Adam Burke episodic A magical cabinet of audio stories. Explore Colorado history through 52 stories about people, objects and events. Created by Independent Producer Adam Burke with support from Southwest Colorado's 250 - 150 Local Organizing Committee. Adam Burke adam.z.burke@gmail.com false https://feeds.castos.com/4x04w yes <![CDATA[In Search of the Thunderbolt in Montezuma County]]> Fri, 18 Apr 2025 19:29:15 +0000 Adam Burke https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/64694/episode/2015918 https://western-slope-archives.castos.com/episodes/in-search-of-the-thunderbolt-in-montezuma-county In the early 1900s, a man from eastern Tennessee brought an apple to Montezuma County called the Thunderbolt, and the apple became common in southwest Colorado's flourishing orchard economy. A century later, the Thunderbolt had all but vanished.

This is the story of two apple detectives who go looking for a rare apple, and how that search altered the course of their lives.

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Production and musical scoring by Adam Burke.

Support from Southwest Colorado's 250-150 Local Organizing Committee.

 

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  • (00:00:00) - The Search for a Rare Apple
]]> full 1 1 false In the early 1900s, a man from eastern Tennessee brought an apple to Montezuma County called the Thunderbolt, and the apple became common in southwest Colorado's flourishing orchard economy. A century later, the Thunderbolt had all but vanished.

This is the story of two apple detectives who go looking for a rare apple, and how that search altered the course of their lives.

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Production and musical scoring by Adam Burke.

Support from Southwest Colorado's 250-150 Local Organizing Committee.

 

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