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A German who immigrated to the States and lived in St. Louis where he was introduced to the ideas of druidism. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/4e7f721f-a809-45c4-8d1f-23de99f9534d/056ac864142fca611eb95d00e5b4acee.jpg Podcast - ep 25 Druids, Demons & Teddy Ruxpin - The pillar monument was installed back in 1926, thirty-eight years after Frederick's death. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/3660d944-88d0-4dc1-ba25-7fce50173f94/The_Wicker_Man_of_the_Druids_crop.jpg Podcast - ep 25 Druids, Demons & Teddy Ruxpin - Druids would build a massive cage in the form of a man out of wicker and fill it with people to sacrifice and would light them all on fire. They would grab as many criminals as they could but if they needed to throw innocent people in there to fill it up, they would. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/9badd04f-b2ad-4ab7-a987-e6bb6240e918/Halloween+podcast+episode+full.00_09_00_20.Still001.jpg Podcast - ep 25 Druids, Demons & Teddy Ruxpin - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/b998f341-dc77-410f-b6d6-8cd3ddd9830f/80765455_132184979196.jpg Podcast - ep 25 Druids, Demons & Teddy Ruxpin - There was once a man named Hiram Erastus Butler. He was in the Union army during the Civil War building roads and bridges not for the cause of the North. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/b51dddf2-f2dc-4f97-9dec-0460e8fab97f/1909+Esoteric+Fraternity+postcard.jpg Podcast - ep 25 Druids, Demons & Teddy Ruxpin - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/974bd3d0-cfda-4a65-bd8c-186e8ef4c77a/download.jpg Podcast - ep 25 Druids, Demons & Teddy Ruxpin - They put out a bunch of books and a magazine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/9017c1ff-0e4b-4969-8376-a01ddb8a51bc/IMG_0003.JPG Podcast - ep 25 Druids, Demons & Teddy Ruxpin - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/8356980f-49a2-4a0f-9261-73471cb49c94/017.jpg Podcast - ep 25 Druids, Demons & Teddy Ruxpin - Over in Monte Rio California about 75 miles north of San Francisco is a campground that stretches around 2,700 acres. Every July there's a 2-week campout where the two thousand-plus members and their guests meet up and hang out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/c42239ed-0354-416b-a1f3-fdb9624df23d/022.jpg Podcast - ep 25 Druids, Demons & Teddy Ruxpin - Make it stand out Rich powerful men in drag wouldn't exactly be good press you know. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/7aa51a7b-9d4a-400a-bc00-dbdda4807484/webimage-7081F641-997F-41DE-8C029B634E1A751F.jpg Podcast - ep 25 Druids, Demons & Teddy Ruxpin - Now the creepy part is the big shabang on the first Saturday, there is the Cremation of Care ceremony. which, well, Simply put is a reenactment of child sacrifice to a god like Moloch. Their Idol is a 30-foot Owl which they burn the child-sized effigy to and the members all cheer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1ef08a4d-9782-4c72-8667-7f1527d311d4/Halloween+podcast+episode+full.00_31_44_23.Still002.jpg Podcast - ep 25 Druids, Demons & Teddy Ruxpin - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/18867c91-589f-42ba-ac78-faccf9bd3e21/Halloween+podcast+episode+full.00_33_03_21.Still003.jpg Podcast - ep 25 Druids, Demons & Teddy Ruxpin - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.rickyshistoricaltidbits.com/podcast/how-stockton-got-its-name monthly 0.5 2024-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/4d7e4cc8-0fa5-4191-98c4-64deca5325a5/The_Folsom_Telegraph_1865_09_09_page_1+%281%29.jpg Podcast - ep. 24 How Stockton Got Its Name - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/0b0e3569-9504-4734-a065-95ed6c2a7d3d/p15150coll2_13500_full.jpg Podcast - ep. 24 How Stockton Got Its Name When the party arrived in California this young man got a job working for a man you may have heard of; John Sutter, who was kinda like Elon Musk for California at the time if that makes any sense. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/d73f0777-1541-49bd-a1cd-822724ffb480/CHS-11450.jpg Podcast - ep. 24 How Stockton Got Its Name This young man then changed his name for some reason from Karl David Weber to Charles Weber. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/b2a6ed29-bfea-4662-9d91-306846ad52c2/Rancho+de+loas+franceses.jpg Podcast - ep. 24 How Stockton Got Its Name - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/9edbef6c-6aef-4d68-8531-bc98f632d85f/Portrait-of-Robert-Field-Stockton.jpg Podcast - ep. 24 How Stockton Got Its Name A guy who became famous for his work in California, practically taking over on his own when he wasn't even supposed to be there was a man named Robert Stockton which you can learn all about in my episode about him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/ab826164-d664-4281-91c2-6627b8c63082/Carlos_Maria_Weber+%281%29.jpg Podcast - ep. 24 How Stockton Got Its Name - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.rickyshistoricaltidbits.com/podcast/ep-23-the-fascinating-life-of-james-lick-a-self-made-millionaire-who-revolutionized-california monthly 0.5 2024-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/e35e6289-28b2-4c1b-bf76-281ebda163e9/thiomas+paine.jpg Podcast - ep. 23 The Fascinating Life of James Lick - A Self-Made Millionaire Who Revolutionized California! 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Stockton "Fighting Bob" Admiral Nelson (pictured) was an inspirational figure a hero, a martyr for England, someone this young man would strive to emulate for the rest of his life. within a couple of years, this young man would leave Princeton and begin studying at his uncles’ naval academy. Then his time came in February 1812 to go to war. He was 17 years old. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/72fbcd10-aad3-4e60-89e4-81f38b3a44a1/220px-Commodore_John_Rodgers.jpg Podcast - ep. 20 Robert F. Stockton "Fighting Bob" - Make it stand out Commodore Rodgers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/90371f28-fa33-4758-b192-17e6e183dde0/Portrait-of-Robert-Field-Stockton.jpg Podcast - ep. 20 Robert F. Stockton "Fighting Bob" After the war of 1812, Stockton had moved up to 1st Lieutenant. Very much a fighter as his nickname would suggest He continued in the Navy in the war against the barbary states and during that would find himself in duels with British soldiers who insulted The United States. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/63ff1ce4-f482-4369-8f07-eb13c611b265/20211005_Sierra_Leone_main_mapMapboard_1%402x.jpg Podcast - ep. 20 Robert F. Stockton "Fighting Bob" Their goal was to find a good place in Africa where they could set up a colony for these freed slaves and help them adapt back into the land and be kept safe from the other African Tribes who may want to capture and enslave or simply kill them. So in 1920 This group brought 91 freed slaves to West Africa but the people there said no to their arrival so they jumped from place to place until they were welcomed. which was Sherbo Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/df220a0b-7c6d-4789-a7a1-14809df1b353/liberia.jpg Podcast - ep. 20 Robert F. Stockton "Fighting Bob" The land was given by the tribe kings Peter, George, Yoda and Long Peter. The land was mostly coastal and went on to become the Republic of Liberia. Whose flag looks very similar to the Texas Flag and the American Flag. There are 11 stripes, which symbolize the signatories of the Liberian declaration of independence, the colors white and red symbolize courage and moral excellence. the white star is because Liberia was the first independent republic of Africa and the blue square is Africa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/5af19fab-346d-47e6-8d0e-925c44730b0d/1667502162062.jpg Podcast - ep. 20 Robert F. Stockton "Fighting Bob" For whatever reason when Stockton pulled the string to fire. it exploded and hot metal was blasted all over the place a few people died including the Secretary of state, Secretary of the Navy, and President Tyler's father-in-law. Stockton himself had a piece of iron fly through his leg and his hair all burnt off. He was taken to court over it but was cleared of any wrongdoing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/c6da2ed1-d07c-4b95-8643-6d1cf7307a35/sloat.jpg Podcast - ep. 20 Robert F. Stockton "Fighting Bob" - Commodore Sloat Stockton had no orders to go to California but took the opportunity to tell Commodore Sloat that he was there, it turned out that Sloat was waiting for his replacement so he could go back home and without double checking gave his post to Stockton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1679551493085-W42ZE0ZC8BZ2KAX68PTW/stockton-robert-field-military.jpg Podcast - ep. 20 Robert F. Stockton "Fighting Bob" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1679551432529-UTQZJRVX122T89U7S94M/KearnyS250.jpg Podcast - ep. 20 Robert F. Stockton "Fighting Bob" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1679551253876-GGMNQ1F2BJQ6UR3MVXQR/freemont.jpg Podcast - ep. 20 Robert F. Stockton "Fighting Bob" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/6e8d74d9-3631-44f4-ae49-2e092e00c334/stockton-robert.jpg Podcast - ep. 20 Robert F. Stockton "Fighting Bob" - As a Senator, Stockton advocated for taking the rest of Mexico as well but the lack of Americans living there kept the "All of Mexico" movement from happening as the values of Mexicans did not equal American Values. Stockton also advocated for the banning of flogging as punishment which was passed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/9cdf830d-6dc2-46e5-ab7c-ef81fbefff6e/51vgSKX6gUL.jpg Podcast - ep. 20 Robert F. Stockton "Fighting Bob" A really good book I read while researching Stockton called Robert F. Stockton - Protean Man for a Protean Nation by R. John Brockman puts it well and I will leave you with a quote from the end of that book. https://www.rickyshistoricaltidbits.com/podcast/ep-19-ghirardelli-the-candy-man monthly 0.5 2024-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/88c6f751-93ff-4100-92f5-5465041ab839/Domingo_Ghirardelli_by_an_unidentified_artist%2C_c._1860%2C_salted_paper_print_with_ink_and_watercolor%2C_from_the_National_Portrait_Gallery_-_NPG-NPG_2013_65Ghirardelli-000001.jpg Podcast - ep. 19 Ghirardelli - The Candy Man - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1f59f6a9-3f21-4725-97ce-d1be5a85d2b8/Metropolitan+City+of+Genoa+-+Google+Maps+-+Google+Chrome+3_14_2023+6_20_12+AM.jpg Podcast - ep. 19 Ghirardelli - The Candy Man We start this story back in Italy. In a city known as Genoa. This is where Domenico Ghirardelli was brought up. His dad was a middle-class spice merchant who wanted his son to have a trade as he did. So Young Domenico began his apprenticeship at a fancy schmancy chocolate company called Romanego, that is where Domenico learned all the ins and outs of running a confectionary business and how to make those chocolates and other candies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/ab0a0336-c8ca-4749-af17-8b2dfab16138/Giuseppe_Garibaldi_%281866%29.jpg Podcast - ep. 19 Ghirardelli - The Candy Man - Picture is of Garibaldi Not long after Garibaldi fled, Domenico fled as well. Was Domenico also sentenced to death? I could not find the answer. However, I did find that Genoa, Where Domenico lived, was like Portland, Oregon. Nice place with lots of jobs and stuff but known for its riots. So maybe He fled to get out of that kind of environment. We don't know. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/2615155d-c3b1-4fbf-8a0d-96de388eb155/Metropolitan+City+of+Genoa+-+Google+Maps+-+Google+Chrome+3_14_2023+6_21_16+AM.jpg Podcast - ep. 19 Ghirardelli - The Candy Man So, in 1838 Domenico at 20 years old and his new wife moved to Montevideo, Uruguay where he got a job at a coffee and chocolate store. He didn't stay long, Uruguay had its border problems so They moved on to Lima Peru the next year. Here is where he opened his first store and it happened to be next to a popular American Businessman James Lick who Domenico became good friends with. At this point, Domenico changed his name to be more Spanish, Domingo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/e64c2ca7-0bca-40e7-bea2-0627c145dc7c/220px-Early_Ghirardelli_Advertisement.jpg Podcast - ep. 19 Ghirardelli - The Candy Man - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/2fca40d0-a162-409c-a6e0-f7ba6097a983/The+Ghirardelli+Story+on+JSTOR+-+Google+Chrome+3_14_2023+6_11_20+AM.jpg Podcast - ep. 19 Ghirardelli - The Candy Man - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/9be16ef9-ce79-4e39-8d12-3a7388b81ab3/fede4fdbf133e0f590a3870ad4e55cf2.jpeg Podcast - ep. 19 Ghirardelli - The Candy Man By the way, though far from Italy he still believed in the unification cause and helped fund the redshirts which are not the same as the American red shirts FYI. The Italian Redshirts were the guerilla volunteer revolutionaries under Giuseppe Garibaldi who after 14 years in exile returned to fight for the cause and lead Italy to victory establishing the Kingdom of Italy and making Rome it’s capital. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/3e014ddf-2411-49d9-96be-9a3ac8e12b0a/The+Ghirardelli+Story+on+JSTOR+-+Google+Chrome+3_14_2023+6_13_08+AM.jpg Podcast - ep. 19 Ghirardelli - The Candy Man - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/b1141c5a-6160-4699-bab0-a35a6cb9ae58/The+Ghirardelli+Story+on+JSTOR+-+Google+Chrome+3_14_2023+6_13_08+AM.jpg Podcast - ep. 19 Ghirardelli - The Candy Man - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/9a36acb6-e5da-44c7-932e-24a319a2f904/Portrait_of_Domingo_Ghirardelli.jpg Podcast - ep. 19 Ghirardelli - The Candy Man He and his sons started up once again though working harder than ever before and soon they were selling all over the world. Domingo retired in 1892 and then went to visit his homeland where he got the flu and died in 1894. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/5de5c08d-cf2a-415d-8f25-fc3198a678e3/The+Ghirardelli+Story+on+JSTOR+-+Google+Chrome+3_14_2023+6_11_55+AM.jpg Podcast - ep. 19 Ghirardelli - The Candy Man - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/7913a564-a4d4-4c65-a51d-ee18689d1fb3/tf1k4005fv-FID3.jpg Podcast - ep. 19 Ghirardelli - The Candy Man The Ghirardelli company continued on and did very well, eventually putting up the famous sign in 1923. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/e03dfd87-8774-4087-8cbd-1e99a40e2629/Domingo_Girahadelli-e1591822554638.jpg Podcast - ep. 19 Ghirardelli - The Candy Man - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.rickyshistoricaltidbits.com/podcast/largest-gold-nugget-in-ca monthly 0.5 2023-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/31b6d92b-2acf-48ac-a675-bccc42ee1e8f/gold+vial.jpeg Podcast - ep 18. Largest Gold Nugget in CA No doubt you have seen those tiny bottles for sale for like 5 bucks and inside are a few flakes of gold, and maybe you think to yourself, was gold mining like this? Did people really get all excited for a tiny little flake they saw in the water? In this episode, I will be covering the largest known gold nuggets ever found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/d4de0545-e059-4d62-bd07-a9539f24c117/quartz+gold.jfif Podcast - ep 18. Largest Gold Nugget in CA - Gold Quartz Just as the name would suggest, its when you find crystalline gold in and around some quartz. its pretty to look at and very rare to find https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/a3bc2e0a-828b-4034-bf3d-a77295559e97/crystalline+gold.jpg Podcast - ep 18. Largest Gold Nugget in CA - 2. Crystalline Gold crystalline gold which is fairly rare as well because a crystalline gold nugget would be pure gold with no other rocks attached https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/c8c766d7-8cc8-4a48-9be3-d6ea6b5b5cf3/gold+crystal.jpg Podcast - ep 18. Largest Gold Nugget in CA - 3. Gold Crystal Similar to crystalline but are more crystally looking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/ee442606-0899-4e14-8284-6e677225cfdd/placer+gold.jpg Podcast - ep 18. Largest Gold Nugget in CA - 4. Placer Gold Which is all other kinds of gold you might find. usually wrapped or attached to other rocks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/860fddca-d369-41c9-9d0e-c24f97cf65c1/fricot+nugget.jpg Podcast - ep 18. Largest Gold Nugget in CA The Fricot Nugget was found in El Dorado County in Spanish Diggins at the Grit Mine, by Mr. Davis in 1865. It was found about 200 feet down because it was crystalline, not a placer, they sent it to New York where it was sold to a guy named Mr. Fricot. who happened to have lived in Grass Valley oddly enough. It was a showpiece and traveled the world and now is at the mining and mineral museum in Mariposa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/5089ee1d-033d-40c9-9ff7-1231288903bf/sutter+butte+gold.jpg Podcast - ep 18. Largest Gold Nugget in CA The Monumental Nugget was found at the Sierra Butte Mine at the 8th level in the mine back in 1869. I wasn’t able to find out if it was still around or if it got melted down but you can find a fake one at the Kentucky Mine Museum which I have been to and highly recommend checking out. The picture is of the fake one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/dc604e37-27f7-4924-8efd-763f1c45ff6b/_105414462_welcome-stranger-nugget.jpg Podcast - ep 18. Largest Gold Nugget in CA The Australian gold nugget was called, Welcome Stranger, and it originally weighed 241 pounds. The extra rock that was stuck to it was trimmed off which made it go down to 210 lbs. This gold oddly enough was found only an inch underground found in Victoria back in 1869. This thing was too big to be weighed and since they were just going to melt it down anyway it was broken into a few pieces and melted into a bunch of ingots (which is a block) then shipped off to England. https://www.rickyshistoricaltidbits.com/podcast/the-jenny-lind-steamboat-disaster monthly 0.5 2024-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/f9f54632-621b-4ac5-8aa5-3e98a056b2df/jenny+lind.00_01_48_25.Still001.jpg Podcast - ep. 17 The Jenny Lind Steamboat Disaster - Alviso, You may have never heard of it before, it was a port that was used for shipping to San Francisco from the San Jose area. Sending in things like hay, lumber, and produce to the city in addition to passengers who would rather not take a long carriage ride to the city. The San Francisco and San Jose railroads were not built yet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1675318211736-R2XTDCF48R5YZ9POXABT/barnum_pt.jpg Podcast - ep. 17 The Jenny Lind Steamboat Disaster https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1675318216321-87QSFF8UAAD06PADO3NP/Magnus_Jenny_Lind.jpg Podcast - ep. 17 The Jenny Lind Steamboat Disaster https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/2a3e47c2-6898-4e5c-afc1-8e87f53f7eba/5049161402030087.jpeg Podcast - ep. 17 The Jenny Lind Steamboat Disaster - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.rickyshistoricaltidbits.com/podcast/e-clampus-vitus-exposed monthly 0.5 2024-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/046ff78f-1473-47c9-bd57-9800fc3e8066/Vitus_CXXVr.jpg Podcast - ep. 16 E. Clampus Vitus Exposed - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/7c4ee22f-d6ad-4ac8-9b9d-d68a3e9c4dcf/TheDons_Detail.jpg Podcast - ep. 16 E. Clampus Vitus Exposed Now the legend continues even further, Word got back to China that Gum Shan was claimed for China and it was a land where E. Clampus Vitus was widely accepted. So another man set sail for the land bringing 300 slave girls with him to populate the land for the order. On the Journey, one particular slave girl led a revolt and threw all the men overboard and the sharks ate them up. That Slave girl was named Hop Mee and she claimed herself, empress of the land of Gum Shan, it is said she is the person that the legend of Calafia is based. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/9f74436a-c71b-4146-9891-626f48cdd7f0/download+%281%29.jfif Podcast - ep. 16 E. Clampus Vitus Exposed The last part of their ancient history is this, The first Clamper in recorded history showed up at the end of the Mesozoic era and quickly made himself a red shirt and then made the first Hewgag which is a horn, from the horn of a triceratops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1674551478713-IGYL5FH2X8RM418Q1L7M/Mason-Logo-Classic.jpg Podcast - ep. 16 E. Clampus Vitus Exposed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1674551479021-MH6ZS15YNTZVKVL64HNB/ioof-200-il-license-6.png Podcast - ep. 16 E. Clampus Vitus Exposed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/f74b24b2-b9e1-4be2-93ad-2be617dbd177/ephrahim+bee.jpg Podcast - ep. 16 E. Clampus Vitus Exposed It was created by a guy named Ephraim Bee in Virginia before it became West Virginia. Ephraim was born in the first few years of 1800 but nobody seems to know exactly. He was mainly a tavern and hotel owner and a blacksmith. He was not a high society man who would be admitted into high-class fraternities like the Freemasons he also had a speech impediment which didn't help him either. So he lived a life of practical jokes, one day a man named Caleb Cushing came to Virginia from China and he came up with a great idea to make fun of the stuffed shirt guys and created a secret society called E. Clampus Vitus, The idea behind it would be that it is a special ancient order with many secrets of truth and knowledge that came from China. The scion of the house of Confucius was charged to instruct the new grand gyanscutis in the rules, secrets, and sacred mysteries and to communicate the grip, signs, and password of E. Clampus Vitus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1e72e7c1-a926-4305-8471-a52b70c40fca/4792_Mouth+of+Jaco+Cave+%282011%29+-+Doddridge+County+Historical+Society.jpg Podcast - ep. 16 E. Clampus Vitus Exposed - Ephraim has another part to history I think would be a shame to not mention Though he had 2 slaves he helped in the Underground Railroad, nearby his tavern was a place called Jaco Cave where a man named Luke Jaco would hide slaves on their way north, when Mr. Jaco needed to move the slaves Ephraim Bee would stage a brawl over at his tavern to be a distraction while the slaves got away. Years later, Bee got into politics and voted for emancipation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/e783bba3-68d0-48c5-a9cf-da541c37eb96/josephandmaryzumwalt1849.jpg Podcast - ep. 16 E. Clampus Vitus Exposed - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/77981271-5d25-48c7-829d-39cc845cb5c1/0648480_CA_Mokelumne_Hill.jpg Podcast - ep. 16 E. Clampus Vitus Exposed - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/7c123496-5535-401b-8d95-ca826a3ce5af/pva0118a.jpg Podcast - ep. 16 E. Clampus Vitus Exposed That chapter did really well and soon E. Clampus Vitus was all over the place pretty much every mining camp had one. It was in California where the signature Red Shirts came about and the random buttons, pins, and ribbons. Continuing on to thumb their noses at the rich high society folk in the Freemasons and other groups, the miners would present each other with cut-up tin can lids as medals like the other groups who had fancy medals that they wore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/4f74f8dd-f0b8-4a98-a330-5be9d2a5b537/stevelow.jpg Podcast - ep. 16 E. Clampus Vitus Exposed - Make it stand out Fun fact, the California legislature at one time had to close because so many congressmen were clampers and they had some kind of event and ditched the capital when the “Hewgag Brayed” The Hewgag is a long tin horn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1674552786187-NO45WPI0JLCYG4LUN9F2/carl-wheat-1950.png Podcast - ep. 16 E. Clampus Vitus Exposed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1674552783749-SI7F67DPIBQ3688TQCJA/george+ezra+dane.jpg Podcast - ep. 16 E. Clampus Vitus Exposed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1674552813431-PHEZHNCTHM8RPIBMKFS6/leon%2Bo%2Bwhitsell.jpg Podcast - ep. 16 E. Clampus Vitus Exposed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/2415a300-4279-44a3-b8a3-a7462c96374b/27754491_128982498784.jpg Podcast - ep. 16 E. Clampus Vitus Exposed Word went out and out of nowhere, a man called in saying he was a member back in the 1880s. Carl and his group went down to meet the last living Grand Humbug, that's the title of the leader of the lodge, Adam Lee Moore. He told them all about his time in the order and told them the initiations they used to do. Mr. Wheat then went on to crown him Clampatriarch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/214e465a-bbe2-4fd3-94d1-4e21f6ec1f1b/drakesplateofbrass-768x501.jpg Podcast - ep. 16 E. Clampus Vitus Exposed - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/ae95ada2-1d33-425a-9d44-0825fc194663/323542969_638503808046109_8463176622634934108_n.jpg Podcast - ep. 16 E. Clampus Vitus Exposed Ronald Reagan who is said to have been a clamper, when Governor of California Declared July 6th 1968 as E. Clampus Vitus day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/fa3da3c5-75ef-4382-b2a4-cf0d07ab1419/e-Clampus-Vitus-Plaque-Volcano.jpg Podcast - ep. 16 E. Clampus Vitus Exposed Today clampers wear the traditional red shirt, some wear top hats and black vests with all kinds of buttons ribbons, and patches on them, they make plaques and place them in places where something historical happened that typically wouldn't be in a history book like Moosemilk, look it up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1674553728055-17AOQM3V5M6JKGNC24SS/324158142_727929185327606_9154120706345325586_n.jpg Podcast - ep. 16 E. Clampus Vitus Exposed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1674553728814-EHBF0ZYRB5Q3TNKW2A9A/326217494_1615294725639490_2697303402144763694_n.jpg Podcast - ep. 16 E. 