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Olive Oatman
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Length:
34 minutes
Released:
Jun 29, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In 1851, Olive Oatman's family was attacked while traveling near the Gila River in Arizona. Olive was taken by her attackers, and lived for five years with Native Americans before being ransomed by the U.S. government. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Released:
Jun 29, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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