In partnership with History Colorado, join Blake for this special bonus episode of abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast where he takes a deeper dive into the history of the original All-American Ruins location from his childhood: the abandoned dairy farm at the Modern Woodmen of America Tuberculosis Sanatorium in Colorado Springs, CO.Read the companion article "All-American Ruins" in History Colorado's The Colorado Magazine: https://www.historycolorado.org/story/2023/01/27/all-american-ruinsWatch the entire "The Land of Sunshine" 1933 PSA about the MWA Tuberculosis Sanatorium here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yft_uoglRzM (courtesy of the Pikes Peak Library District)Watch the entire United States Public Health Service's "This is TB" 1949 PSA here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjQhclE6Sl0&t=10s (courtesy of the National Library of Medicine)Learn more about the tuberculosis epidemic in Colorado here: https://www.cspm.org/cos-150-story/the-city-of-sunshine/ (courtesy of the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum)To read the transcript of this episode, click here: https://www.blakepfeil.com/aar-podcast.htmlSpecial thanks:Sam Bock at History ColoradoKevin & Marie Bush at the Woodmen Valley Fire DepartmentMatt Mayberry, Hillary Mannion, and Susan Conde at the Pioneers MuseumThe staff at the Pikes Peak Library DistrictArchivist Sister Stephanie McReynolds at Mt. Saint Francis Nursing CenterK from the No Tracers PodcastLeah White at Modern Woodmen of America Fraternal Financial You can join the All-American Ruins Expedition Club now: https://plus.acast.com/s/abandoned-the-all-american-ruins-podcast.

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