• Colonial Era to Present Day History Buff

  • By: Kirk Monroe
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Colonial Era to Present Day History Buff

By: Kirk Monroe
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  • History 101. Book and Trip Reviews.

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Episodes
  • Learning How To Survive Beyond Normal Circumstances

    Learning How To Survive Beyond Normal Circumstances
    Nov 20 2024
    Discover what was considered unusual for early November besides unseasonably warm temperatures throughout Upper Midwest. Learn why Minnesota is referred to as the “Land of 10,000 Lakes”. Determine if weather conditions got so drastically bad to where Minnesota Highway Department Officials were placed in a situation like never before. Find out whether any car accidents occurred on November 11 in Minnesota. Learn how farmers cattle got impacted by the overall storm including any ramifications surrounding the poultry industry. Learn how school students got impacted by the storm including what school officials did to ensure overall student safety. Get an in depth report behind what switchboard operators performed in Minnesota’s Nicollet County come November 11. Learn how Twin Cities of Minneapolis & Saint Paul, Minnesota dealt with the storms havoc. Discover how paperboy’s managed to deliver customers newspapers including coming upon behavior considered irrelevant for the time. Find out how Lake Superior fared on November 11. Learn everything essential about Ship to Shore Radio Communications.

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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Duck Hunters Faced With Uphill Battle For Survival

    Duck Hunters Faced With Uphill Battle For Survival
    Nov 15 2024
    Go behind the scenes and learn how city leaders in Milwaukee, Wisconsin grappled with Mother Nature’s wrath. Determine whether or not many homes got heated with coal during the 1940’s. Discover what motorists were forced to rely upon regarding their cars cooling systems. Find out if the Mississippi River is home to an assortment of different bird species. Learn about different projects that the Army Corps of Engineers performed along Mississippi River leading up to and around 1940. Discover how one particular 50 Mile stretch of the Mississippi River became a frozen hot spot for duck hunters. Learn about some cardinal rules which duck hunters must understand without fail. Find out if hunting in particular was considered strong come early morning November 11, 1940. Get an in depth analysis report behind temperature fluctuations in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Understand tragic circumstances behind one hunter’s death including why another hunter survived. Learn more about different survival strategies hunters could’ve exercised. Agree if it’s fair to say that there were as many hunters whom died within close proximity to safety as there were those of the exact opposite. Get introduced to Car Ferry Vessel City of Saginaw 31 including her uphill fight against Mother Nature on November 11.

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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • SS Novadoc’s Uphill Battle Against Lake Michigan’s Waves

    SS Novadoc’s Uphill Battle Against Lake Michigan’s Waves
    Nov 12 2024
    Get to know why combers are important. Receive an in depth analysis report behind SS Novadoc’s journey on Lake Michigan starting around 12PM come November 11. Get introduced to William Krewell, Little Sable Point’s Lighthouse Keeper, including his role behind performing communication miracle networking when so many other people were experiencing the exact opposite. Learn about the procedures which United States Coast Guard Stations along Lake Michigan required their crews to perform. Determine if there are special vessels within United States Coast Guard. Come across an unexpected situation impacting the Coast Guard along Lake Michigan Monday November 11. Discover just how intense the overall wind speed came out to be exactly along Lake Michigan. Learn exactly how bad the storm impacted Lansing Shoals Lighthouse. Figure out what exactly was the most widely common transportation practice operating regularly between Michigan’s Upper & Lower Peninsula’s in 1940. Go behind the scenes and understand why Little Bay de Noc endured the storm’s overall brunt. Determine if Michigan’s Lower Peninsula had fared any better than her counterpart to the north.

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    1 hr and 7 mins

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