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Clampus Vitus Exposed - Make it stand out You might recognize the guy in the middle from Pawn Stars, he is known as the beard of knowledge. https://www.rickyshistoricaltidbits.com/podcast/ep-15-keep-bigler-blue-the-lake-tahoe-name-controversey monthly 0.5 2024-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/118dbf70-fb71-49ec-b1b3-7924aab7dab3/keep+bigler+blue.png Podcast - ep. 15 Keep Bigler Blue - The Lake Tahoe Name Controversy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1673951595053-OYV7VYUEIAXTHRE4UDL6/My+project-1+%285%29.png Podcast - ep. 15 Keep Bigler Blue - The Lake Tahoe Name Controversy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1673951595048-7N3TRNAA78JIZT4ISYTV/My+project-1+%286%29.png Podcast - ep. 15 Keep Bigler Blue - The Lake Tahoe Name Controversy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1673941235824-QYWTILM78Z30I5U6VOZ8/CalifNevada1860s.jpg Podcast - ep. 15 Keep Bigler Blue - The Lake Tahoe Name Controversy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1673941235655-PDQNZYXFZSGP6PSDGDC3/Bigler_OR_Tahoe.jpg Podcast - ep. 15 Keep Bigler Blue - The Lake Tahoe Name Controversy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/8c87cfd8-2c3b-4538-9909-37af3b47d8c2/John_Bigler_painting.jpg Podcast - ep. 15 Keep Bigler Blue - The Lake Tahoe Name Controversy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1673941732451-UAJHH2IKLN8VWA5YHSKY/george-washington-the-munro-lenox-portrait-5e7a4a-640.jpg Podcast - ep. 15 Keep Bigler Blue - The Lake Tahoe Name Controversy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1673941749811-OM9FXMYOODNBJNR66TSQ/download+%289%29.png Podcast - ep. 15 Keep Bigler Blue - The Lake Tahoe Name Controversy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/305dfb11-7f28-42aa-9b2a-ff686ca2e063/CalifNevada1860s.jpg Podcast - ep. 15 Keep Bigler Blue - The Lake Tahoe Name Controversy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/bc429c0d-77bf-4f1a-bd46-5ba5494de57b/download+%2810%29.png Podcast - ep. 15 Keep Bigler Blue - The Lake Tahoe Name Controversy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/797206b4-3bdb-4beb-963c-e51001aaa625/Mark_Twain_by_AF_Bradley.jpg Podcast - ep. 15 Keep Bigler Blue - The Lake Tahoe Name Controversy I hope some bird will catch this Grub the next time he calls Lake Bigler by so disgustingly sick and silly a name as "Lake Tahoe." I have removed the offensive word from his letter and substituted the old one, which at least has a Christian English twang about it whether it is pretty or not. Of course Indian names are more fitting than any others for our beautiful lakes and rivers, which knew their race ages ago, perhaps, in the morning of creation, but let us have none so repulsive to the ear as "Tahoe" for the beautiful relic of fairy-land forgotten and left asleep in the snowy Sierras when the little elves fled from their ancient haunts and quitted the earth. They say it means "Fallen Leaf" - well suppose it meant fallen devil or fallen angel, would that render its hideous, discordant syllables more endurable? Not if I know myself. I yearn for the scalp of the soft-shell crab - be he injun or white man - who conceived of that spoony, slobbering, summer-complaint of a name. Why, if I had a grudge against a half-price n****r, I wouldn't be mean enough to call him by such an epithet as that; then, how am I to hear it applied to the enchanted mirror that the viewless spirits of the air make their toilets by, and hold my peace? "Tahoe" - it sounds as weak as soup for a sick infant. "Tahoe" be - forgotten! I just saved my reputation that time. In conclusion, "Grub," I mean to start to Lake Bigler myself, Monday morning, or somebody shall come to grief. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/bba0d2e6-9049-4e1c-92fe-d0571b67a961/2007-0341.jpg Podcast - ep. 15 Keep Bigler Blue - The Lake Tahoe Name Controversy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.rickyshistoricaltidbits.com/podcast/ep-14-black-bart-the-po8 monthly 0.5 2024-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/d96d2c03-e62c-4bf9-b0bf-475e056c64f4/black-bart.jpg Podcast - ep. 14 Black Bart - The Po8 In this episode of Ricky's Historical Tidbits, I share with you the story of my favorite criminal, Charley Boles also known as Black Bart. He robbed 28 stagecoaches in his bandit career and was eventually caught and sent to San Quentin. You can Listen, watch or read. I got you covered. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/f8f9d145-a39a-4fb7-ab62-8faf0aba907e/NMAH-AHB2018q101897.jpg Podcast - ep. 14 Black Bart - The Po8 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/6193abed-1862-4fc3-bad6-639b28f826a8/11641_lg.jpg Podcast - ep. 14 Black Bart - The Po8 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/025bbed3-6fd3-4240-bb51-747d30d68bab/service-pnp-cph-3c20000-3c27000-3c27500-3c27598v.jpg Podcast - ep. 14 Black Bart - The Po8 - Make it stand out Drawings of Sherman’s March (scorched earth warfare) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/caeed5e6-b71d-49be-a75b-6cb3045bf91e/WagonLongTom.jpg Podcast - ep. 14 Black Bart - The Po8 - Make it stand out Example of a “Long Tom” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/54c21fb4-c1ca-47c2-885b-32a4b4da966e/SDU18710513.1.3-254-2536-957-493-479w.jpg Podcast - ep. 14 Black Bart - The Po8 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/bf40436b-a282-4f3b-9a9a-4fce4adace55/GUEST_2b65e21f-b610-4fd5-bd9d-ea3e2fdd83e8.jfif Podcast - ep. 14 Black Bart - The Po8 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/972f1c29-e46d-4b89-a7b2-b2aff31d4f27/images.jfif Podcast - ep. 14 Black Bart - The Po8 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/b88d4bcb-63c7-4f35-b38c-b71e111d0ece/bbart1.jpg Podcast - ep. 14 Black Bart - The Po8 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/6a7c50e9-9598-4a9d-973e-5fb58c9fb26d/black-bart-wanted-poster.jpg Podcast - ep. 14 Black Bart - The Po8 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1669763142932-7C2EPI0U0KC42MWRQK78/Charles_Bowles_aka_Black_Bart.jpg Podcast - ep. 14 Black Bart - The Po8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1669763276213-UY4SWKTN88M3WIIUU6E5/mcjamesbhume.jpg Podcast - ep. 14 Black Bart - The Po8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/67ca1f00-211c-43a4-8540-d54b8221f29c/black-bart-norfolk-england.jpg Podcast - ep. 14 Black Bart - The Po8 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/0dbea7ca-7f64-430d-b726-09f92fa157a5/tf9779p4wz-FID3.jpg Podcast - ep. 14 Black Bart - The Po8 - Make it stand out Hospital of San Quentin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1d84bd53-5342-4812-aa42-df7508c50b55/Sacramento-Daily-Record-Union-January%2C2-1888-p-1.jpeg Podcast - ep. 14 Black Bart - The Po8 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1669765522686-6MBNCZHVBPT6PT0IYOZS/Screenshot+%2851%29.png Podcast - ep. 14 Black Bart - The Po8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1669765523528-ZZVDZE4S71DJLE4ZY85S/Screenshot+%2852%29.png Podcast - ep. 14 Black Bart - The Po8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/a40ece03-a526-4aac-9e98-203e89563982/12244387_512713395558256_7080304722602897096_o-2-1200x675.jpg Podcast - ep. 14 Black Bart - The Po8 The museum in San Andreas is an absolute must for Black Bart stuff and it’s just an awesome museum in general. 30 North Main Street San Andreas, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/c330c60a-f067-47af-ad75-35733088d9b9/SDU18710513.1.3-254-2536-957-493-479w.jpg Podcast - ep. 14 Black Bart - The Po8 - Make it stand out I have the full dime novel here if you want to read it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/6cb6c297-b2e0-4ee8-93dc-9b605a64b88e/311586673_10228832477344999_4095372361173807718_n.jpg Podcast - ep. 14 Black Bart - The Po8 Black Bart is one of the 10 "Miners" that are featured in the Miners on Main scavenger hunt over on Main street Placerville. if you find yourself in Placerville be sure to check out all the shops and have a good time doing the scavenger hunt then if you are curious about any of them come back here as I have done a blogcast on all 10 for you to enjoy. https://www.rickyshistoricaltidbits.com/podcast/frederick-bee-mandarin-of-the-blue-button monthly 0.5 2024-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/87ea7f49-5ce1-42c7-8a85-e8656f110169/10515150_279231645615487_8631105978731155597_o.jpg Podcast - ep. 13 Frederick Bee - Mandarin of the Blue Button - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/5b890688-feca-42f2-8045-832d97ad5fcc/SDU18550927.2.3-a7-455w.jpg Podcast - ep. 13 Frederick Bee - Mandarin of the Blue Button - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/6cfeffef-d9ba-428f-9de0-61402ba811ea/Screenshot+%2849%29.png Podcast - ep. 13 Frederick Bee - Mandarin of the Blue Button - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/470417c7-6394-4879-a31d-8758384bf590/Screenshot+%2846%29.png Podcast - ep. 13 Frederick Bee - Mandarin of the Blue Button - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/a5c69c00-e7c0-4831-893d-150bb659f704/beestamp.jpg Podcast - ep. 13 Frederick Bee - Mandarin of the Blue Button - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/6478468f-49a2-42b7-86a1-1da958d5c7e2/CentralOverlandExpress.jpg Podcast - ep. 13 Frederick Bee - Mandarin of the Blue Button - Make it stand out The Pony Express was replaced by the Telegraph. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/816c064b-cef3-4d89-9bdd-6a6a0f51ecc3/beecolor.jpg Podcast - ep. 13 Frederick Bee - Mandarin of the Blue Button I believe that the immortal truths of the Declaration of Independence came from the same source with the Golden Rule and the Sermon on the Mount... As surely as the path on which our fathers entered a hundred years ago led to safety, to strength, to glory, so surely will the path on which we now propose to enter bring us to shame, to weakness, and to peril. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/08fca457-0b48-4e78-8727-09fed0f45bd2/medallionzoom.jpg Podcast - ep. 13 Frederick Bee - Mandarin of the Blue Button - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/2eadf861-ce82-4300-8e97-c07d34fef3cf/Screenshot+%2848%29.png Podcast - ep. 13 Frederick Bee - Mandarin of the Blue Button - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/c7f345b3-331e-48a6-8a7b-c6003118adcc/investigating+rock+springs+massacre.jpg Podcast - ep. 13 Frederick Bee - Mandarin of the Blue Button - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.rickyshistoricaltidbits.com/podcast/lucy-batterman monthly 0.5 2023-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/f0e60a28-0577-4601-b203-4f4509de10de/Placerville-Mountain-Democrat-May-09-1891-p-8.jpg Podcast - ep. 12 Lucy Batterman -The Pie Lady of Placerville - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.rickyshistoricaltidbits.com/podcast/eliza-mckinstry monthly 0.5 2023-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/55b02076-7851-4750-9a12-db9d8fd249e4/Placerville-Mountain-Democrat-December%2C30-1854-p-2.jpg Podcast - ep. 11 Eliza McKinstry - A Woman of Temperance - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/ef915952-da9c-4213-818f-0188d2bdb555/Placerville-Mountain-Democrat-March%2C25-1854-p-4.jpg Podcast - ep. 11 Eliza McKinstry - A Woman of Temperance - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.rickyshistoricaltidbits.com/podcast/george-g-blanchard monthly 0.5 2023-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/3fd05e62-aba7-4787-beba-e58e1146f057/Mountain-Democrat-August%2C6-1864-p-1.jpg Podcast - ep. 10 George G. Blanchard - The Judge - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/45b8864b-d5db-48e3-a76d-b450f6569e1b/Sacramento-Daily-Record-Union-February%2C13-1882-p-3.jpg Podcast - ep. 10 George G. Blanchard - The Judge - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.rickyshistoricaltidbits.com/podcast/dorothea-zeisz-the-pioneer-grandma monthly 0.5 2023-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/a2f39a35-ec60-428d-8d55-646af98b0301/content+%282%29.jpg Podcast - ep. 9 Dorothea Zeisz - The Pioneer Grandma - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/0d01f23c-d0fe-4817-bb45-8a2b3c72919c/vtg-george-mathis-pencil-signed_1_38f460ff0f73a5e0f87457d04940829a.jpg Podcast - ep. 9 Dorothea Zeisz - The Pioneer Grandma - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/ec61ed81-c036-4437-a0bb-e4fcd4f09016/content.jpg Podcast - ep. 9 Dorothea Zeisz - The Pioneer Grandma - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/079e9c4b-b69b-4abc-bd35-4acd6d1f63a7/content+%284%29.jpg Podcast - ep. 9 Dorothea Zeisz - The Pioneer Grandma - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/c9f3d394-f418-426f-bd92-1c76c8361a59/content+%283%29.jpg Podcast - ep. 9 Dorothea Zeisz - The Pioneer Grandma - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.rickyshistoricaltidbits.com/podcast/sheriff-james-hume-the-sherlock-holmes-of-the-wild-west monthly 0.5 2024-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/df1ae4a7-1223-4340-942c-b405a87ace4f/mcjamesbhume.jpg Podcast - ep. 8 Sheriff James Hume - The Sherlock Holmes of the Wild West - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1664261106702-PLH294X42NCEE4RR4DO7/humebadge.jpg Podcast - ep. 8 Sheriff James Hume - The Sherlock Holmes of the Wild West https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1664261106702-HDG166D3D4YP2HC64D4J/humebadgeunder.jpg Podcast - ep. 8 Sheriff James Hume - The Sherlock Holmes of the Wild West https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/22ae12c9-919e-4738-9403-8561c730efe4/stagerobbery.jpg Podcast - ep. 8 Sheriff James Hume - The Sherlock Holmes of the Wild West - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/d262fc3a-2aac-429d-a7bd-2942761bafdd/1998_NYE_08181_0207_000%28112500%29.jpg Podcast - ep. 8 Sheriff James Hume - The Sherlock Holmes of the Wild West - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/7cea379d-a8a0-4b03-b16d-303f4d658d3f/Screenshot+%281%29.png Podcast - ep. 8 Sheriff James Hume - The Sherlock Holmes of the Wild West - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/37469a14-a8c1-48fa-a53b-f015ff2849d7/rufus-henry-ingram-0893741a-6c70-407e-b1bb-5be9ba5dc99-resize-750.jpg Podcast - ep. 8 Sheriff James Hume - The Sherlock Holmes of the Wild West - This is Thomas Poole, He was one of the Ingram Rangers at the Somerset House and was the man that was shot by Deputy Sheriff Staples and then returned fire killing Deputy Staples. After deciding the leave Constable Ranney to die from his wounds the group left but also left Mr. Poole to die as well from his wounds. But he survived. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/ec084d31-ef3b-408d-ab28-361f792b36c7/Nevada-State-Prison-in1870s.jpg Podcast - ep. 8 Sheriff James Hume - The Sherlock Holmes of the Wild West - Make it stand out Nevada State Prison in the 1870s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/6d2687e5-ca50-42cf-9490-9b4c5a6f9271/GBH_Security_Slideshow_01_800x450-900x0-c-default.jpg Podcast - ep. 8 Sheriff James Hume - The Sherlock Holmes of the Wild West - Make it stand out The “Mug Book” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/b1556e00-e15a-4195-a07a-3e02cbf6b339/GBH_Security_Slideshow_04_800x450-900x0-c-default.jpg Podcast - ep. 8 Sheriff James Hume - The Sherlock Holmes of the Wild West - Make it stand out The compilation of criminals, descriptions, and crime details book Mr.Hume made to help Law Enforcement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/805b8fd0-e6e5-4f04-b2eb-43f3701b34c4/San-Francisco-Call-May%2C19-1904-p-14.jpeg Podcast - ep. 8 Sheriff James Hume - The Sherlock Holmes of the Wild West - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/8805705b-2f14-405b-96f8-0f99848d75b9/San-Francisco-Call-May%2C19-1904-p-14+%281%29.jpeg Podcast - ep. 8 Sheriff James Hume - The Sherlock Holmes of the Wild West - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.rickyshistoricaltidbits.com/podcast/wheelbarrow-johnny-the-story-of-john-studebaker monthly 0.5 2024-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/c1d64f03-eca9-40bc-9e26-5cb867b393d5/JM-crop-headshot-for-web.jpg Podcast - ep. 7 Wheelbarrow Johnny - The Story of John Studebaker - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/59b4f22d-cfbd-4b1d-bf58-c9548dd216ba/Hangtown%2B1850.jpg Podcast - ep. 7 Wheelbarrow Johnny - The Story of John Studebaker - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/24ef7358-a529-4cc0-a697-dd5228c5d9c8/Studebaker+Blacksmith+Shop%2BHangtown%2BPlacerville%2BCalifornia+%281%29.jpg Podcast - ep. 7 Wheelbarrow Johnny - The Story of John Studebaker - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/7809e81a-fb55-480b-8d63-1825ee8d9462/wheelbarrow.jpg Podcast - ep. 7 Wheelbarrow Johnny - The Story of John Studebaker - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/42c238a5-4a68-4e86-8566-d4afe6b53022/970d6dd3-3aed-44ba-966c-db644a036088-sied4a562b6116e7c0e0.jpg Podcast - ep. 7 Wheelbarrow Johnny - The Story of John Studebaker In rebuilding the town, it was also rebranded. Hangtown burned down and Placerville was rebuilt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/33173862-2e74-44d2-9eac-2e1a41d7bd0c/300px-Studebaker-234-1.jpg Podcast - ep. 7 Wheelbarrow Johnny - The Story of John Studebaker - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/5523b391-cc2c-4d90-a1cb-0a5a4c95c64e/1852-1st-shop-1852-web.jpg Podcast - ep. 7 Wheelbarrow Johnny - The Story of John Studebaker - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/e68d384d-d4ad-45eb-95e1-f5967929a012/_6928003_orig.jpg Podcast - ep. 7 Wheelbarrow Johnny - The Story of John Studebaker - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/9414c3d5-5600-407c-9361-af4624a3b9a7/1868+Evans+Ambulance+-+sized+with+text+copy.jpg Podcast - ep. 7 Wheelbarrow Johnny - The Story of John Studebaker - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/6050fec8-a9f8-49ff-b064-fb2265844899/the-studebaker-national-museum-3-1024x683.jpg Podcast - ep. 7 Wheelbarrow Johnny - The Story of John Studebaker - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/3e10be8e-78bd-4f5b-9e8b-483e843203d7/400px-1903stud1.jpg Podcast - ep. 7 Wheelbarrow Johnny - The Story of John Studebaker - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/04c2bdb1-e114-4c27-8ffb-9356ca8c66bf/images.jpg Podcast - ep. 7 Wheelbarrow Johnny - The Story of John Studebaker - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/61e143ca-5091-46c3-93b9-716899582043/yankee-sullivan.jpg Podcast - ep. 7 Wheelbarrow Johnny - The Story of John Studebaker - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/adcf392d-0133-462a-bedc-0840367058fd/studebakersidebar+%281%29.jpg Podcast - ep. 7 Wheelbarrow Johnny - The Story of John Studebaker "I probably wouldn't have made my start if it had not been for my experience with you. I've always appreciated your friendship. Struggling together, we learned 'Life is what you get out of it’ and 'What you get out of it is what you put into it.' We learned to work hard, treat everyone equally and deliver more than we promised" https://www.rickyshistoricaltidbits.com/podcast/robbers-roost-the-gassaway-gang monthly 0.5 2023-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/b9960989-8dc4-4c78-a450-a4749c881aea/IMG_2341+%281%29.jpg Podcast - ep 6. Robbers Roost - The Gassaway Gang - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.rickyshistoricaltidbits.com/podcast/may-woolsey-the-trunk-under-the-stairs monthly 0.5 2023-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/e4606c7f-e09c-4b78-a946-972f69c47d0b/woolsey-photo-from-trunk-1-of-1-782x1024.jpg Podcast - ep 5. May Woolsey - The Trunk Under the Stairs - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/09636b09-e964-409a-8e5e-00e53dcdc2a0/woolsey-house-1-of-1-957x1024.jpg Podcast - ep 5. May Woolsey - The Trunk Under the Stairs - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/c482a873-b1a0-48b1-a052-d80ac76f78c8/clip_108964671.jpg Podcast - ep 5. May Woolsey - The Trunk Under the Stairs - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/b792380d-d87f-4467-8134-febcc857ce62/clip_108964942.jpg Podcast - ep 5. May Woolsey - The Trunk Under the Stairs - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/661a4c4d-4583-4736-afac-357e2a49d891/19811150520.jpg Podcast - ep 5. May Woolsey - The Trunk Under the Stairs - Dear Mama I am so happy as I did write to to you and say I was happy. Now mama dear, do not weep for me. I am not dead, only gone to wait your coming... oh what pleasure there is in spirit life. No one can tell... an everlasting life of pleasure where we know no sorrow. You will outlive this. Your mission on Earth is not done yet. From your darling May https://www.rickyshistoricaltidbits.com/podcast/the-mountain-brewery-a-victim-of-prohibition monthly 0.5 2023-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/165fb48a-cb8e-4995-bcc3-b78957303ead/Screenshot+%2838%29.png Podcast - ep 4 The Mountain Brewery - A Victim of Prohibition - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/bd0e8d51-291a-4eaf-a876-2ad88c6280b2/My+project-1+%282%29.png Podcast - ep 4 The Mountain Brewery - A Victim of Prohibition Mari came from Germany to the United States to visit her sister in Auburn. She was 16 at the time and while in the U.S. she met a man, also from Germany named Fredrick Giebenhain. They got married the next year 1857. Fredrick at the time was a miner hoping to find some gold but after getting married they moved to Placerville where he opened up a brewery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/2513fae8-1fec-43cd-b305-4c00e27da777/Placerville-Mountain-Democrat-June%2C5-1897-p-9.jpg Podcast - ep 4 The Mountain Brewery - A Victim of Prohibition - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/4c5caaaa-3334-4257-b3e0-b884ef860402/Placerville-Mountain-Democrat-May%2C29-1897-p-10.jpg Podcast - ep 4 The Mountain Brewery - A Victim of Prohibition - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1661842805529-NWZBZ2PN5ZPO9BSZL44I/My%2Bproject-1%2B%25283%2529.jpg Podcast - ep 4 The Mountain Brewery - A Victim of Prohibition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1661842564498-BYESZUTPJQPPNWEJP8FO/Screenshot+%2840%29.png Podcast - ep 4 The Mountain Brewery - A Victim of Prohibition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/d121db6d-20d7-446d-b1fc-e0b8b5e7a6a0/Placerville-Mountain-Democrat-Feb+8%2C+1919-p-10.jpg Podcast - ep 4 The Mountain Brewery - A Victim of Prohibition - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/e6496692-de26-43e0-add0-ad4d937e1d4a/Berkeley-Daily-Gazette-March%2C25-1930-p-5.jpg Podcast - ep 4 The Mountain Brewery - A Victim of Prohibition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/9b6043c1-3188-4b4f-99bf-fcdf7fc5a6ae/Placerville-Mountain-Democrat-July%2C16-1926-p-1.jpg Podcast - ep 4 The Mountain Brewery - A Victim of Prohibition - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.rickyshistoricaltidbits.com/podcast/preston-castle-ancient-home-to-queen-calafia monthly 0.5 2023-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/b933e03c-a4f2-45f6-9ef0-8d7041513652/Screenshot+%284%29.png Podcast - ep. 3 Preston Castle - Ancient home to Queen Calafia? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/216b5ef2-9c6f-474a-bdb7-892e03ebad01/Dx40Bv1VsAE9hVK.jpg Podcast - ep. 3 Preston Castle - Ancient home to Queen Calafia? In the magical land of California, there once was a queen named Calafia who ruled over the land. Calafia was a mighty queen ruling with an army of griffins and when in battle wore armor of fish bones likely salmon bones from the American river. Gold was everywhere in the land and Calafia was adorned by it on all accounts. California at this time was an all-female land of warriors and Calafia one day got word of a battle looming in Constantinople between the Muslims and the Christians. Calafia was to fight the Christians with the Muslims unfortunately the griffins, though fierce beasts who ought to have been a great asset in battle had been poorly trained in who the enemy was and killed both sides in battle. Calafia called the griffins off the battlefield. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/4cc4cec4-bb32-4a8f-b242-3c8aff8594de/299225890_467949542004792_6679035121645812978_n.jpg Podcast - ep. 3 Preston Castle - Ancient home to Queen Calafia? Another cool piece to the castle is the fire escape which is a spiral slide with entries on each floor and up top is a lever that the wheel pulled would let out a rush of water for a quick and fun ride down to escape in case of a fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1661240043523-2HU88BYKKVHG228YTLCF/Screenshot+%2813%29.png Podcast - ep. 3 Preston Castle - Ancient home to Queen Calafia? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1661240040084-R0ORLFRMMB6M59K4IZ7H/Screenshot+%2814%29.png Podcast - ep. 3 Preston Castle - Ancient home to Queen Calafia? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1661240048362-P38U171FE9STYQLUS4QT/Screenshot+%2815%29.png Podcast - ep. 3 Preston Castle - Ancient home to Queen Calafia? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1661240048468-YHTD7UITBDYTBN8B3SYT/Screenshot+%2816%29.png Podcast - ep. 3 Preston Castle - Ancient home to Queen Calafia? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1661240058908-RYD8O47WBP49AZOGUEIX/Screenshot+%2817%29.png Podcast - ep. 3 Preston Castle - Ancient home to Queen Calafia? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1661240057571-61Y691XXGF79EX0RL1KB/Screenshot+%2818%29.png Podcast - ep. 3 Preston Castle - Ancient home to Queen Calafia? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1661240059521-TO130P5ISA9WC86VC9TS/Screenshot+%2819%29.png Podcast - ep. 3 Preston Castle - Ancient home to Queen Calafia? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1661240060304-5BMBBUVYIPIM9H36F6CP/Screenshot+%2820%29.png Podcast - ep. 3 Preston Castle - Ancient home to Queen Calafia? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/f68ad3bd-0518-4e8c-8469-98f291152d4b/FVydenGWIAAWx4a.jfif Podcast - ep. 3 Preston Castle - Ancient home to Queen Calafia? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.rickyshistoricaltidbits.com/podcast/snowshoe-thompson-the-viking-mailman-of-the-sierra monthly 0.5 2024-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/f83449ba-8f0a-4a2e-bc84-b65b81bff746/thompson-john-snowshoe-El-Dor-County-Historical-Society.jpg Podcast - ep. 2 Snowshoe Thompson - The Viking Mailman of the Sierra - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/9b4ada5f-f436-4f0b-9b41-d42969fab400/17373_c25-0-964-743_r800x633.jpg Podcast - ep. 2 Snowshoe Thompson - The Viking Mailman of the Sierra - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/156b2ad6-3ed5-4c5d-96d8-a3da3b5dc3fc/ME977.154.9.1-2-P1.jpeg Podcast - ep. 2 Snowshoe Thompson - The Viking Mailman of the Sierra - The mail route was dangerous, Up to this point in time all attempts to deliver the mail were by snowshoe as we know them today. Just as you'd imagine woven snowshoes are typically made by Native Americans. Imagine trying to walk from Placerville to Carson City that would be insane. But there was no other way… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/358774e8-c507-4336-939e-401b9f5206d5/snowshoethompson1+%282%29.jpg Podcast - ep. 2 Snowshoe Thompson - The Viking Mailman of the Sierra - One spectator yelled out, “Good luck snowshoe!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/9e255f8e-96db-4979-9bf1-2f46bd75a87c/Snowshoe-Route-UUL.jpg Podcast - ep. 2 Snowshoe Thompson - The Viking Mailman of the Sierra The average route he made was 90 miles long, winds during blizzards could get up to 80 miles an hour and snow drifts could be up to 50 feet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/ed731de9-27b3-4ffe-a260-7ca8a54093d4/296594629_459562759510137_2931553575888727271_n.jpg Podcast - ep. 2 Snowshoe Thompson - The Viking Mailman of the Sierra “We were half frozen when ‘Snowshoe’ found us. We drew straws with chattering teeth to see who would go back first. … I’ve covered ground in a good many ways, from an elephant’s back in India and a jinrikisha in Japan to the fastest coach and eight horses in California, but that ride on the back of those snowshoes was the most exciting one I ever had in my life, Old ‘Snowshoe’ Thompson didn’t stop to say ‘look out for corners,’ and hanging on for dear life, we went sliding down the mountain. ‘Snowshoe’ made the three trips one after another without a complaint, although that was a terrible hardship even for a man as accustomed to the snow-covered mountains as was ‘Snowshoe.'” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/26cf7afe-6fdf-4c57-8e3f-e3bac4652705/297391900_459547126178367_4960534010143767104_n.jpg Podcast - ep. 2 Snowshoe Thompson - The Viking Mailman of the Sierra - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/f2e2a1cc-f69a-4677-a21e-f2489eeab496/download+%281%29.jfif Podcast - ep. 2 Snowshoe Thompson - The Viking Mailman of the Sierra - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/7376e4f9-09d6-4395-a406-fd48dbe51560/TCRS_map1.png Podcast - ep. 2 Snowshoe Thompson - The Viking Mailman of the Sierra - Williams Station was where the Lahontan Reservoir is now. It was a pony express stop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/8226821c-cc55-4443-aad9-fb39f37fa590/297364079_459521296180950_4192805842303238380_n.jpg Podcast - ep. 2 Snowshoe Thompson - The Viking Mailman of the Sierra - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/aeec5287-89ad-4d45-bb99-f8a643168bd6/Screen-Shot-2019-12-24-at-9.56.56-AM.png Podcast - ep. 2 Snowshoe Thompson - The Viking Mailman of the Sierra - Snowshoe wrote this in the newspaper, "THe downieville messanger says had heard of snowshoe races and to satify my curiosity i attended those in laporte. i did go to laporte, expecting to see some scientific snow shoe racing, but i was dissapointed: it was nothing but "dope racing" it unworthy of the name of snow shoeing. it is nothing more than a little improvement on coasting down hill on a hand sled. the improvement is, that instead of uprights and crossbars from one runner to the other, they make their legs and crotch answewr this purpose and they have no more control over their shoes than a boy has over his sled. they have exibited some skill in making dope, but all they gain is that they make about the same time on a hill of 15 degrees that a man would, without dope, on a hill of 30 degrees. These "dope riders" at laporte are good, clever fellows, but they have no more right to call themselves scientific snowshoers than a man with steel skates on smooth ice who with a spiked pole between his legs pushed himself straight ahead should be called a scientific skater. "now, I, on behalf of the Alpine Boys, make these propositions to the PLumas and sierra boys or "any other man" in the state. Come to Alpine county next winter and run with us. we will run you for 1,000 dollars a side for each one of the following. first - against time; you to select your hillside, and then we will select ours. second- against time; we to select the hillside third- over a precipice fifteen feet high, without the usual poles, the one jumping the furthest without falling, to take the purse. fourth- from the top to the bottom of the highest and heaviest timbered mountain we can find fifth and last- to run from the top of silver mountain peak to the town of silver mountain. The alititude of the peak is 11,000 feet - 4,000 feet above town., and distant 4 miles. now, boys of plumas and sierra, come over here; we will treat you well, and if you win our money you are welcome. if you come, be sure and bring that messenger man along with you, and I will bet him 100 dollars that if he attempts to follow me on snowshoes for one day he will break his neck before night. for the information of those who have not seen my snowshoes. they are 9ft long, turned up in front and flat bottomed; 4 inches wide in front; 3.5 inches behind, and 1.5 inches thick in center. " https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/02c55ece-6773-4ed6-a8a3-99b8ab60cf95/6932111_1037475869.jpg Podcast - ep. 2 Snowshoe Thompson - The Viking Mailman of the Sierra - After Snowshoe Thompson had his son, Arthur he went to the postmaster and asked for his money… For all the years he had been delivering the mail he never got paid. 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(The Smithsonian has corrected its view of him as of now, they have a piece on him on their website as does the USPS where they label him a “contractor”) https://www.rickyshistoricaltidbits.com/podcast/william-leidesdorff-the-first-millionaire-of-california-before-the-gold-rush monthly 0.5 2024-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/043616e4-3705-4a9c-ad2b-f3b9e5914922/296358953_455943226538757_1254612641306230987_n.jpg Podcast - ep. 1 William Leidesdorff - The First Millionaire of California before the Gold Rush - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/895aa616-f79a-464b-9ef4-ba63ff968b44/296282071_458090366324043_2790085210175187244_n.jpg Podcast - ep. 1 William Leidesdorff - The First Millionaire of California before the Gold Rush - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/f52cfd81-946a-4690-ab0f-f4d4d7f33b19/296185556_458090289657384_5681884446029850275_n.jpg Podcast - ep. 1 William Leidesdorff - The First Millionaire of California before the Gold Rush This is Johann Sutter, He was well known in California for his fort and also for Gold being discovered on his property by James Marshall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/c211f918-68c0-4a64-b410-c91e08180176/296749864_456667076466372_6132609338254688079_n.jpg Podcast - ep. 1 William Leidesdorff - The First Millionaire of California before the Gold Rush "It is impossible to say how many men they have but I think the Proclamation will call many to their "Banner," which is a white "field" with a red "border", a large "Star" and a Grisly Bear! 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The Sport Too Brutal for the Wild West - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.rickyshistoricaltidbits.com/articles/the-legend-of-elfego-baca-shootouts-law-and-the-mexican-revolution monthly 0.5 2024-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/288f0c20-a2de-4ada-b135-e9e695ba2d0f/elfego-baca-1883-ww-autumn-2023.jpg Articles - The Legend of Elfego Baca: Shootouts, Law, and the Mexican Revolution Elfego Baca may not be a household name like Billy the Kid, but his story is no less legendary. 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It's easy to read, and in larger font so easy on they eyes too. Learn about all the different coups to take over Hawaii in this series. Hawaiian State - Book 1 Hawaiian Legacy - Book 2 Hawaiian Legend - Book 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/7635851c-e782-4e93-98bd-4b64faae19ac/download+%281%29.jpg Articles - Skydiving Beavers: Idaho's 1948 Wild Adventure! Enter this guy Elmo Heter, He came up with an idea, and idea so crazy it might just work. https://www.rickyshistoricaltidbits.com/articles/why-are-there-cannons-from-the-civil-war-in-placerville-ca monthly 0.5 2024-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/24bb7695-8174-4b32-98ea-4316fbe5d7c6/Untitled+%2820%29.png Articles - Why are there Cannons from the Civil War in Placerville, CA? - Make it stand out Hawaiian state - Book Hawaiian Legacy - Book 2 Hawaiian Legend - Book 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/2d21ba21-3fef-441c-bafd-41848d3efc8a/grand-army-of-the-republic-symbol.jpg Articles - Why are there Cannons from the Civil War in Placerville, CA? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/47ac6d2f-4dd5-466b-a643-a8aab46abdf8/Photo40265o.jpg Articles - Why are there Cannons from the Civil War in Placerville, CA? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.rickyshistoricaltidbits.com/articles/the-longmire-cabin-story monthly 0.5 2024-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/be46a831-8d9c-4546-a0ff-2f2d86055e10/hawaiian+state.jpg Articles - The Longmire Cabin Story This is sponsored by The Hawaiian State book series by Joseph Chamberlain. This historical fiction series is an easy read and if you ever had any kind of curiosity on how Hawaii dealt with all the different coups to take it over then you'll love it. Hawaiian State - Book 1 Hawaiian Legacy - Book 2 Hawaiian Legend - Book 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/c650d4cf-2f1a-4fac-a9ab-1a2554279ce8/_MG_7054.jpg Articles - The Longmire Cabin Story - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.rickyshistoricaltidbits.com/articles/the-doc-will-seattle-you-now monthly 0.5 2024-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/7f363e12-b508-4529-9c8a-2c58f1515a28/doc+maynard.jpg Articles - The Doc Will Seattle You Now David Maynard was a highly educated man, going to med school when he was 17, getting married at 20 then jumping into the political realm over in Ohio. He started his own medical school and dipped his hand into the railroad but pretty much lost everything in the panic of 1837. His wife wouldn't let him forget how it was all his fault they were broke and so on. She cheated on him and made sure he knew all about it but for the sake of his children, he stayed with the wench until his kids were of age. At that point he left for California with nothing but his doctor bag. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/b3f43b2a-8214-486e-bbe3-09deda97344a/chief+seattle.jpg Articles - The Doc Will Seattle You Now At this point, he met a Tribal Chief who was called Si’ahl who was friendly to Maynard and made a deal with him to go to Elliot Bay up north and open a shop there and they would supply him with a bunch of salmon that he could salt and sell to the people in California. Which is exactly what he did.Unfortunately, the majority of the salmon expired by the time it got to California, 900 kegs worth of rotten salmon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1708623262511-EL5W8R2M16O5RHBKSJR2/king_county_logo_01.jpeg Articles - The Doc Will Seattle You Now https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1708623263568-MH9HVVTJ7GT3UFQGQWKS/william-king.jpg Articles - The Doc Will Seattle You Now https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1708623259915-3FRCZU367A2LHQ77X7NJ/KingCountyLogo_2007.jpg Articles - The Doc Will Seattle You Now https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1708623262496-WBKDY52KHPC4BGIH82LI/Martin_Luther_King%2C_Jr..jpg Articles - The Doc Will Seattle You Now https://www.rickyshistoricaltidbits.com/articles/the-blonde-king monthly 0.5 2024-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/eea8d37e-ff7e-48d2-8553-3a021a26d0b9/c9649d22fcbb4a6493c2d16a745d3bb6HiResProxy.jpg Articles - The Blonde King Let me introduce you to a man named James Savage. A very interesting man to say the least. What I just told you is the majority of James' life. 29 years old he arrives in California not knowing he too would be dead in just a few years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/c42afc49-3a90-45b3-8ee0-728fdf4c3e73/sjv-map.jpg Articles - The Blonde King - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/16e03595-2cf2-4e2d-92d2-78cf2a8d86d9/DU6AFFAX0AAPg-d.jpg Articles - The Blonde King - He chased them out to the mountains where he and his men came upon a place you may have heard of called Inspiration Point which overlooks the Yosemite Valley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/7c932db5-a0bf-4baf-9490-62ee46c86f8d/mariposa_battalion+%281%29.jpg Articles - The Blonde King Savage and his men were in awe, nobody had ever seen this place before. Its beauty brought tears to the eyes of these men. But they had to get back to business and set up camp at the foot of Bridalveil Falls and eventually named this beautiful area Yosemite after the Indians they were going after. In Miwok, the word Yosemite means "Those Who Kill" https://www.rickyshistoricaltidbits.com/articles/barlows-mountainous-adventure monthly 0.5 2024-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/f7f2a98c-6b63-4ff6-b013-a27c5f30e87a/Sam_Barlow.jpg Articles - Barlow's Mountainous Adventure - So here we go. Here is what I learned about a man named Samuel K. Barlow https://www.rickyshistoricaltidbits.com/articles/sam-brannanthe-paul-revere-of-the-gold-rush monthly 0.5 2024-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/a73a8da5-5f08-47de-a7d1-772e1f299be5/nauvoo.jpg Articles - Sam Brannan:The "Paul Revere" of the Gold Rush - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1cf66916-d009-4b54-98ce-0ea848e3f8a6/Samuel_Brannan.jpg Articles - Sam Brannan:The "Paul Revere" of the Gold Rush - This is where we meet Sam Brannan. He's a kid living in an abusive home and when he had the chance at 14 he fled to Ohio to live with his sister and brother in Law. There in Ohio, he became an apprentice at a printer shop learning that trade. Soon his brother-in-law converted to this new religion called Mormonism, from there his sister and he converted and went all in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/98e6f5f3-712b-4b95-9c96-c17d77212cd5/William_Smith.jpg Articles - Sam Brannan:The "Paul Revere" of the Gold Rush - By the time Sam was 25, he started a Mormon Newspaper aptly named "The Prophet" He ran this newspaper with one of Joseph Smith's brothers. William. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/3e96dfb9-99ad-46af-a437-78f7ca9502ef/window+jump.jpg Articles - Sam Brannan:The "Paul Revere" of the Gold Rush - Well about 200 or so people rushed to the jail and shot Hyrum in the face and then Joseph but he jumped out the 2nd story window fell to his death and then was shot a few more times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/0e7af1ab-452c-4f85-86db-d81876a7332c/brigham+young.jpg Articles - Sam Brannan:The "Paul Revere" of the Gold Rush But the Majority decided to put in a man named Brigham Young instead. The fact that he was not in favor of Young's appointment was viewed as a dire sin and he was "disfellowshiped" and basically excommunicated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/5438df04-4490-4232-97d5-0ed01231bb1a/american+flag.jpg Articles - Sam Brannan:The "Paul Revere" of the Gold Rush When they got to Yerba Buena, a small fishing village that we now know as San Francisco he looked out into the distance and soon he screamed these words... “By God, there is that damned American flag!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/46fb32d1-ea5f-4178-a50d-20914c665e52/Vigilance_Committee_Eakins_-_Stanford_Library.jpg Articles - Sam Brannan:The "Paul Revere" of the Gold Rush At one point over in San Francisco, a group of Chileans got attacked by some drunk Americans. This ticked off Sam and he organized a group called The Vigilante Justice Group where he was president. This group hung, deported, jailed, and sentenced people to hard labor for various crimes. You've heard of the Crips and the Bloods, right? Well back then in San Francisco the two notorious gangs were The Hounds and the Sydney Ducks, The vigilante group fixed the gang problem quickly. San Francisco became a Law and Order kind of City after that. The Mormon Archives say he was disfellowshipped for his actions in this group. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/2338c37b-be43-48dc-8f4e-528fb2e6d39e/1280px-Photo_of_Kamehameha_III_%28PP-97-7-003%29.jpg Articles - Sam Brannan:The "Paul Revere" of the Gold Rush Rumors spread about the fact that King Kamehameha III was pretty much giving up on his kingdom and was ready to retire and get some kind of pension from the US for giving them his kingdom. But both Britain and The U.S. publicly stated they wished to see Hawaii continue to be a sovereign land. https://www.rickyshistoricaltidbits.com/articles/you-dont-know-sutter monthly 0.5 2024-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/ade8d232-7097-4c9d-b32f-adaca4519bda/1327867284.png Articles - You Don't Know Sutter All over China, the names of roads and stores were taken down and new names were made. About 93 percent of just Shanghai was renamed, the hospitals, the stores, the streets, the schools. Statues of old emperors were torn as well as those of Buddha. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/902c9df0-6c8f-4c97-9451-036e16dae136/3000.jpeg Articles - You Don't Know Sutter One such statue and name that was defaced was that of John Sutter. A man who like all of humanity was both a good and sinful man who did more in his life for his new country than most people today could ever hope to achieve, he is viewed now as an evil slaveowner whose name should be erased from all society and replaced with what is approved by the ruling elite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/ce343e7f-b32d-4863-8234-50fc4c19ee79/John_Augustus_Sutter_c1850.jpg Articles - You Don't Know Sutter So let me share with you the full story of John Sutter, not just the good G-rated stuff but not just the cherry-picked R-rated stuff you hear about today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/ad4dfdd6-845d-4ae9-909a-02d804a5e1e1/JuanBautistaAlvarado_%28cropped%29.jpg Articles - You Don't Know Sutter Once he got to California, Sutter made his way to the Capital of Mexican California which was Monterey. He was attacked by Native Americans a few times on his way. He met with Governor Juan Alvarado and told him of his plans to settle in the land and asked for some free land. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/85615e80-4446-40a1-9c02-0171c1f08f2b/helvetia.jpg Articles - You Don't Know Sutter Quickly his workers which consisted mainly of Kanakas and friendly Indians built the fort that still stands today in Sacramento, Sutter's Fort. They planted the fields, and planted some orchards and vineyards. Sutter wanted to build an agricultural utopia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/31e1fb75-a091-4aae-a89a-799120f9bc22/Manuel_Micheltorena.jpg Articles - You Don't Know Sutter Mexico removed Governor Alvarado and replaced him with a man named Micheltorena. Mexico could see that there would be a war between them and The United States so they needed to raise capital to fund the war which in government terms means taxing the peasantry. So Mexico made it up to Micheltorena to collect these taxes and they gave him an army of murderers, thieves, and rapists they released from prison for this very cause. So as Micheltorena made his way North to collect the taxes this army began murdering, stealing, and raping the Californios and Americans that lived in the land. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/186e0e50-36f8-4df0-be04-161c398def3c/36137.jpg Articles - You Don't Know Sutter Micheltorena and Sutter geared up with their makeshift army and their secret weapon known as the Sutter Gun or the 4 pounder which he got when he took over Fort Ross. it was a powerful Cannon built by Russia to Fight Napoleon and was then taken to Fort Ross and now was in Sutter's control. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/542a9c69-1833-44ef-91d4-6aa051393d82/Sutter%27s_Mill.jpg Articles - You Don't Know Sutter Marshall left in the dark pouring rain back to Coloma to guard the mill and search for more gold while Sutter had dinner and went to bed, heading up to Coloma at 7 am the next day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/9d326bd1-0ea4-47fb-92b0-e46ba382b8d4/sutter+junior.jpg Articles - You Don't Know Sutter Soon, Suttter’s land was trampled by miners searching for gold, practically everyone quit working for him and ran to search for the gold. Eventually, he sent for his son John Sutter Jr. who was an accountant and he did his best to fix his father’s financial troubles, he did but he was also getting lowball offers from people for the land and was agreeing to it. That ticked off John Senior. One of the last straws was when Jr. named the city of Sacramento, Sacramento instead of Sutterville. https://www.rickyshistoricaltidbits.com/articles/ep-25-druids-demons-amp-teddy-ruxpin-s2rac-36rzz-r72t4-fdjek monthly 0.5 2024-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/b998f341-dc77-410f-b6d6-8cd3ddd9830f/80765455_132184979196.jpg Articles - What the heck is The Esoteric Fraternity? - There was once a man named Hiram Erastus Butler. He was in the Union army during the Civil War building roads and bridges not for the cause of the North. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/b51dddf2-f2dc-4f97-9dec-0460e8fab97f/1909+Esoteric+Fraternity+postcard.jpg Articles - What the heck is The Esoteric Fraternity? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/974bd3d0-cfda-4a65-bd8c-186e8ef4c77a/download.jpg Articles - What the heck is The Esoteric Fraternity? - They put out a bunch of books and a magazine. https://www.rickyshistoricaltidbits.com/articles/ep-25-druids-demons-amp-teddy-ruxpin-s2rac-36rzz-r72t4 monthly 0.5 2024-02-22 https://www.rickyshistoricaltidbits.com/articles/ep-25-druids-demons-amp-teddy-ruxpin-s2rac-36rzz monthly 0.5 2024-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1ef08a4d-9782-4c72-8667-7f1527d311d4/Halloween+podcast+episode+full.00_31_44_23.Still002.jpg Articles - The Starvation Doctor - Linda Hazzard - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/18867c91-589f-42ba-ac78-faccf9bd3e21/Halloween+podcast+episode+full.00_33_03_21.Still003.jpg Articles - The Starvation Doctor - Linda Hazzard - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.rickyshistoricaltidbits.com/articles/ep-25-druids-demons-amp-teddy-ruxpin-s2rac monthly 0.5 2024-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/6afa47a3-7213-4deb-b400-ac22be002b34/Photo40253.jpg Articles - Druids of Cali - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/2ef71a6e-65c3-4e9b-9f6d-d90eff2855e5/freds_sieg.jpg Articles - Druids of Cali - His name was Frederick Sieg. A German who immigrated to the States and lived in St. Louis where he was introduced to the ideas of druidism. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/4e7f721f-a809-45c4-8d1f-23de99f9534d/056ac864142fca611eb95d00e5b4acee.jpg Articles - Druids of Cali - The pillar monument was installed back in 1926, thirty-eight years after Frederick's death. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/3660d944-88d0-4dc1-ba25-7fce50173f94/The_Wicker_Man_of_the_Druids_crop.jpg Articles - Druids of Cali - Druids would build a massive cage in the form of a man out of wicker and fill it with people to sacrifice and would light them all on fire. They would grab as many criminals as they could but if they needed to throw innocent people in there to fill it up, they would. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/9badd04f-b2ad-4ab7-a987-e6bb6240e918/Halloween+podcast+episode+full.00_09_00_20.Still001.jpg Articles - Druids of Cali - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.rickyshistoricaltidbits.com/articles/how-stockton-got-its-name-j59kn monthly 0.5 2024-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/4d7e4cc8-0fa5-4191-98c4-64deca5325a5/The_Folsom_Telegraph_1865_09_09_page_1+%281%29.jpg Articles - How Stockton Got Its Name - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/0b0e3569-9504-4734-a065-95ed6c2a7d3d/p15150coll2_13500_full.jpg Articles - How Stockton Got Its Name When the party arrived in California this young man got a job working for a man you may have heard of; John Sutter, who was kinda like Elon Musk for California at the time if that makes any sense. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/d73f0777-1541-49bd-a1cd-822724ffb480/CHS-11450.jpg Articles - How Stockton Got Its Name This young man then changed his name for some reason from Karl David Weber to Charles Weber. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/b2a6ed29-bfea-4662-9d91-306846ad52c2/Rancho+de+loas+franceses.jpg Articles - How Stockton Got Its Name - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/9edbef6c-6aef-4d68-8531-bc98f632d85f/Portrait-of-Robert-Field-Stockton.jpg Articles - How Stockton Got Its Name A guy who became famous for his work in California, practically taking over on his own when he wasn't even supposed to be there was a man named Robert Stockton which you can learn all about in my episode about him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/ab826164-d664-4281-91c2-6627b8c63082/Carlos_Maria_Weber+%281%29.jpg Articles - How Stockton Got Its Name - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.rickyshistoricaltidbits.com/articles/ep-23-the-fascinating-life-of-james-lick-a-self-made-millionaire-who-revolutionized-california-g2wgk monthly 0.5 2024-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/e35e6289-28b2-4c1b-bf76-281ebda163e9/thiomas+paine.jpg Articles - The Fascinating Life of James Lick - A Self-Made Millionaire Who Revolutionized California! 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- Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/e6a8ee91-9fd2-4236-94e6-b99a771fe7c8/lick+baths.jpg Articles - The Fascinating Life of James Lick - A Self-Made Millionaire Who Revolutionized California! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/600e7d9d-a365-4be0-8e13-5aba81fc94ab/s-l1600.jpg Articles - The Fascinating Life of James Lick - A Self-Made Millionaire Who Revolutionized California! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1551ec8e-90db-4e0c-83f3-1a9d9a3abe6a/wnp37.03334.jpg Articles - The Fascinating Life of James Lick - A Self-Made Millionaire Who Revolutionized California! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/0d05ec81-aaa0-4e2e-b667-1f5aec238a94/download.jpg Articles - The Fascinating Life of James Lick - A Self-Made Millionaire Who Revolutionized California! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/3f7b1522-060f-4110-b168-10b281647dcf/sf+monument+better.jpg Articles - The Fascinating Life of James Lick - A Self-Made Millionaire Who Revolutionized California! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/81ac8105-b574-40fa-88b5-96cca1592ca4/Sceloporus_licki.jpg Articles - The Fascinating Life of James Lick - A Self-Made Millionaire Who Revolutionized California! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.rickyshistoricaltidbits.com/articles/ep-20-robert-f-stockton-fighting-bob-9s3zy monthly 0.5 2024-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/d39cf0cb-aa19-4aa7-9b7f-0bd953d40776/A_young_Lord_Nelson_by_Jean_Francis_Rigaud.jpg Articles - Robert F. Stockton "Fighting Bob" Admiral Nelson (pictured) was an inspirational figure a hero, a martyr for England, someone this young man would strive to emulate for the rest of his life. within a couple of years, this young man would leave Princeton and begin studying at his uncles’ naval academy. Then his time came in February 1812 to go to war. He was 17 years old. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/72fbcd10-aad3-4e60-89e4-81f38b3a44a1/220px-Commodore_John_Rodgers.jpg Articles - Robert F. Stockton "Fighting Bob" - Make it stand out Commodore Rodgers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/90371f28-fa33-4758-b192-17e6e183dde0/Portrait-of-Robert-Field-Stockton.jpg Articles - Robert F. Stockton "Fighting Bob" After the war of 1812, Stockton had moved up to 1st Lieutenant. Very much a fighter as his nickname would suggest He continued in the Navy in the war against the barbary states and during that would find himself in duels with British soldiers who insulted The United States. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/63ff1ce4-f482-4369-8f07-eb13c611b265/20211005_Sierra_Leone_main_mapMapboard_1%402x.jpg Articles - Robert F. Stockton "Fighting Bob" Their goal was to find a good place in Africa where they could set up a colony for these freed slaves and help them adapt back into the land and be kept safe from the other African Tribes who may want to capture and enslave or simply kill them. So in 1920 This group brought 91 freed slaves to West Africa but the people there said no to their arrival so they jumped from place to place until they were welcomed. which was Sherbo Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/df220a0b-7c6d-4789-a7a1-14809df1b353/liberia.jpg Articles - Robert F. Stockton "Fighting Bob" The land was given by the tribe kings Peter, George, Yoda and Long Peter. The land was mostly coastal and went on to become the Republic of Liberia. Whose flag looks very similar to the Texas Flag and the American Flag. There are 11 stripes, which symbolize the signatories of the Liberian declaration of independence, the colors white and red symbolize courage and moral excellence. the white star is because Liberia was the first independent republic of Africa and the blue square is Africa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/5af19fab-346d-47e6-8d0e-925c44730b0d/1667502162062.jpg Articles - Robert F. Stockton "Fighting Bob" For whatever reason when Stockton pulled the string to fire. it exploded and hot metal was blasted all over the place a few people died including the Secretary of state, Secretary of the Navy, and President Tyler's father-in-law. Stockton himself had a piece of iron fly through his leg and his hair all burnt off. He was taken to court over it but was cleared of any wrongdoing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/c6da2ed1-d07c-4b95-8643-6d1cf7307a35/sloat.jpg Articles - Robert F. Stockton "Fighting Bob" - Commodore Sloat Stockton had no orders to go to California but took the opportunity to tell Commodore Sloat that he was there, it turned out that Sloat was waiting for his replacement so he could go back home and without double checking gave his post to Stockton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1679551493085-W42ZE0ZC8BZ2KAX68PTW/stockton-robert-field-military.jpg Articles - Robert F. Stockton "Fighting Bob" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1679551432529-UTQZJRVX122T89U7S94M/KearnyS250.jpg Articles - Robert F. Stockton "Fighting Bob" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1679551253876-GGMNQ1F2BJQ6UR3MVXQR/freemont.jpg Articles - Robert F. Stockton "Fighting Bob" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/6e8d74d9-3631-44f4-ae49-2e092e00c334/stockton-robert.jpg Articles - Robert F. Stockton "Fighting Bob" - As a Senator, Stockton advocated for taking the rest of Mexico as well but the lack of Americans living there kept the "All of Mexico" movement from happening as the values of Mexicans did not equal American Values. Stockton also advocated for the banning of flogging as punishment which was passed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/9cdf830d-6dc2-46e5-ab7c-ef81fbefff6e/51vgSKX6gUL.jpg Articles - Robert F. Stockton "Fighting Bob" A really good book I read while researching Stockton called Robert F. Stockton - Protean Man for a Protean Nation by R. John Brockman puts it well and I will leave you with a quote from the end of that book. https://www.rickyshistoricaltidbits.com/articles/ep-19-ghirardelli-the-candy-man-kbzj9 monthly 0.5 2024-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/88c6f751-93ff-4100-92f5-5465041ab839/Domingo_Ghirardelli_by_an_unidentified_artist%2C_c._1860%2C_salted_paper_print_with_ink_and_watercolor%2C_from_the_National_Portrait_Gallery_-_NPG-NPG_2013_65Ghirardelli-000001.jpg Articles - Ghirardelli - The Candy Man - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1f59f6a9-3f21-4725-97ce-d1be5a85d2b8/Metropolitan+City+of+Genoa+-+Google+Maps+-+Google+Chrome+3_14_2023+6_20_12+AM.jpg Articles - Ghirardelli - The Candy Man We start this story back in Italy. In a city known as Genoa. This is where Domenico Ghirardelli was brought up. His dad was a middle-class spice merchant who wanted his son to have a trade as he did. So Young Domenico began his apprenticeship at a fancy schmancy chocolate company called Romanego, that is where Domenico learned all the ins and outs of running a confectionary business and how to make those chocolates and other candies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/ab0a0336-c8ca-4749-af17-8b2dfab16138/Giuseppe_Garibaldi_%281866%29.jpg Articles - Ghirardelli - The Candy Man - Picture is of Garibaldi Not long after Garibaldi fled, Domenico fled as well. Was Domenico also sentenced to death? I could not find the answer. However, I did find that Genoa, Where Domenico lived, was like Portland, Oregon. Nice place with lots of jobs and stuff but known for its riots. So maybe He fled to get out of that kind of environment. We don't know. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/2615155d-c3b1-4fbf-8a0d-96de388eb155/Metropolitan+City+of+Genoa+-+Google+Maps+-+Google+Chrome+3_14_2023+6_21_16+AM.jpg Articles - Ghirardelli - The Candy Man So, in 1838 Domenico at 20 years old and his new wife moved to Montevideo, Uruguay where he got a job at a coffee and chocolate store. He didn't stay long, Uruguay had its border problems so They moved on to Lima Peru the next year. Here is where he opened his first store and it happened to be next to a popular American Businessman James Lick who Domenico became good friends with. At this point, Domenico changed his name to be more Spanish, Domingo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/e64c2ca7-0bca-40e7-bea2-0627c145dc7c/220px-Early_Ghirardelli_Advertisement.jpg Articles - Ghirardelli - The Candy Man - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/2fca40d0-a162-409c-a6e0-f7ba6097a983/The+Ghirardelli+Story+on+JSTOR+-+Google+Chrome+3_14_2023+6_11_20+AM.jpg Articles - Ghirardelli - The Candy Man - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/9be16ef9-ce79-4e39-8d12-3a7388b81ab3/fede4fdbf133e0f590a3870ad4e55cf2.jpeg Articles - Ghirardelli - The Candy Man By the way, though far from Italy he still believed in the unification cause and helped fund the redshirts which are not the same as the American red shirts FYI. The Italian Redshirts were the guerilla volunteer revolutionaries under Giuseppe Garibaldi who after 14 years in exile returned to fight for the cause and lead Italy to victory establishing the Kingdom of Italy and making Rome it’s capital. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/3e014ddf-2411-49d9-96be-9a3ac8e12b0a/The+Ghirardelli+Story+on+JSTOR+-+Google+Chrome+3_14_2023+6_13_08+AM.jpg Articles - Ghirardelli - The Candy Man - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/b1141c5a-6160-4699-bab0-a35a6cb9ae58/The+Ghirardelli+Story+on+JSTOR+-+Google+Chrome+3_14_2023+6_13_08+AM.jpg Articles - Ghirardelli - The Candy Man - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/9a36acb6-e5da-44c7-932e-24a319a2f904/Portrait_of_Domingo_Ghirardelli.jpg Articles - Ghirardelli - The Candy Man He and his sons started up once again though working harder than ever before and soon they were selling all over the world. Domingo retired in 1892 and then went to visit his homeland where he got the flu and died in 1894. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/5de5c08d-cf2a-415d-8f25-fc3198a678e3/The+Ghirardelli+Story+on+JSTOR+-+Google+Chrome+3_14_2023+6_11_55+AM.jpg Articles - Ghirardelli - The Candy Man - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/7913a564-a4d4-4c65-a51d-ee18689d1fb3/tf1k4005fv-FID3.jpg Articles - Ghirardelli - The Candy Man The Ghirardelli company continued on and did very well, eventually putting up the famous sign in 1923. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/e03dfd87-8774-4087-8cbd-1e99a40e2629/Domingo_Girahadelli-e1591822554638.jpg Articles - Ghirardelli - The Candy Man - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.rickyshistoricaltidbits.com/articles/the-jenny-lind-steamboat-disaster-823d6 monthly 0.5 2024-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/f9f54632-621b-4ac5-8aa5-3e98a056b2df/jenny+lind.00_01_48_25.Still001.jpg Articles - The Jenny Lind Steamboat Disaster - Alviso, You may have never heard of it before, it was a port that was used for shipping to San Francisco from the San Jose area. 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Clampus Vitus Exposed - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/7c4ee22f-d6ad-4ac8-9b9d-d68a3e9c4dcf/TheDons_Detail.jpg Articles - E. Clampus Vitus Exposed Now the legend continues even further, Word got back to China that Gum Shan was claimed for China and it was a land where E. Clampus Vitus was widely accepted. So another man set sail for the land bringing 300 slave girls with him to populate the land for the order. On the Journey, one particular slave girl led a revolt and threw all the men overboard and the sharks ate them up. That Slave girl was named Hop Mee and she claimed herself, empress of the land of Gum Shan, it is said she is the person that the legend of Calafia is based. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/9f74436a-c71b-4146-9891-626f48cdd7f0/download+%281%29.jfif Articles - E. Clampus Vitus Exposed The last part of their ancient history is this, The first Clamper in recorded history showed up at the end of the Mesozoic era and quickly made himself a red shirt and then made the first Hewgag which is a horn, from the horn of a triceratops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1674551478713-IGYL5FH2X8RM418Q1L7M/Mason-Logo-Classic.jpg Articles - E. Clampus Vitus Exposed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1674551479021-MH6ZS15YNTZVKVL64HNB/ioof-200-il-license-6.png Articles - E. Clampus Vitus Exposed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/f74b24b2-b9e1-4be2-93ad-2be617dbd177/ephrahim+bee.jpg Articles - E. Clampus Vitus Exposed It was created by a guy named Ephraim Bee in Virginia before it became West Virginia. Ephraim was born in the first few years of 1800 but nobody seems to know exactly. He was mainly a tavern and hotel owner and a blacksmith. He was not a high society man who would be admitted into high-class fraternities like the Freemasons he also had a speech impediment which didn't help him either. So he lived a life of practical jokes, one day a man named Caleb Cushing came to Virginia from China and he came up with a great idea to make fun of the stuffed shirt guys and created a secret society called E. Clampus Vitus, The idea behind it would be that it is a special ancient order with many secrets of truth and knowledge that came from China. The scion of the house of Confucius was charged to instruct the new grand gyanscutis in the rules, secrets, and sacred mysteries and to communicate the grip, signs, and password of E. Clampus Vitus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1e72e7c1-a926-4305-8471-a52b70c40fca/4792_Mouth+of+Jaco+Cave+%282011%29+-+Doddridge+County+Historical+Society.jpg Articles - E. Clampus Vitus Exposed - Ephraim has another part to history I think would be a shame to not mention Though he had 2 slaves he helped in the Underground Railroad, nearby his tavern was a place called Jaco Cave where a man named Luke Jaco would hide slaves on their way north, when Mr. Jaco needed to move the slaves Ephraim Bee would stage a brawl over at his tavern to be a distraction while the slaves got away. Years later, Bee got into politics and voted for emancipation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/e783bba3-68d0-48c5-a9cf-da541c37eb96/josephandmaryzumwalt1849.jpg Articles - E. Clampus Vitus Exposed - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/77981271-5d25-48c7-829d-39cc845cb5c1/0648480_CA_Mokelumne_Hill.jpg Articles - E. Clampus Vitus Exposed - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/7c123496-5535-401b-8d95-ca826a3ce5af/pva0118a.jpg Articles - E. Clampus Vitus Exposed That chapter did really well and soon E. Clampus Vitus was all over the place pretty much every mining camp had one. It was in California where the signature Red Shirts came about and the random buttons, pins, and ribbons. Continuing on to thumb their noses at the rich high society folk in the Freemasons and other groups, the miners would present each other with cut-up tin can lids as medals like the other groups who had fancy medals that they wore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/4f74f8dd-f0b8-4a98-a330-5be9d2a5b537/stevelow.jpg Articles - E. Clampus Vitus Exposed - Make it stand out Fun fact, the California legislature at one time had to close because so many congressmen were clampers and they had some kind of event and ditched the capital when the “Hewgag Brayed” The Hewgag is a long tin horn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1674552786187-NO45WPI0JLCYG4LUN9F2/carl-wheat-1950.png Articles - E. Clampus Vitus Exposed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1674552783749-SI7F67DPIBQ3688TQCJA/george+ezra+dane.jpg Articles - E. Clampus Vitus Exposed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1674552813431-PHEZHNCTHM8RPIBMKFS6/leon%2Bo%2Bwhitsell.jpg Articles - E. Clampus Vitus Exposed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/2415a300-4279-44a3-b8a3-a7462c96374b/27754491_128982498784.jpg Articles - E. Clampus Vitus Exposed Word went out and out of nowhere, a man called in saying he was a member back in the 1880s. Carl and his group went down to meet the last living Grand Humbug, that's the title of the leader of the lodge, Adam Lee Moore. He told them all about his time in the order and told them the initiations they used to do. Mr. Wheat then went on to crown him Clampatriarch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/214e465a-bbe2-4fd3-94d1-4e21f6ec1f1b/drakesplateofbrass-768x501.jpg Articles - E. Clampus Vitus Exposed - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/ae95ada2-1d33-425a-9d44-0825fc194663/323542969_638503808046109_8463176622634934108_n.jpg Articles - E. Clampus Vitus Exposed Ronald Reagan who is said to have been a clamper, when Governor of California Declared July 6th 1968 as E. Clampus Vitus day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/fa3da3c5-75ef-4382-b2a4-cf0d07ab1419/e-Clampus-Vitus-Plaque-Volcano.jpg Articles - E. Clampus Vitus Exposed Today clampers wear the traditional red shirt, some wear top hats and black vests with all kinds of buttons ribbons, and patches on them, they make plaques and place them in places where something historical happened that typically wouldn't be in a history book like Moosemilk, look it up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1674553728055-17AOQM3V5M6JKGNC24SS/324158142_727929185327606_9154120706345325586_n.jpg Articles - E. Clampus Vitus Exposed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1674553728814-EHBF0ZYRB5Q3TNKW2A9A/326217494_1615294725639490_2697303402144763694_n.jpg Articles - E. 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Clampus Vitus Exposed - Make it stand out You might recognize the guy in the middle from Pawn Stars, he is known as the beard of knowledge. https://www.rickyshistoricaltidbits.com/articles/ep-15-keep-bigler-blue-the-lake-tahoe-name-controversey-2f456 monthly 0.5 2024-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/118dbf70-fb71-49ec-b1b3-7924aab7dab3/keep+bigler+blue.png Articles - Keep Bigler Blue - The Lake Tahoe Name Controversy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1673951595053-OYV7VYUEIAXTHRE4UDL6/My+project-1+%285%29.png Articles - Keep Bigler Blue - The Lake Tahoe Name Controversy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1673951595048-7N3TRNAA78JIZT4ISYTV/My+project-1+%286%29.png Articles - Keep Bigler Blue - The Lake Tahoe Name Controversy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1673941235824-QYWTILM78Z30I5U6VOZ8/CalifNevada1860s.jpg Articles - Keep Bigler Blue - The Lake Tahoe Name Controversy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1673941235655-PDQNZYXFZSGP6PSDGDC3/Bigler_OR_Tahoe.jpg Articles - Keep Bigler Blue - The Lake Tahoe Name Controversy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/8c87cfd8-2c3b-4538-9909-37af3b47d8c2/John_Bigler_painting.jpg Articles - Keep Bigler Blue - The Lake Tahoe Name Controversy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1673941732451-UAJHH2IKLN8VWA5YHSKY/george-washington-the-munro-lenox-portrait-5e7a4a-640.jpg Articles - Keep Bigler Blue - The Lake Tahoe Name Controversy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/1673941749811-OM9FXMYOODNBJNR66TSQ/download+%289%29.png Articles - Keep Bigler Blue - The Lake Tahoe Name Controversy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/305dfb11-7f28-42aa-9b2a-ff686ca2e063/CalifNevada1860s.jpg Articles - Keep Bigler Blue - The Lake Tahoe Name Controversy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/bc429c0d-77bf-4f1a-bd46-5ba5494de57b/download+%2810%29.png Articles - Keep Bigler Blue - The Lake Tahoe Name Controversy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/797206b4-3bdb-4beb-963c-e51001aaa625/Mark_Twain_by_AF_Bradley.jpg Articles - Keep Bigler Blue - The Lake Tahoe Name Controversy I hope some bird will catch this Grub the next time he calls Lake Bigler by so disgustingly sick and silly a name as "Lake Tahoe." I have removed the offensive word from his letter and substituted the old one, which at least has a Christian English twang about it whether it is pretty or not. Of course Indian names are more fitting than any others for our beautiful lakes and rivers, which knew their race ages ago, perhaps, in the morning of creation, but let us have none so repulsive to the ear as "Tahoe" for the beautiful relic of fairy-land forgotten and left asleep in the snowy Sierras when the little elves fled from their ancient haunts and quitted the earth. They say it means "Fallen Leaf" - well suppose it meant fallen devil or fallen angel, would that render its hideous, discordant syllables more endurable? Not if I know myself. I yearn for the scalp of the soft-shell crab - be he injun or white man - who conceived of that spoony, slobbering, summer-complaint of a name. Why, if I had a grudge against a half-price n****r, I wouldn't be mean enough to call him by such an epithet as that; then, how am I to hear it applied to the enchanted mirror that the viewless spirits of the air make their toilets by, and hold my peace? "Tahoe" - it sounds as weak as soup for a sick infant. "Tahoe" be - forgotten! I just saved my reputation that time. In conclusion, "Grub," I mean to start to Lake Bigler myself, Monday morning, or somebody shall come to grief. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/bba0d2e6-9049-4e1c-92fe-d0571b67a961/2007-0341.jpg Articles - Keep Bigler Blue - The Lake Tahoe Name Controversy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.rickyshistoricaltidbits.com/articles/ep-14-black-bart-the-po8-acc5z monthly 0.5 2024-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/d96d2c03-e62c-4bf9-b0bf-475e056c64f4/black-bart.jpg Articles - Black Bart - The Po8 I am about to share with you the story of my favorite criminal, Charley Boles also known as Black Bart. He robbed 28 stagecoaches in his bandit career and was eventually caught and sent to San Quentin. You can Listen, watch or read. 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Black Bart - The Po8 Black Bart is one of the 10 "Miners" that are featured in the Miners on Main scavenger hunt over on Main street Placerville. if you find yourself in Placerville be sure to check out all the shops and have a good time doing the scavenger hunt then if you are curious about any of them come back here as I have done a blogcast on all 10 for you to enjoy. https://www.rickyshistoricaltidbits.com/articles/wheelbarrow-johnny-the-story-of-john-studebaker-zd5eh monthly 0.5 2024-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/c1d64f03-eca9-40bc-9e26-5cb867b393d5/JM-crop-headshot-for-web.jpg Articles - Wheelbarrow Johnny - The Story of John Studebaker - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/59b4f22d-cfbd-4b1d-bf58-c9548dd216ba/Hangtown%2B1850.jpg Articles - Wheelbarrow Johnny - The Story of John Studebaker - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/24ef7358-a529-4cc0-a697-dd5228c5d9c8/Studebaker+Blacksmith+Shop%2BHangtown%2BPlacerville%2BCalifornia+%281%29.jpg Articles - 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Just as you'd imagine woven snowshoes are typically made by Native Americans. Imagine trying to walk from Placerville to Carson City that would be insane. 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We drew straws with chattering teeth to see who would go back first. … I’ve covered ground in a good many ways, from an elephant’s back in India and a jinrikisha in Japan to the fastest coach and eight horses in California, but that ride on the back of those snowshoes was the most exciting one I ever had in my life, Old ‘Snowshoe’ Thompson didn’t stop to say ‘look out for corners,’ and hanging on for dear life, we went sliding down the mountain. ‘Snowshoe’ made the three trips one after another without a complaint, although that was a terrible hardship even for a man as accustomed to the snow-covered mountains as was ‘Snowshoe.'” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/26cf7afe-6fdf-4c57-8e3f-e3bac4652705/297391900_459547126178367_4960534010143767104_n.jpg Articles - Snowshoe Thompson - The Viking Mailman of the Sierra - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/f2e2a1cc-f69a-4677-a21e-f2489eeab496/download+%281%29.jfif Articles - Snowshoe Thompson - The Viking Mailman of the Sierra - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/7376e4f9-09d6-4395-a406-fd48dbe51560/TCRS_map1.png Articles - Snowshoe Thompson - The Viking Mailman of the Sierra - Williams Station was where the Lahontan Reservoir is now. 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These "dope riders" at laporte are good, clever fellows, but they have no more right to call themselves scientific snowshoers than a man with steel skates on smooth ice who with a spiked pole between his legs pushed himself straight ahead should be called a scientific skater. "now, I, on behalf of the Alpine Boys, make these propositions to the PLumas and sierra boys or "any other man" in the state. Come to Alpine county next winter and run with us. we will run you for 1,000 dollars a side for each one of the following. first - against time; you to select your hillside, and then we will select ours. second- against time; we to select the hillside third- over a precipice fifteen feet high, without the usual poles, the one jumping the furthest without falling, to take the purse. fourth- from the top to the bottom of the highest and heaviest timbered mountain we can find fifth and last- to run from the top of silver mountain peak to the town of silver mountain. The alititude of the peak is 11,000 feet - 4,000 feet above town., and distant 4 miles. now, boys of plumas and sierra, come over here; we will treat you well, and if you win our money you are welcome. if you come, be sure and bring that messenger man along with you, and I will bet him 100 dollars that if he attempts to follow me on snowshoes for one day he will break his neck before night. for the information of those who have not seen my snowshoes. they are 9ft long, turned up in front and flat bottomed; 4 inches wide in front; 3.5 inches behind, and 1.5 inches thick in center. " https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87bb13a80a000fe2857003/02c55ece-6773-4ed6-a8a3-99b8ab60cf95/6932111_1037475869.jpg Articles - Snowshoe Thompson - The Viking Mailman of the Sierra - After Snowshoe Thompson had his son, Arthur he went to the postmaster and asked for his money… For all the years he had been delivering the mail he never got paid. 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