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The end of the cruel Peace & the start of the desperate War.Based on ‘One In Ten' by FinalStand, adapted into 17 parts. Listen to the ► Podcast at Explicit Novels.A frightened Mother Mouse will devour her young; similarly, a frightened culture will devour its future.It wasn't like a magic force field bubble protected us until our 16th birthday. I couldn't recall all the times after I was 13 some woman asked me, or my Mother, when my 16th birthday would be. Back then, I didn't think much about it. In hindsight, those women were wondering when I would become legally sexually vulnerable. In way too many cases, women with access to teenage boys didn't wait.Even if they did,"It was my Aunt," Barabbas confessed. "She and her boss."You would think a sixteen, or seventeen, year old guy getting to sleep with a Milf would be a trip. It could be. For the boys with better developed empathy, you started to realize a woman you trusted was using your sexuality for their own advancement. Then you began feeling like a whore."She got me a job, but I quit after four months, you know,” he trailed off."Yeah," I sighed sympathetically."Yeah," Lowry snorted, "when the rest decided you should be putting out for free.""That was completely unnecessary," I glared at him."But true," he defied me."True," Barabbas agreed with a familiar degree of rejection."Mom flipped out when she figured out what Tamara; my sister; was doing," Pierre picked up his tale. "I was seventeen by that time. She helped pay for my college." We assumed the 'she' was his sister; the one who pimped him out."I hit one once," Lowry bragged. I found that somewhat difficult to believe."What happened?" Pierre asked."She kicked my ass," he chuckled. "Ex-military Reservist. Beat me like I had a cock." I read somewhere in the old days it was more common to say 'like a little bitch.' Now it was 'like I had a cock' because they didn't like teaching men to be 'too violent' aka how to defend ourselves.No one else felt like inquiring, so Barabbas did the deed."Go to the cops?""For what?" he shook his head. "I threw the first punch, and the second. Fucking Bitch. We both looked pretty rough, but I lost."Another pause."What was it like to hit one with your stick?" Lowry shot me a look."Good, damn good, and stupid. I mean, I could have ended up like you with a crowd of women on a subway kicking and stomping on me and I would have ended up in jail too," I related. "Still, it felt good, just to tell one to keep her hands to herself, ya know?" I got nods all around. We were all young, healthy and relatively handsome."Yeah, you could have gotten your ass kicked," Barabbas reminded me."In fact, one of the major reasons I didn't, gave me the pistol I'm carrying," I twitched it slightly. "The first time they came for me, I asked them ~ the Vanishers ~ to wait, and they did.""Why in the fuck would you do that?" Lowry blurted out, shocked and skeptical."At the time, I didn't trust them since I figured they were nothing more than another bunch of women telling me what to do. I wanted to use them to escape. I didn't want to spend the rest of my life serving them if it meant the same fucked-up existence I was currently living," I shared the enlightenment."What changed your mind?" Pierre's eyes lit up."I figured out their prime motivation, the nature of the conspiracy and that I had no rational chance to escape them," I answered. "Every angle I was figuring out, they had figured out years ago. On the plus side, their core philosophy requires them to engage men as equals for both biological and social reasons ~ which means they are the best game in town. In case you missed it, the Vanishers didn't 'vanish' me. I escaped on my own. They have agreed to join forces with my group; no lie.""Your group has a lot of girls," Lowry drolly noted."Lowry, exactly how was I going to recruit any male to my cause without dropping the entire Metropolitan G E D (Gender Enforcement Division) on me?""Flyers?" Barabbas joked softly."He's got a point," Pierre rallied to my cause. "As far as any of you have confessed, none of us had any guy, or girl, friends. It is why we were selected.""Okay, fine. Now what?" Lowry conceded to the consensus."We wake up tomorrow working toward equality," I huffed. "We are all going to have to learn to fight and shoot because the entire group is going to be in danger for some time to come. Society, as in Global Society, is going to come crashing down. And that means anarchy, lawlessness and barbarism before it violently spasms off into extinction.""We have lived our lives effectively as slaves, though no woman inside that house will admit it truly in their hearts. For the first time in our lives, we can change our futures. I'm sure if we surrender to whomever kills the others, they will enslave us once more and leave us with far fewer illusions about our status. Or, we can chose to fight and, if worst comes to worst, die free. I'm not going back to what I was. That means I will need to learn how to survive; and that means fighting. Not because I hate women, but because there are several I love and respect and I don't want to let them down ~ as their equal.""Tonight, think about what I've told you. Tomorrow morning, I hope you join up with us," I concluded my 'pep talk.'"And if we don't?" Lowry stared defiantly."That is something you are free to do too," I shrugged. "I'm not going to tell you what to do. Let's go back inside. It is late."We'd almost made it back when Lowry put a hand on my shoulder."Can I see the gun now?""This thing? Like this?" I half-turned, made eye contact then flick my eyes down to the pistol then back to him again."Yeah.""Have you ever handled a loaded firearm before?" I requested."Yeah, plenty of times, in my dreams," he mocked me."You are a moron," I felt my blood simmering. "This isn't a game, this (the pistol) isn't a toy, and you have not been paying attention." I put both hands on the pistol, removed the magazine then removed the chambered bullet. Lastly, ass-first, I handed him the empty pistol with my left hand while keeping the ammunition in my right."Moron, huh?" he chuckled. "Gonna give me the bullets?""No, no, I'm not going to give you the bullets because you don't know what you are doing. Unlike you, I actually have had a firearm lesson. More to the point, I won't give you a loaded firearm because I think I've stressed the lady, or ladies, watching over us right now enough for one night.""Huh?" Lowry and Barabbas echoed. Pierre looked around."Wes didn't keep us inside to play '20 Questions' for her own amusement. She kept us occupied so her other teammate, or teammates, could move to this side of the house, so they could watch over us while giving you three the delusion we were alone. They are professionals in camouflage gear with night-vision goggles, so unless they had to move rapidly through the underbrush, we weren't likely to detect them.""I played along because I felt it was necessary for you three to open up a little bit. Life is only going to get tougher over the next few months. None of us want to have a chat with heavily armed women staring over our shoulders, so I took us outside where it would appear we were alone," I explained."You lied to us," Lowry snipped."No. My words were true. What I did was allow you to deceive yourself as to our level of security and amount of company. I did what I did for the good of the group, regardless of gender, Gentlemen. It is how we all need to start thinking. Something else you might want to think about is: everyone I love is with me here today. A good number of people who decided getting in my way was a good thing aren't even alive anymore. I will gladly embrace any one of you as brothers. If you are an obstacle, I will fucking see you gone, one way or another; clear?""We are guys," Lowry insisted smugly. Old thinking: women protected men."I; don't; care," I glared back. "You may be a sperm-shooter, but inside me is the only surefire cure for the Gender Plague. I repeat: people I love, and there are several, are all alive today because I cared and took an active hand in their survival. My enemies are mostly dead. Being a man will save you from the women in there. It won't save you from me.""You'd kill us?" Pierre whispered."Pierre, my Mother died over a year ago. Where are your Mother and Sister? You don't give a damn about a single fucking human being and yet you expect me to trust you? Why?" I challenged him. "I've already proved to multiple people I can reach beyond my shell and give a fuck. Until you rejoin the Human Race, I value the rest of those battling alongside me far more than you, or anyone else regardless of whether they have a penis, or a vagina. I'm not going to snap your neck, stab, or shoot you. I'm simply not going to bother trying to save you. The World is doing a bang-up job of killing the rest of Humanity off, without my assistance.""I really ought to punch you," Lowry threatened."Give it your best shot," I took a step toward him. That wasn't what he, or I, was expecting. I put down my poor judgment and combative demeanor to exhaustion."Don't, guys," Barabbas interceded."You are an Asshole," Lowry snarled."And you are consistently ignoring reality," I snapped back. "For instance, we are not alone out here, plus we are also at the door." I knocked once. The door swung open to reveal a rather attentive and unhappy Wes Prince. I handed her the bullet and magazine."You were listening in?" Lowry turned his anger on her. Wes' eyes went from me, to him, out into the darkness then back to me, though her words were to Lowry."Yes. Of course I was listening in. I wouldn't call him an Asshole. I'd go for Smart-ass." To me, "Do you enjoy being annoyingly correct?""No. I'd be ecstatic to realize I was completely wrong about everything and had lapsed into a mad delusion," I related, my own anger seeping away. "Being right means I have to keep appreciating and respecting you and your compatriots and taking responsibility for my own clumsy contributions to our current situation, which I don't want to do. I want to go to bed.""Come on in and go to bed then," she softened. She made a slight hand gesture. "My pistol, please, Mr. Pritchard?" she requested of Lowry. Grudgingly he gave her the firearm. She stepped aside. Lowry went first, Barabbas second. Pierre gasped slightly because as he went up the steps he noticed the two Vanishers coming toward us from outside ~ the ones I had predicted to be watching us.I went in after Pierre. Wes followed along. Capri and Kuiko were waiting. The lights had already been dimmed throughout most of the rest of the dwelling."Who were those other two guys?" Wes stopped me."Sergeant Major Daly was a Marine N C O and improv poet renowned for his battlefield musings. His most famous philosophical insight into the fighting spirit of men came in World War One. In his words "Come on, you sons of bitches, do you want to live forever?" He also won two Medals of Honor, so he must have had some talent.""Company Sergeant-Major John Robert Osborn was a Canadian; that was the country which now makes up the northern third of our current Federation; who found himself misplaced on the island of Hong Kong in late 1941; him, a handful of lads from Winnipeg and a shitload more Japanese. He and the Japanese ended up in a game of grenade tag,”"Grenade tag?" one of my two 'silent' guardians interrupted."Yes ~ grenade tag. Apparently in the olden days, grenades didn't airburst, or explode on impact. You pulled a pin and threw it at the enemy, then waited for the fuse to burn out and the grenade to go 'Boom!.' Quick, brave, and or stupid people could grab that grenade and toss it back. In some cases, one grenade might make two, or three trips before detonating.""Anyway, the Japanese were so very rudely throwing grenades into the position he and his Winnipeg Grenadiers were defending, so he kept returning them. After eight and a half hours of such fun, he came across one he couldn't toss back in time. He covered it with his body to shield his comrades from the blast, dying instantly. The British Empire gave him something called the Victoria Cross for his actions. He was the first Canadian in World War Two to receive it.""Why do you know such stuff?" she grinned. "Oh, I'm Scar and this is Nat," she indicated the third member of the Wes-Scar-Nat Vanisher trio."I considered myself a coward, so I read a lot about brave men. I was kind of hoping to figure out how I could be brave myself, one day," I disclosed."Mission success," the third one smiled. "Go to bed."I gathered up Capri and Kuiko and did as instructed. As I rested my head on the pillow, lights out and my mind gratefully shutting down."Less impressive sex, Bitch," Capri teased."No," I groaned."They definitely think you've got the 'sexy'," Kuiko enlightened me."Can we please just go to sleep?" I begged.Capri rolled onto her side, back to me, gave me a bump in the hip with her ass, then moved away a tiny bit. Kuiko wiggled close, kissed me lightly on the cheek, and then did the same. Unconsciousness took me before any other worries could steal my much needed slumber.The Larger World:As I struggled for sleep a second time, events unfolding in three different places around the Globe (Asia, the City and the Capitol) would impact my fate.Asia:First; the brutal agony still going on as the Sun disappeared over the horizon wasn't over when I woke up the next morning. It was largely misunderstood for some time afterwards, but was referred to as; the Battle for Shanghai.Five Chinese regular force divisions fought the garrison division of Shanghai, its 'reserve' division, hastily gathered volunteer female formations and a hodge-podge of ancillary forces the United Nations could throw into the fray. The goal for both sides was to seize a mother and her unborn child. Within them were the only other active resistant viral factory killing the T2 Gender Plague. By the time I woke up, both sides were sure the other side had killed them both, pretty much insuring the extinction of all sentient life in Eurasia.I say 'Eurasia' because by dusk of the previous day, the Federation knew for sure I, the other source of a cure for the T2, was still alive and kicking, as were my sons. My sons held a nebulous promise for a future date. I was of immediate importance since my adult body could produce enough antivirals to protect tens of thousands of people on a relatively continuous basis, or so it was projected.With, or without the mother and child, China was done for. Japan and Korea were rapidly circling the drain. North of China, the Plague was racing across Siberian Russia. Central Asia had never really recovered from the first round of the Gender Plague all those years ago so, now off the beaten path, would be longer in dying. India had too many outbreaks to even dream of containment. Pakistan, Iran, Turkey and the Levant Republic all had reported cases as well.Europe:Beyond the Urals, the Europeans were grappling with the looming fear of a global economic collapse along with the Specter of Death though 48 hours into the crisis, there were no cases to report yet. Civil order was teetering. Several nations had either closed their borders, or were considering doing so. Women began hording food, and men.Africa:

