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Rodeo competitions, chuck wagon races, barrel races and other old-fashioned entertainment are all on the program at the Calgary Stampede, scheduled July 4-13 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
More than a million visitors showed up for the event last year.
Musical performers this year include James Taylor, Sugarland, the Judds and Kid Rock. There also will be an agricultural exposition and a Native American village. Various tour packages are available including admission to other attractions and activities in the region. Details at www.calgarystampede.com.
The first-ever audio tour of the Alamo has just been launched, one of several new attractions awaiting visitors to San Antonio this summer.
For $5, visitors can rent a hand-held player to listen to the 50-minute tour as they walk through the historic site. The tour incorporates stories about the famed battle and a narration of some of the accounts from Alamo survivors. You can hear a tour clip at www. antennaaudio.com/AlamoClip.
The Alamo is the most visited destination in Texas, with more than 2.5 million visitors annually. The famed battle took place in 1836 when about 180 Texans seeking independence from Mexico held off several thousand Mexican soldiers. The conflict ended in a massacre, with frontiersman Davy Crockett and Louisiana knife-fighter Jim Bowie among the men who died.
The Bell Witch Cave, which has been the subject of ghost stories for two centuries, is among seven Tennessee sites added to the National Register of Historic Places.
The Robertson County cave is tied to the legend of John Bell, a farmer in the Adams community, who died in 1820 -- three years after the family reported they were being terrorized by a spirit they called Kate. The legend has been the subject of books and movies.
The cave can be toured by appointment; details at www.bellwitchcave.com.
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