Local Historian to be featured on History Channel Series

  • (Photo Courtesy of Shannon Smith) Gordon resident and historian Shannon Smith will be featured on an episode of the History Channel series, “History Honors 250.” Smith will provide expertise on “The Fetterman Flight” during an episode that is set to air on Monday, June 23.
    (Photo Courtesy of Shannon Smith) Gordon resident and historian Shannon Smith will be featured on an episode of the History Channel series, “History Honors 250.” Smith will provide expertise on “The Fetterman Flight” during an episode that is set to air on Monday, June 23.
    On Memorial Day, the History Channel premiered the first episode of Kevin Costner’s The West, an 8-episode series co-produced by Kevin Costner and Doris Kearns Goodwin. Part of the History Channel’s “History Honors 250,” a multiyear programming endeavor to commemorate America’s 250th birthday, the series takes viewers on an epic journey through the birth of the American West, examinin...

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