The Shawnee leader Tecumseh came to prominence in a war against the United States waged from 1811 to 1815. In 1805, Tecumseh's younger brother Lalawethika (soon to be known as "the Prophet") had a vision for an Indian revitalization movement that would restore Native culture and resist American expansion. Tecumseh organized the growing support for this movement, which came from Indigenous peoples across the Old Northwest and parts of the Great Plains, into a loose but powerful military alliance. In late 1811, while Tecumseh was away on a recruiting mission in the South, General William Henry Harrison led an army to the center of Native resistance at Prophetstown in present-day Indiana. In the early morning hours of November 7, in what came to be known as the Battle of Tippecanoe, Harrison's men fought off an Indian attack, which marked the beginning of Tecumseh's War. Seven months later, when the United States declared war on Britain, thus initiating the War of 1812, the British and Tecumseh forged an alliance against the United States. Initially, the Anglo-Indian alliance enjoyed considerable success at Detroit, Chicago, Mackinac, and elsewhere, exposing much of the Old Northwest to border warfare, but the tide turned in 1813 when Harrison invaded Canada. On October 5 the American army defeated a much smaller Anglo-Indian force in the climactic Battle of the Thames. Tecumseh was killed in this battle, and although his confederacy disintegrated, British support ensured that the Indian war would continue for another two years with the Sauk chief Black Hawk now providing the inspiration and leadership. Tecumseh's War ended only in late 1815 after the British made peace with the United States and abandoned their native allies. Tecumseh's War: The Epic Conflict for the Heart of America (Westholme, 2023) is the first complete story of this major conflict. Distinguished historian Donald R. Hickey detaches it from the War of 1812, moving Tecumseh's confederation to center stage to tell the sweeping and engrossing story of this last great Indian War--the last time that Indigenous Peoples had a powerful European ally to oppose United States expansion and thus the lastchance they had of shaping the future of the continent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

