
Index File Answer and Archival Tune
Clip: Season 2025 Episode 2 | 3m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
We reveal the mystery Mississippi River worker and play an old tune from Katy Vernon.
We reveal the mystery Mississippi River worker and play an old tune from Katy Vernon.
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Index File Answer and Archival Tune
Clip: Season 2025 Episode 2 | 3m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
We reveal the mystery Mississippi River worker and play an old tune from Katy Vernon.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> Cathy: HOW IS THAT 25 YEARS ALREADY, OH, MY GOSH.
PETER MAX WAS A FUN GUEST.
TIME TO TURN OUR ATTENTION TO THE HISTORY PORTION OF TONIGHT'S SHOW.
LET'S VISIT OUR MOST RECENT QUERY, WHICH STUMPED ALL OF YOU THE FIRST TIME WE ASKED SO WE ADDED A LOT OF HINTS LAST WEEK AND ASKED YOU AGAIN.
WE TOLD YOU OUR MYSTERY PERSON WAS BORN IN BELFAST, IRELAND, IN 1863, AND EVENTUALLY SETTLED IN WHAT WE NOW CALL SOUTH ST. PAUL.
IN 1885, THEY BEGAN A 36-YEAR CAREER, WHICH HELPED MAKE TRAVEL SAFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
THEIR DEDICATION TO THIS JOB EARNED THIS PERSON A PLACE IN THE NATIONAL RIVERS HALL OF FAME.
AND THEY ARE ALSO THE SUBJECT OF A SONG BY SINGER/SONGWRITER CHARLIE MAGUIRE.
YOUR TASK WAS SIMPLE: TELL US WHO IS THIS MYSTERY MINNESOTAN AND WHAT MADE THEM FAMOUS?
THESE NEXT CALLERS STRUGGLED DESPITE THE EXTRA INFO.
>> CATHY: WHILE THAT TRIO OF CALLERS DID NOT HIT THE MARK, I AM HAPPY TO REPORT THAT SEVERAL OF YOU GOT THIS ONE RIGHT.
HERE'S ONE OF THE PRODUCERS FAVORITES.
>> CATHY: YES, JIM AND PAM, YOU ARE CORRECT.
JANE MUCKLE ROBINSON WAS THE MYSTERY MINNESOTAN WE SOUGHT.
THERE SHE IS.
LOVE THE HAT, LOVE THE HAT.
SHE LOGGED MORE THAN 50,000 MILES ON THE RIVER AS SHE LIT THE WAY FOR NIGHTTIME TRAFFIC.
HAVE A QUESTION YOU THINK WE HAVEN'T ASKED THAT WILL STUMP YOUR FELLOW VIEWERS?
GIVE US A CALL AT 651-229-1430.
YOU CAN ALWAYS DROP US A NOTE TOO.
OUR ELECTRONIC INBOX IS ALMANAC@TPT.ORG.
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YOU CAN REWATCH ANY PORTION OF TONIGHT'S SHOW.
OR CHECK OUT ONE FROM THE PAST THAT YOU MAY HAVE MISSED.
THAT'S ALL AT TPT.ORG/ALMANAC.
WE HAVE JUST ENOUGH TIME LEFT FOR SOME SHOW-ENDING MUSIC FROM THE ARCHIVES.
THIS WEEK BACK IN 2012 KATY VERNON STOPPED BY STUDIO B TO PERFORM FOR US.
TAKE A LISTEN AND WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.
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