With there being so many states, it understandable that sometimes it would be confusing to know which one you are in. But it gets more confusing when people begin arguing over which state you should be in and are willing to stab you if you disagree with them.

Shownotes:

• Episode art is a map of Ellis Island from the NPS that shows the approximate boundary of the original island
• https://www.michigan.gov/dmva/about/history/military-events/highlights/the-toledo-war
• https://www.heritage.org/immigration/heritage-explains/the-toledo-war
• https://ohiomemory.ohiohistory.org/archives/4196
• https://newengland.com/today/living/new-england-history/vermontflag/
• https://www.statueofliberty.org/ellis-island/overview-history/
• https://www.nps.gov/elis/faqs.htm
• Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds

Hey yall! This is part two of the Texas Revolution deep dive and in this one we focus on the sister republic of Texas down in Yucatan. Texas might not be as unique in its independence than we like to think...

Shownotes:

• https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2020/03/the-republic-of-yucatan/
• https://militaryhistorynow.com/2022/04/28/the-yucatan-republic-how-a-mayan-independence-movement-became-a-sideshow-of-the-mexican-american-war/
• Episode art is an 1848 map of Yucatan by Augustus Le Plongeon
• Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds

Howdy y'all and welcome back to History Spelunkers. In this episode we discuss the Texas Revolution and all of the convoluted history that led up to it. In this episode yes we do remember the Alamo, it just takes us about a while to get to that point.

Shownotes:

• Episode art is The Fall of the Alamo by Robert Onderdonk;Public Domain via Wiki Commons
• https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/texas-revolution
• https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/santa-anna-antonio-lopez-de
• https://libraries.uta.edu/usmexicowar/node/4883
• https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/revolutionary-army
• Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds

Almost everyone loves animals. Join us as we go through the list of the famous pets of the POTUS. Now including a surprising number of alligators!

Shownotes:

• Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds
• Episode Photo is of First Lady Grace Coolidge and her racoon Rebecca; in the public domain through the Library of Congress and Wikimedia Commons
• https://www.forbes.com/advisor/pet-insurance/pet-ownership-statistics/#:~:text=Dogs%20are%20the%20most%20popular,and%20baby%20boomers%20(24%25).
• https://www.monticello.org/research-education/thomas-jefferson-encyclopedia/sheep/
• https://www.lancasterhistory.org/all-the-presidents-pets/
• https://www.whitehousehistory.org/presidents-as-horsemen
• https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/alligators-white-house-pets/
• https://ethiopianism411.wordpress.com/2012/11/14/americas-first-presidential-hyena/
• https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/laddie-boy-harding-dog-collar/iQF5o_cxt0aaiA?hl=en
• https://coolidgefoundation.org/resources/the-coolidge-pets/
• https://americacomesalive.com/the-truman-dogs/
• https://www.nps.gov/thri/learn/kidsyouth/teddybearhistory.htm

Aloha everyone! In this episode we travel to the beautiful paradise in the middle of the Pacific know as the Hawaiian Islands. Hawaii is one of the few states in these United States that can have the privilege of being their own independent nation. So today's question: why are these islands no longer independent?

Shownotes:

• Episode photo is of the US Sailors and Marines from the USS Boston during the 1893 coup which deposed the monarch.
• Good books on the subject:
• How to Hide an Empire by Daniel Immerwahr
• A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
• Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen by Queen Lili'uokalani
• The Morgan Report: https://books.google.com/books?id=tBkiAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA363#v=onepage&q&f=false
• The Blount Report: https://libweb.hawaii.edu/digicoll/annexation/blount.php
• https://imagesofoldhawaii.com/raising-the-united-states-flag/
• https://bulletin.punahou.edu/ending-the-kapu/
• https://talesofhawaii.net/2020/10/20/kapu-system-of-traditional-hawaiian-religious-practice/
• https://www.britannica.com/topic/flag-of-Hawaii
• chrome-extension://bdfcnmeidppjeaggnmidamkiddifkdib/viewer.html?file=https://files.hawaii.gov/dcca/reb/real_ed/re_ed/ce_prelic/land_in_hawaii.pdf
• https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/captain-cook-killed-in-hawaii
• Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds

Welcome back to the continuation of our tragic tale of one of the most infamous events to ever occur on the high seas: The wreck of the whaleship Essex. Once we finish learning about the fates of these poor souls we go on to examine a variety of related stories.

CW: death, murder, and cannibalism... a lot of cannibalism

• Cover art is a sketch by Thomas Nickerson of the whaleship Essex compared to the whale which sank it; public domain access via Wikimedia commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Essex_photo_03_b.jpg
• https://www.britannica.com/topic/cannibalism-human-behaviour
• https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2000/05/essex-200005
• https://www.britannica.com/topic/Essex-whaling-ship
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_v_Dudley_and_Stephens#Cultural_impact
• https://www.google.com/books/edition/Arthur_Gordon_Pym/GvhDAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
• https://www.google.com/books/edition/Moby_Dick/XV8XAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
• Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds
• https://iwc.int/en/

There she blows! In this episode of the podcast we find ourselves out on the high seas learning about the origins of one of the world's most famous pieces of literature: Herman Melville's Moby Dick. Prepare for a truly wild voyage into the obscure...

CW: violence towards animals

Shownotes:

• Opening audio is from the 1956 film edition of Moby Dick staring Gregory Peck and Dir. by John Huston
• Episode art- Nantucket Water Skid by Clifford W. Ashley. (1930) in the public domain accessed via the Wikimedia commons
• Audiobook of Moby Dick that I listened to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg84olIrn-k&ab_channel=AudiobooksUnleashed
• https://slimemoldsyd.medium.com/the-match-that-killed-all-the-turtles-the-galapagos-versus-massachusetts-b68818a82d4e
• https://nha.org/visit/museums-and-tours/whaling-museum/
• https://www.britannica.com/animal/sperm-whale
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nantucket
• Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds

Hello History Spelunkers!! Welcome back to a new episode just in time for the most wonderful time of the year. The world can seem like a pretty dark place at times, but there is a magic to this season that brings a bit of joy back into the world. And on some occasions that magic is powerful enough that it truly can bring peace on earth…if only for awhile.

Shownotes

• Donation Links: If you are able to please give.
• UNICEF--https://www.unicefusa.org/
• Doctors Without Borders--https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/
• International Rescue Committee--https://www.rescue.org/
• UN Refugee Agency-- https://www.unrefugees.org/
• Save The Children--https://www.savethechildren.org/
• Episode art is a colorized photo of a group of British and German soldiers fraternizing in No Man's Land during the 1914 Christmas truce, courtesy of Cassowary Colorizations, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
• Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds
• https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/546523/Duke-of-Cambridge-Prince-William-Visit-Memorial-WWI-Christmas-Day-football-match
• https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-real-story-of-the-christmas-truce
• https://www.britannica.com/event/The-Christmas-Truce
• https://www.theworldwar.org/exhibitions/christmas-truce-winter-1914
• https://www.visionofhumanity.org/the-christmas-truce/
• https://gwern.net/doc/economics/1984-axelrod-theevolutionofcooperation-ch4-theliveandletlivesysteminwwi.html
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25206-2004Dec24.html
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Christmas_Letter#/media/File:Open_Christmas_letter_from_the_Suffragettes_of_Manchester_(11350682363).jpg