The Shawnee leader Tecumseh came to prominence in a war against the United States waged from 1811 to 1815. In 1805, Tecumseh's younger brother Lalawethika (soon to be known as "the Prophet") had a vision for an Indian revitalization movement that would restore Native culture and resist American expansion. Tecumseh organized the growing support for this movement, which came from Indigenous peoples across the Old Northwest and parts of the Great Plains, into a loose but powerful military alliance. In late 1811, while Tecumseh was away on a recruiting mission in the South, General William Henry Harrison led an army to the center of Native resistance at Prophetstown in present-day Indiana. In the early morning hours of November 7, in what came to be known as the Battle of Tippecanoe, Harrison's men fought off an Indian attack, which marked the beginning of Tecumseh's War. Seven months later, when the United States declared war on Britain, thus initiating the War of 1812, the British and Tecumseh forged an alliance against the United States. Initially, the Anglo-Indian alliance enjoyed considerable success at Detroit, Chicago, Mackinac, and elsewhere, exposing much of the Old Northwest to border warfare, but the tide turned in 1813 when Harrison invaded Canada. On October 5 the American army defeated a much smaller Anglo-Indian force in the climactic Battle of the Thames. Tecumseh was killed in this battle, and although his confederacy disintegrated, British support ensured that the Indian war would continue for another two years with the Sauk chief Black Hawk now providing the inspiration and leadership. Tecumseh's War ended only in late 1815 after the British made peace with the United States and abandoned their native allies. Tecumseh's War: The Epic Conflict for the Heart of America (Westholme, 2023) is the first complete story of this major conflict. Distinguished historian Donald R. Hickey detaches it from the War of 1812, moving Tecumseh's confederation to center stage to tell the sweeping and engrossing story of this last great Indian War--the last time that Indigenous Peoples had a powerful European ally to oppose United States expansion and thus the lastchance they had of shaping the future of the continent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

The Shawnee leader Tecumseh came to prominence in a war against the United States waged from 1811 to 1815. In 1805, Tecumseh's younger brother Lalawethika (soon to be known as "the Prophet") had a vision for an Indian revitalization movement that would restore Native culture and resist American expansion. Tecumseh organized the growing support for this movement, which came from Indigenous peoples across the Old Northwest and parts of the Great Plains, into a loose but powerful military alliance. In late 1811, while Tecumseh was away on a recruiting mission in the South, General William Henry Harrison led an army to the center of Native resistance at Prophetstown in present-day Indiana. In the early morning hours of November 7, in what came to be known as the Battle of Tippecanoe, Harrison's men fought off an Indian attack, which marked the beginning of Tecumseh's War. Seven months later, when the United States declared war on Britain, thus initiating the War of 1812, the British and Tecumseh forged an alliance against the United States. Initially, the Anglo-Indian alliance enjoyed considerable success at Detroit, Chicago, Mackinac, and elsewhere, exposing much of the Old Northwest to border warfare, but the tide turned in 1813 when Harrison invaded Canada. On October 5 the American army defeated a much smaller Anglo-Indian force in the climactic Battle of the Thames. Tecumseh was killed in this battle, and although his confederacy disintegrated, British support ensured that the Indian war would continue for another two years with the Sauk chief Black Hawk now providing the inspiration and leadership. Tecumseh's War ended only in late 1815 after the British made peace with the United States and abandoned their native allies. Tecumseh's War: The Epic Conflict for the Heart of America (Westholme, 2023) is the first complete story of this major conflict. Distinguished historian Donald R. Hickey detaches it from the War of 1812, moving Tecumseh's confederation to center stage to tell the sweeping and engrossing story of this last great Indian War--the last time that Indigenous Peoples had a powerful European ally to oppose United States expansion and thus the lastchance they had of shaping the future of the continent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/native-american-studies

