Your Story Hour

Your Story Hour proudly presents a new set of exciting, dramatized stories. Listen as Desmond Doss, the courageous WW2 medic, saves the lives of 75 wounded American soldiers on Okinawa. Or return to the year 1781 as teenager Emily Geiger risks her life to carry a secret message from patriot officer Nathan Greene through enemy lines.

Listen as Wassaja, a young Yavapai boy, overcomes the destruction of his village and a violent abduction by a rival tribe, yet by 1899, goes on to become Dr. Carlos Montezuma - the second American Indian to become a physician in the US. Return to the Nebraska plains' Omaha Reservation where Chief Iron Eye's compassionate daughter (Susan LaFlesche Picotte) begins her epic journey, becoming the first American Indian woman physician.

Follow the mid-1800s adventures of the Allen Family as they join a wagon train headed west on the epic Oregon Trail. Traveling over 2000 miles in their oxen-driven "Prairie Schooners" through hazardous river crossings, treacherous weather, mountain passes, tragedy, disease, and devastating dust storms, the Allens symbolize the determination and trials of a typical family who braved the Oregon trek.

In 1810 a teenage American sailor, Joseph Bates, is abducted by the notorious British press gang. Listen as he is unjustly forced into the King's navy, then escapes only to be seized again. Released six years later, he works as a merchant seaman surviving ocean perils and harrowing storms. Joseph's skill and courage result in his becoming a trusted sea captain. His marine adventures continue, yet Joseph feels the need for faith in his life.

Four historical stories including two stories about the Underground Railroad and two true-to-life adventures! 

Exciting dramatized stories about: first lady Dolley Madison; Elizabeth Keckley, Mrs. Lincoln's dressmaker; William H. Johnson, Abraham Lincoln's trusted valet; and two true-to-life adventures! 

Two stories about Native American heroes Sequoyah and Squanto; two stories about African American heroes Henry Box Brown and Benjamin Banneker; and two true-to-life adventures! 

Three historical stories - Robert Smalls, Louis Braille, and Phillis Wheatley - and three missionary stories - John Paton, Evelyn Brand, and a true-to-life missionary story! 

Three stories about historical heroes (Matthew Henson, Michael Faraday, and Joseph Lister) and three exciting adventures! 

A two-part series on Edward Jenner and the smallpox vaccination, two exciting modern-day missionary adventures, and two war-time stories! 

Six stories about inspirational women of history: Pocahontas, Louisa May Alcott, Dr. Emily Dunning Barringer, and more! 

Two stories about a United States Founding Father; two stories about courageous missionaries (to South America and Southeast Asia); a story about the Black doctor who performed the first successful heart surgery; and a story about two abolitionist and feminist sisters in the 1800s.

Two stories about William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army; two stories about amazing women aviators; and two true-to-life adventures!