Big Cheese and Chocolate Wreck

 

Big Cheese and Chocolate Wreck





Descriptions here: Food again.  But this time we talk about multiple big wheels of cheeses and a flying train that lead to a wreck of chocolate.


   

Location

Sandy Creek, NY
Hamilton, NY

Sources for the show:

“Historical Markers and the Places They Represent In New York State.” Facebook, www.facebook.com/groups/654902864677872.

Big Cheese

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Sandy Creek, NY History Center, www.sandycreeknyhistory.com/big-cheese.htm.

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Chocolate Wreck

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Vollmer, Ed. “Flying Diesel Corps, Aka the Great Chocolate Wreck Part 1.” YouTube, Ed Vollmer, 23 Feb. 2020, www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqEwPKfw6u0.

Music:

Cattails Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Ghost Dance Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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