The Shawnee leader Tecumseh came to prominence in a war against the United States waged from 1811 to 1815. In 1805, Tecumseh's younger brother Lalawethika (soon to be known as "the Prophet") had a vision for an Indian revitalization movement that would restore Native culture and resist American expansion. Tecumseh organized the growing support for this movement, which came from Indigenous peoples across the Old Northwest and parts of the Great Plains, into a loose but powerful military alliance. In late 1811, while Tecumseh was away on a recruiting mission in the South, General William Henry Harrison led an army to the center of Native resistance at Prophetstown in present-day Indiana. In the early morning hours of November 7, in what came to be known as the Battle of Tippecanoe, Harrison's men fought off an Indian attack, which marked the beginning of Tecumseh's War. Seven months later, when the United States declared war on Britain, thus initiating the War of 1812, the British and Tecumseh forged an alliance against the United States. Initially, the Anglo-Indian alliance enjoyed considerable success at Detroit, Chicago, Mackinac, and elsewhere, exposing much of the Old Northwest to border warfare, but the tide turned in 1813 when Harrison invaded Canada. On October 5 the American army defeated a much smaller Anglo-Indian force in the climactic Battle of the Thames. Tecumseh was killed in this battle, and although his confederacy disintegrated, British support ensured that the Indian war would continue for another two years with the Sauk chief Black Hawk now providing the inspiration and leadership. Tecumseh's War ended only in late 1815 after the British made peace with the United States and abandoned their native allies. Tecumseh's War: The Epic Conflict for the Heart of America (Westholme, 2023) is the first complete story of this major conflict. Distinguished historian Donald R. Hickey detaches it from the War of 1812, moving Tecumseh's confederation to center stage to tell the sweeping and engrossing story of this last great Indian War--the last time that Indigenous Peoples had a powerful European ally to oppose United States expansion and thus the lastchance they had of shaping the future of the continent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/military-history

The Shawnee leader Tecumseh came to prominence in a war against the United States waged from 1811 to 1815. In 1805, Tecumseh's younger brother Lalawethika (soon to be known as "the Prophet") had a vision for an Indian revitalization movement that would restore Native culture and resist American expansion. Tecumseh organized the growing support for this movement, which came from Indigenous peoples across the Old Northwest and parts of the Great Plains, into a loose but powerful military alliance. In late 1811, while Tecumseh was away on a recruiting mission in the South, General William Henry Harrison led an army to the center of Native resistance at Prophetstown in present-day Indiana. In the early morning hours of November 7, in what came to be known as the Battle of Tippecanoe, Harrison's men fought off an Indian attack, which marked the beginning of Tecumseh's War. Seven months later, when the United States declared war on Britain, thus initiating the War of 1812, the British and Tecumseh forged an alliance against the United States. Initially, the Anglo-Indian alliance enjoyed considerable success at Detroit, Chicago, Mackinac, and elsewhere, exposing much of the Old Northwest to border warfare, but the tide turned in 1813 when Harrison invaded Canada. On October 5 the American army defeated a much smaller Anglo-Indian force in the climactic Battle of the Thames. Tecumseh was killed in this battle, and although his confederacy disintegrated, British support ensured that the Indian war would continue for another two years with the Sauk chief Black Hawk now providing the inspiration and leadership. Tecumseh's War ended only in late 1815 after the British made peace with the United States and abandoned their native allies. Tecumseh's War: The Epic Conflict for the Heart of America (Westholme, 2023) is the first complete story of this major conflict. Distinguished historian Donald R. Hickey detaches it from the War of 1812, moving Tecumseh's confederation to center stage to tell the sweeping and engrossing story of this last great Indian War--the last time that Indigenous Peoples had a powerful European ally to oppose United States expansion and thus the lastchance they had of shaping the future of the continent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

