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Colonial Era to Present Day History Buff Kirk Monroe

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History 101. Book and Trip Reviews. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kirk-monroe/support

    November 27, 1905, SS Mataafa’s Departure From Duluth Harbor Onto Lake Superior’s Open Waters

    November 27, 1905, SS Mataafa’s Departure From Duluth Harbor Onto Lake Superior’s Open Waters

    Discover whether majority of SS Mataafa’s Crew Members were considered to be young. Determine importance of certain noteworthy features about Mataafa given she was 430 Feet Long & 50 Feet Wide. Learn where ships crew were positioned based upon their status ranks. Get a grasp for how Captain Richard Humble dealt with 1905 Shipping Season as it was nearing its end. Get an in depth analysis behind Captain Humble’s course of action come 3:30PM on November 27, 1905. Learn what a Barometer does. Go behind the scenes and learn what unravels starting around 7:30PM November 27 into morning hours after midnight November 28 affecting Mataafa’s movement. Discover importance behind a device called Chadburn that Mataafa had onboard. Learn what options Captain Humble explored come morning of November 28 including their end result. Determine if snow had eased up come start of afternoon on November 28. Learn about Barge James Nasmyth as she was attached to Mataafa. Discover what unfolds around Mataafa without any warning along with crews response.

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    From Alerting Corporate Field Office About Vessels’ Condition To A New Man’s Executive Role

    From Alerting Corporate Field Office About Vessels’ Condition To A New Man’s Executive Role

    Describe how one could best interpret Crescent City’s condition after having landed irregularly along the beach. Go behind the scenes and discover what Crescent City Engineer A.E. Buddemeyer including Second Mate H.J. Stephen’s underwent just to get to the root of their situation. Get acquainted with Harry Coulby including everything about him before and leading up to start of 20th Century. Learn about what had changed drastically by the time Harry Coulby called the shots on a grander stage. Determine if Duluth, Minnesota felt any impacts based upon new policies Coulby himself put into place. Learn if Unions by late 1880’s had rocky records along the Great Lakes. Discover which group of ship crew got often referred to as rogues. Determine exactly what ship captains got forced into doing come 1904 which they had never done before. Go behind the scenes and learn what the Isaac L. Ellwood faced within Duluth Harbor between November 27-28.

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    Two Freighter Vessels & Their Crews Uphill Battles On Evening Of November 27, 1905

    Two Freighter Vessels & Their Crews Uphill Battles On Evening Of November 27, 1905

    Determine if any other boats made their way onto Lake Superior’s Western Bay not long after Ira H. Owen & Mataafa did so come November 27, 1905. Get to know Arthur Daggett, Collingwood, Ontario Native including his time on Great Lakes Waters going into late November 1905. Learn about Daggett’s position onboard Freighter Vessel Crescent City. Discover exactly what element Great Lakes Waters lack that Ocean Waters retain. Understand the role of what Ballast itself serves. Go behind the scenes and get an in depth analysis behind what SS Crescent City encountered between November 27-28, 1905. Get acquainted with Tandem Boat SS William Edenborn & Barge Madeira. Find out if both William Edenborn & Madeira were built in year 1900 along with a special title held by Edenborn come 1901. Discover just how rapidly the weather changed come Monday November 27 to where the Madeira Crew had more disadvantages than William Edenborn. Learn how one Madeira Crewman named Fred Benson took matters into his own hands by saving the remaining crew. Get an understanding of just how chaotic Duluth, Minnesota’s Weather Situation had become since 7PM Monday November 27. Learn about Foghorn’s and why they’re essential to ships. Determine what exactly Herbert Richardson advised Duluth’s People come late evening November 27.

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    • 58 min
    1905, A Year Like None Before For Duluth, Minnesota

    1905, A Year Like None Before For Duluth, Minnesota

    Determine what’s taking place around Duluth’s Docks come November 27, 1905. Discover how Duluth was unique from a news reporter standpoint come 1905. Understand what factors went into making sure Profits could be attained most notably during a short season. Find out if there was a specific advantage that Great Lakes Sailors always had over Ocean Crewmen. Learn how diverse Duluth’s Docks had become by late 1905. Get an introduction to Steel Hulled Great Lakes Freighter Ira H. Owen including her roles leading up to November 1905. Agree if it’s fair to say come 1905 that the practice of Barge Towing was becoming a thing of the past. Get introduced to SS Mataafa including her captain Richard Humble. Learn if the National Weather Service existed around 1905. Get acquainted with Weather Forecast Reporter Herbert Richardson. Discover what kind of relationship Richardson himself had with many ship captains including his outlook on where 1905 Shipping Season stood by November. Learn about some incredible feats Duluth had achieved by 1905 including one from a worldwide standpoint. Find out if Herbert Richardson got honored with anything special come evening of November 27 while having concerns about the impending weather forecast.

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    From Getting Incorporated Into A Village To Transitioning In Post Civil War Era

    From Getting Incorporated Into A Village To Transitioning In Post Civil War Era

    Get to know Henry Schoolcraft including titles he held beginning around 1822. Find out if Schoolcraft himself wanted to rename Lake Superior. Learn what item had become a vital commodity in Europe with North America being the primary supplier during 18th Century. Get to know John Jacob Astor including what he established in the year 1808. Understand what makes Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan so unique. Determine which village in Minnesota got incorporated come 1857 including a timeline of how it evolved during Post Civil War Era. Discover what a Minnesota State Geologist came upon near Lake Vermilion come 1865. Get introduced to Charlemagne Tower & George Stone including what their party came upon natural resource wise in 1874. Get a timeline analysis of what takes place between 1878-1890 along Northeast Minnesota via transportation and population standpoint. Learn about the Merritt Family and the firsts they achieved from a business perspective. Get an in depth analysis behind what took place on March 2, 1901. Understand why Hulett’s became important along Great Lakes Waters come turn of 20th Century. Agree if it’s safe to say that by 1905 there still remained a presence of Wooden Steamship Vessels sailing Lake Superior’s Waters. Discover when exactly the 1905 Shipping Season began turning deadly on Lake Superior.

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    • 59 min
    Prologue To So Terrible A Storm, A Tale Of Fury On Lake Superior by Curt Brown

    Prologue To So Terrible A Storm, A Tale Of Fury On Lake Superior by Curt Brown

    Understand why North America’s Great Lakes truly are an amazing natural geological wonder to reckon with. Get an understanding of how all 5 North American Great Lakes first began to form. Determine how many total U.S. States including Canadian Provinces are surrounded by Great Lakes Waters. Find out if there’s one particular Great Lake which stands above the rest. Get an introduction behind the first groups of Indian Peoples whom inhabited this one particular Great Lake. Understand greater significance behind year 1620 from a Non British Exploration Perspective. Go behind the scenes and get an in depth analysis about the first European Sailing Vessel which navigated Great Lakes Waters during year 1679. Learn if Indians & Europeans along Great Lakes Waters had differing philosophies come 1679. Discover what happened nearly 300 Years after a first of its kind had occurred in 1679. Determine whether this story is one of pushing boundaries especially when Early 1905 brought nothing but bad news to those living and working along the largest of North America’s Great Lakes.

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