Famed actress Julia Dean and elocutionist George Waldron present a lyceum lecture on their 1860s tour of the Inland Northwest mining camps with re-enactments of their most popular Shakespearean scenes. 30-45 minutes.

Columnist Michael Hofferber reads selections from his "Outrider" and "Rural Delivery" columns on the pleasures and perils of rural life in modern America. 30-45 minutes.

Oregon Trail pioneer and repeated backtracker tells humorous stories about his experiences traveling West, then East, then West and East again. 30 minutes.
 

Spine-tingling tales of horror and amazement are told around the evening campfire by two pioneers on an Oregon Trail wagon train. Wild animals, murderous Indians and unexplained phenomena provide fodder for 40 minutes of fear.

Sandra Hofferber performs a wide-ranging selection of parlor songs and other entertainments from the 19th century. 30-45 minutes.

Abigail Scott Duniway, women's rights advocate,  explains how she helped secure women's right to vote in Idaho, Oregon and Washington. 35-45 minutes.

What's in a name? This light-hearted comedy routine explores how and why we name and are named, and some of the unfortunate consequences. 30 minutes.

Julia Dean, one of the most popular U.S. actresses of the mid-19th century, recounts her 1860s tour of mining camps in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Utah, describing the conditions in which she performed and presenting excerpts from her favorite roles. 45 minutes.

Comedy about a married couple at dinner waiting for their dessert and conversing about the nature of the universe and the sweet things in life. Perfect light fare for dinner theater. 45 minutes.. 

Mid-19th century naturalist and philosopher Henry David Thoreau expounds on fishing, nature, the economy, world history and life's simple pleasures.  40 minutes.

John Kirk Townsend, a naturalist, recounts his 1834-35 journey with Nathaniel Wyeth. Townsend was the first to collect and describe many of the plants, mammals and birds in the Western U.S.  40 minutes.