The Shawnee leader Tecumseh came to prominence in a war against the United States waged from 1811 to 1815. In 1805, Tecumseh's younger brother Lalawethika (soon to be known as "the Prophet") had a vision for an Indian revitalization movement that would restore Native culture and resist American expansion. Tecumseh organized the growing support for this movement, which came from Indigenous peoples across the Old Northwest and parts of the Great Plains, into a loose but powerful military alliance. In late 1811, while Tecumseh was away on a recruiting mission in the South, General William Henry Harrison led an army to the center of Native resistance at Prophetstown in present-day Indiana. In the early morning hours of November 7, in what came to be known as the Battle of Tippecanoe, Harrison's men fought off an Indian attack, which marked the beginning of Tecumseh's War. Seven months later, when the United States declared war on Britain, thus initiating the War of 1812, the British and Tecumseh forged an alliance against the United States. Initially, the Anglo-Indian alliance enjoyed considerable success at Detroit, Chicago, Mackinac, and elsewhere, exposing much of the Old Northwest to border warfare, but the tide turned in 1813 when Harrison invaded Canada. On October 5 the American army defeated a much smaller Anglo-Indian force in the climactic Battle of the Thames. Tecumseh was killed in this battle, and although his confederacy disintegrated, British support ensured that the Indian war would continue for another two years with the Sauk chief Black Hawk now providing the inspiration and leadership. Tecumseh's War ended only in late 1815 after the British made peace with the United States and abandoned their native allies. Tecumseh's War: The Epic Conflict for the Heart of America (Westholme, 2023) is the first complete story of this major conflict. Distinguished historian Donald R. Hickey detaches it from the War of 1812, moving Tecumseh's confederation to center stage to tell the sweeping and engrossing story of this last great Indian War--the last time that Indigenous Peoples had a powerful European ally to oppose United States expansion and thus the lastchance they had of shaping the future of the continent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Shawnee leader Tecumseh came to prominence in a war against the United States waged from 1811 to 1815. In 1805, Tecumseh's younger brother Lalawethika (soon to be known as "the Prophet") had a vision for an Indian revitalization movement that would restore Native culture and resist American expansion. Tecumseh organized the growing support for this movement, which came from Indigenous peoples across the Old Northwest and parts of the Great Plains, into a loose but powerful military alliance. In late 1811, while Tecumseh was away on a recruiting mission in the South, General William Henry Harrison led an army to the center of Native resistance at Prophetstown in present-day Indiana. In the early morning hours of November 7, in what came to be known as the Battle of Tippecanoe, Harrison's men fought off an Indian attack, which marked the beginning of Tecumseh's War. Seven months later, when the United States declared war on Britain, thus initiating the War of 1812, the British and Tecumseh forged an alliance against the United States. Initially, the Anglo-Indian alliance enjoyed considerable success at Detroit, Chicago, Mackinac, and elsewhere, exposing much of the Old Northwest to border warfare, but the tide turned in 1813 when Harrison invaded Canada. On October 5 the American army defeated a much smaller Anglo-Indian force in the climactic Battle of the Thames. Tecumseh was killed in this battle, and although his confederacy disintegrated, British support ensured that the Indian war would continue for another two years with the Sauk chief Black Hawk now providing the inspiration and leadership. Tecumseh's War ended only in late 1815 after the British made peace with the United States and abandoned their native allies. Tecumseh's War: The Epic Conflict for the Heart of America (Westholme, 2023) is the first complete story of this major conflict. Distinguished historian Donald R. Hickey detaches it from the War of 1812, moving Tecumseh's confederation to center stage to tell the sweeping and engrossing story of this last great Indian War--the last time that Indigenous Peoples had a powerful European ally to oppose United States expansion and thus the lastchance they had of shaping the future of the continent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/british-studies

The Shawnee leader Tecumseh came to prominence in a war against the United States waged from 1811 to 1815. In 1805, Tecumseh's younger brother Lalawethika (soon to be known as "the Prophet") had a vision for an Indian revitalization movement that would restore Native culture and resist American expansion. Tecumseh organized the growing support for this movement, which came from Indigenous peoples across the Old Northwest and parts of the Great Plains, into a loose but powerful military alliance. In late 1811, while Tecumseh was away on a recruiting mission in the South, General William Henry Harrison led an army to the center of Native resistance at Prophetstown in present-day Indiana. In the early morning hours of November 7, in what came to be known as the Battle of Tippecanoe, Harrison's men fought off an Indian attack, which marked the beginning of Tecumseh's War. Seven months later, when the United States declared war on Britain, thus initiating the War of 1812, the British and Tecumseh forged an alliance against the United States. Initially, the Anglo-Indian alliance enjoyed considerable success at Detroit, Chicago, Mackinac, and elsewhere, exposing much of the Old Northwest to border warfare, but the tide turned in 1813 when Harrison invaded Canada. On October 5 the American army defeated a much smaller Anglo-Indian force in the climactic Battle of the Thames. Tecumseh was killed in this battle, and although his confederacy disintegrated, British support ensured that the Indian war would continue for another two years with the Sauk chief Black Hawk now providing the inspiration and leadership. Tecumseh's War ended only in late 1815 after the British made peace with the United States and abandoned their native allies. Tecumseh's War: The Epic Conflict for the Heart of America (Westholme, 2023) is the first complete story of this major conflict. Distinguished historian Donald R. Hickey detaches it from the War of 1812, moving Tecumseh's confederation to center stage to tell the sweeping and engrossing story of this last great Indian War--the last time that Indigenous Peoples had a powerful European ally to oppose United States expansion and thus the lastchance they had of shaping the future of the continent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/book-of-the-day

George Rogers Clark, the twenty-six-year-old commander of the Kentucky Militia, petitioned Virginia governor Patrick Henry to be allowed to take 500 American troops into Kentucky (already annexed to Virginia) to conquer the Northwest for Virginia, and increase the footprint of the state and its aspiring country. He proposed to claim the key towns and forts for America, on a march to ultimately conquer Fort Detroit. Patrick Henry agreed. The 500 troops never materialized. Instead, Clark found a mere 130 or so men at his disposal. Young, persistent, bold, and innovative, he was undeterred, never considering the possibility of abandoning his plan, despite floods, starvation, and the constant threat of his scant troops slipping off in the night to scramble for home. Clark and his men accomplished one of the greatest underdog victories by means of deception.  Written by Lauren Eisenberg Davis Hosted by Jason Epperson Visit LLBean.com to find great gear for exploring the national parks.  Use promo code PARKS20 to get $20 off your next purchase of $200 or more at solostove.com. "George Rogers Clark and the Winning of the Old Northwest" can be found here: https://amzn.to/3RZGXGj

Year(s) Discussed: 1773-1815 For this episode, I am joined by Peter Stark, author of Gallop Toward the Sun: Tecumseh and William Henry Harrison's Struggle for the Destiny of a Nation. In the course of our conversation, in addition to talking about the two titular historical figures, we also discuss various other individuals who impacted the course of their lives and careers as well as the geopolitical influences on the conflict between Native peoples and American settlers in the Old Northwest. More information can be found on the website at https://www.presidenciespodcast.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Year(s) Discussed: 1811-1813 As if the United States didn't have enough military conflicts to be involved in, agents of the Madison administration worked to support the efforts of would-be revolutionaries leading the Republican Army of the North to end Spanish control of New Spain. Meanwhile, Gen. William Henry Harrison had to deal with a rival general in his command in the Old Northwest who ended up making a costly strategic mistake. Sources used for this episode can be found at https://www.presidenciespodcast.com. Note: There is a brief mention of an incident of violence around the 15 1/2 minute mark that lasts for 30 seconds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Determine if a legend aka story emerged based upon the bravery displayed by a fictional crew member. Learn if it was common for the use of poetry to be submitted in regards to shipwreck incidents. Understand why Benjamin Brown French is an important figure. Determine if having avoided death on Erie was considered a major highlight for those whom survived. Learn if immigrants still came in droves into the Old Northwest following Erie Disaster. Determine if it's fair to say that the Erie Canal's presence helped contribute towards constructing other canals. Learn about the state of canals come early 1850's including another set of transportation competition. Discover what became of Charles Manning Reed & Captain Thomas Jefferson Titus following Erie Disaster. Find out whether any of the Maritime Crew Painters had survived including Steamship Erie Crew People. Get an in depth analysis behind how newspapers went about reporting those missing persons based upon their first names. Find out what the Buffalo Firm of Parsons & Company practiced. Determine if the drama was very high when listing passengers from within a single family. Discover how long it took Congress to enact new Steamship Legislation in midst of Erie's Wreck. Go behind the scenes and learn all there is about Lake Erie from number of shipwrecks including her deepest depth. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kirk-monroe/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kirk-monroe/support

Against long odds, the Anishinaabeg resisted removal, retaining much of their land in the Old Northwest—what's now Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Their success rested partly on their roles as sellers of natural resources and buyers of trade goods, which made them key players in the political economy of plunder that drove white settlement and US development in the region. But, as Michael Witgen demonstrates in Seeing Red: Indigenous Land, American Expansion, and the Political Economy of Plunder in North America (Omohundro Institute/UNC Press, 2021), the credit for Native persistence rested with the Anishinaabeg themselves. Outnumbering white settlers well into the nineteenth century, they leveraged their political savvy to advance a dual citizenship that enabled mixed-race tribal members to lay claim to a place in US civil society. Telling the stories of mixed-race traders and missionaries, tribal leaders and territorial governors, Witgen challenges our assumptions about the inevitability of US expansion. John Cable is assistant professor of history at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, Georgia. He earned the Ph.D. in history at Florida State University in 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Against long odds, the Anishinaabeg resisted removal, retaining much of their land in the Old Northwest—what's now Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Their success rested partly on their roles as sellers of natural resources and buyers of trade goods, which made them key players in the political economy of plunder that drove white settlement and US development in the region. But, as Michael Witgen demonstrates in Seeing Red: Indigenous Land, American Expansion, and the Political Economy of Plunder in North America (Omohundro Institute/UNC Press, 2021), the credit for Native persistence rested with the Anishinaabeg themselves. Outnumbering white settlers well into the nineteenth century, they leveraged their political savvy to advance a dual citizenship that enabled mixed-race tribal members to lay claim to a place in US civil society. Telling the stories of mixed-race traders and missionaries, tribal leaders and territorial governors, Witgen challenges our assumptions about the inevitability of US expansion. John Cable is assistant professor of history at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, Georgia. He earned the Ph.D. in history at Florida State University in 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

Against long odds, the Anishinaabeg resisted removal, retaining much of their land in the Old Northwest—what's now Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Their success rested partly on their roles as sellers of natural resources and buyers of trade goods, which made them key players in the political economy of plunder that drove white settlement and US development in the region. But, as Michael Witgen demonstrates in Seeing Red: Indigenous Land, American Expansion, and the Political Economy of Plunder in North America (Omohundro Institute/UNC Press, 2021), the credit for Native persistence rested with the Anishinaabeg themselves. Outnumbering white settlers well into the nineteenth century, they leveraged their political savvy to advance a dual citizenship that enabled mixed-race tribal members to lay claim to a place in US civil society. Telling the stories of mixed-race traders and missionaries, tribal leaders and territorial governors, Witgen challenges our assumptions about the inevitability of US expansion. John Cable is assistant professor of history at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, Georgia. He earned the Ph.D. in history at Florida State University in 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/native-american-studies

Against long odds, the Anishinaabeg resisted removal, retaining much of their land in the Old Northwest—what's now Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Their success rested partly on their roles as sellers of natural resources and buyers of trade goods, which made them key players in the political economy of plunder that drove white settlement and US development in the region. But, as Michael Witgen demonstrates in Seeing Red: Indigenous Land, American Expansion, and the Political Economy of Plunder in North America (Omohundro Institute/UNC Press, 2021), the credit for Native persistence rested with the Anishinaabeg themselves. Outnumbering white settlers well into the nineteenth century, they leveraged their political savvy to advance a dual citizenship that enabled mixed-race tribal members to lay claim to a place in US civil society. Telling the stories of mixed-race traders and missionaries, tribal leaders and territorial governors, Witgen challenges our assumptions about the inevitability of US expansion. John Cable is assistant professor of history at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, Georgia. He earned the Ph.D. in history at Florida State University in 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Against long odds, the Anishinaabeg resisted removal, retaining much of their land in the Old Northwest—what's now Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Their success rested partly on their roles as sellers of natural resources and buyers of trade goods, which made them key players in the political economy of plunder that drove white settlement and US development in the region. But, as Michael Witgen demonstrates in Seeing Red: Indigenous Land, American Expansion, and the Political Economy of Plunder in North America (Omohundro Institute/UNC Press, 2021), the credit for Native persistence rested with the Anishinaabeg themselves. Outnumbering white settlers well into the nineteenth century, they leveraged their political savvy to advance a dual citizenship that enabled mixed-race tribal members to lay claim to a place in US civil society. Telling the stories of mixed-race traders and missionaries, tribal leaders and territorial governors, Witgen challenges our assumptions about the inevitability of US expansion. John Cable is assistant professor of history at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, Georgia. He earned the Ph.D. in history at Florida State University in 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

Against long odds, the Anishinaabeg resisted removal, retaining much of their land in the Old Northwest—what's now Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Their success rested partly on their roles as sellers of natural resources and buyers of trade goods, which made them key players in the political economy of plunder that drove white settlement and US development in the region. But, as Michael Witgen demonstrates in Seeing Red: Indigenous Land, American Expansion, and the Political Economy of Plunder in North America (Omohundro Institute/UNC Press, 2021), the credit for Native persistence rested with the Anishinaabeg themselves. Outnumbering white settlers well into the nineteenth century, they leveraged their political savvy to advance a dual citizenship that enabled mixed-race tribal members to lay claim to a place in US civil society. Telling the stories of mixed-race traders and missionaries, tribal leaders and territorial governors, Witgen challenges our assumptions about the inevitability of US expansion. John Cable is assistant professor of history at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, Georgia. He earned the Ph.D. in history at Florida State University in 2020.

Against long odds, the Anishinaabeg resisted removal, retaining much of their land in the Old Northwest—what's now Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Their success rested partly on their roles as sellers of natural resources and buyers of trade goods, which made them key players in the political economy of plunder that drove white settlement and US development in the region. But, as Michael Witgen demonstrates in Seeing Red: Indigenous Land, American Expansion, and the Political Economy of Plunder in North America (Omohundro Institute/UNC Press, 2021), the credit for Native persistence rested with the Anishinaabeg themselves. Outnumbering white settlers well into the nineteenth century, they leveraged their political savvy to advance a dual citizenship that enabled mixed-race tribal members to lay claim to a place in US civil society. Telling the stories of mixed-race traders and missionaries, tribal leaders and territorial governors, Witgen challenges our assumptions about the inevitability of US expansion. John Cable is assistant professor of history at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, Georgia. He earned the Ph.D. in history at Florida State University in 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Against long odds, the Anishinaabeg resisted removal, retaining much of their land in the Old Northwest—what's now Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Their success rested partly on their roles as sellers of natural resources and buyers of trade goods, which made them key players in the political economy of plunder that drove white settlement and US development in the region. But, as Michael Witgen demonstrates in Seeing Red: Indigenous Land, American Expansion, and the Political Economy of Plunder in North America (Omohundro Institute/UNC Press, 2021), the credit for Native persistence rested with the Anishinaabeg themselves. Outnumbering white settlers well into the nineteenth century, they leveraged their political savvy to advance a dual citizenship that enabled mixed-race tribal members to lay claim to a place in US civil society. Telling the stories of mixed-race traders and missionaries, tribal leaders and territorial governors, Witgen challenges our assumptions about the inevitability of US expansion. John Cable is assistant professor of history at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, Georgia. He earned the Ph.D. in history at Florida State University in 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/book-of-the-day

George Rogers Clark was a militiaman from Virginia, nicknamed “The Conqueror of the Old Northwest” after capturing territory that helped expand America.

The spring of 1812 found the young American republic on edge. The British Navy was impressing American seamen with impunity at an alarming rate while vicious attacks on frontier settlements by American Indians armed with British weapons had left a trail of fear and outrage. As calls for a military response increased, Kentucky, the first state west of the Appalachians, urged that only by defeating the British could the nation achieve security. The very thought conjured up embellished memories of the American Revolution, and once war was declared, many soldiers believed that the “Spirit of 76” would lead them to victory. But the conflict quickly transformed from a patriotic parade to a desperate attempt to survive against a major military power. While the War of 1812 is known mostly for later events, including the burning of Washington and the siege of Fort McHenry, much of the first two years of the war was fought in the west, with the British Army and their Indian allies nearly overrunning the Old Northwest and threatening the borders of the original colonies. In The War of 1812 in the West: From Fort Detroit to New Orleans, David Kirkpatrick chronicles the near catastrophic loss of the Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois Territories, the bitter fight against both Tecumseh's Confederation and the Creek Nation, and the slow recovery and ultimate victory of American forces—a large portion of which was supplied by Kentucky—from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. Battles such as River Raisin, Thames River, Fort Meigs, and New Orleans are placed in context to show how they secured America's frontier and opened territory to the west to new settlement following the war. -DAVID KIRKPATRICK serves as the Genealogy/ Reference Librarian at Mercer County (Kentucky) Public Library and has spent more than a decade working as an archivist for the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. He has a BA in history from the University of Louisville and an MA in history from Western Kentucky University.

Marietta, Ohio was the first permanent white settlement in 1788 was thought of as the Western frontier of the "Old Northwest".  Founded by early settlers from the Ohio Company, who had received land from the United States after their service in the American Revolution, they were not the first people to call the confluence of the Muskingum and the Ohio home. The large and mysterious mounds that dot the landscape tell the early white settlers that others were here before. Including the 35 foot mound named Conus by those settlers buried their own dead around, where heroes of the American Revolution lie in the shadow of the huge earthwork. Invisible Ground dives into the rich history of this important sacred space by talking with Scott Britton and Wes Clarke from The Castle, a historic home and museum a few blocks away,  and Andrew Weiland from the Hopewell Culture National Historic Park in Chillicothe. Athens, Ohio's poet laureate Wendy McVicker reads from a well-known piece from Daniel Everett, buried here, a poet, writer, and newspaper owner and editor. This episode is sponsored by Just A Jar Design Press in Marietta, Ohio.Invisible Ground Theme: "Rain Spring" by Todd JacopsMusic (in order of sound appearance)Todd Jacops - "Rain Spring"OYO - "My Kind"Keith Hanlon - "Dressed in Red and Yellow"Daniel Bachman - "Long Nights I"Weedghost - "Luxury Umbrella"Weedghost - "Live at The Shire in Yellow Springs 8/15/10"Brian Harnetty - "Tecumseh Lake"Keith Hanlon - "Rushed to Reach the End"Brian Harnetty - "Moonshine Festival"Todd Jacops - "Bath Tub Gin and the Sailors Myth" 

The first biography of the great Shawnee leader in more than twenty years, and the first to make clear that his misunderstood younger brother, Tenskwatawa, was an equal partner in the last great pan-Indian alliance against the United States.Until the Americans killed Tecumseh in 1813, he and his brother Tenskwatawa were the co-architects of the broadest pan-Indian confederation in United States history. In previous accounts of Tecumseh's life, Tenskwatawa has been dismissed as a talentless charlatan and a drunk. But award-winning historian Peter Cozzens now shows us that while Tecumseh was a brilliant diplomat and war leader--admired by the same white Americans he opposed--it was Tenskwatawa, called the "Shawnee Prophet," who created a vital doctrine of religious and cultural revitalization that unified the disparate tribes of the Old Northwest. Detailed research of Native American society and customs provides a window into a world often erased from history books and reveals how both men came to power in different but no less important ways.Cozzens brings us to the forefront of the chaos and violence that characterized the young American Republic, when settlers spilled across the Appalachians to bloody effect in their haste to exploit lands won from the British in the War of Independence, disregarding their rightful Indian owners. Tecumseh and the Prophet presents the untold story of the Shawnee brothers who retaliated against this threat--the two most significant siblings in Native American history, who, Cozzens helps us understand, should be writ large in the annals of America.HOST:  Rob MellonFEATURED BREW:  Tippecanoe Common Ale, The Lafayette Brewing Company, Lafayette, IndianaBOOK:  Tecumseh and the Prophet: The Shawnee Brothers Who Defied a Nationhttps://www.amazon.com/Tecumseh-Prophet-Shawnee-Brothers-Defied/dp/1524733253/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1LHGHNDA8DF57&dchild=1&keywords=tecumseh+and+the+prophet&qid=1618618276&sprefix=tecumseh+and+the+p%2Caps%2C181&sr=8-1MUSIC:  Bones Forkhttps://bonesfork.com/CLIP:  So Live Your Life – Chief Tecumseh (A Native American Poem)- Read by Shane Morris.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QageNN-V8rY

The first biography of the great Shawnee leader in more than twenty years, and the first to make clear that his misunderstood younger brother, Tenskwatawa, was an equal partner in the last great pan-Indian alliance against the United States. Until the Americans killed Tecumseh in 1813, he and his brother Tenskwatawa were the co-architects of the broadest pan-Indian confederation in United States history. In previous accounts of Tecumseh's life, Tenskwatawa has been dismissed as a talentless charlatan and a drunk. But award-winning historian Peter Cozzens now shows us that while Tecumseh was a brilliant diplomat and war leader--admired by the same white Americans he opposed--it was Tenskwatawa, called the "Shawnee Prophet," who created a vital doctrine of religious and cultural revitalization that unified the disparate tribes of the Old Northwest. Detailed research of Native American society and customs provides a window into a world often erased from history books and reveals how both men came to power in different but no less important ways.Cozzens brings us to the forefront of the chaos and violence that characterized the young American Republic, when settlers spilled across the Appalachians to bloody effect in their haste to exploit lands won from the British in the War of Independence, disregarding their rightful Indian owners. Tecumseh and the Prophet presents the untold story of the Shawnee brothers who retaliated against this threat--the two most significant siblings in Native American history, who, Cozzens helps us understand, should be writ large in the annals of America.-Peter Cozzens is the author or editor of sixteen acclaimed books on the American Civil War and the Indian Wars of the American West, and a member of the Advisory Council of the Lincoln Prize. In 2002 he was awarded the American Foreign Service Association's highest honor, the William R. Rivkin Award, given annually to one Foreign Service Officer for exemplary moral courage, integrity, and creative dissent. He lives in Kensington, Maryland.

This historical marker is an introduction to Philander Prescott. His name will come back up a few times in future historical markers, so after this you will know who they are talking about, because I don't know about you but I had never heard of this guy. I mentioned in the episode a few podcasts I have been a guest on so I am going to post links to those episodes before the links to some of my research on Philander. Back Lot 605 Tombstone (Kurt Russell Series) - YouTube Fat Dude Digs Flicks 79. Let's Taco ‘Bout Baby Boom featuring Local Lou (buzzsprout.com) The Dave Holly Hour Dave Holly Hour Episode 64 January 28, 2021 (podbean.com) Philander Prescott | The U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 Philander Prescott: A Victim of Minnesota's Inevitable Conflict – Colin Mustful Photos of Philander Prescott - Find A Grave Memorial Full text of "Autobiography and reminiscences of Philander Prescott" (archive.org) THE STATES AND TERRITORIES OF THE GREAT WEST - JACOB FERRIS - Google Books Cultural Identity across Three Generations of an Anglo-Dakota Family (mnhs.org) The Recollections of Philander Prescott, Frontiersman of the Old Northwest ... - Philander Prescott - Google Books About | Philanders Grill & Bar History of Prescott | Prescott, WI - Official Website

Until the Americans killed Tecumseh in 1813, he and his brother Tenskwatawa were the co-architects of the broadest pan-Indian confederation in United States history. In previous accounts of Tecumseh's life, Tenskwatawa has been dismissed as a talentless charlatan and a drunk. But while Tecumseh was a brilliant diplomat and war leader--admired by the same white Americans he opposed--it was Tenskwatawa, called the "Shawnee Prophet," who created a vital doctrine of religious and cultural revitalization that unified the disparate tribes of the Old Northwest. Native American society and customs provide a window into a world often erased from history books and reveals how both men came to power in different but no less important ways. Today’s guest, Peter Cozzens, author of the book “Tecumseh and the Prophet,” brings us to the forefront of the chaos and violence that characterized the young American Republic, when settlers spilled across the Appalachians to bloody effect in their haste to exploit lands won from the British in the War of Independence, disregarding their rightful Indian owners. Tecumseh and the Prophet presents the untold story of the Shawnee brothers who retaliated against this threat--the two most significant siblings in Native American history, who, Cozzens helps us understand, should be writ large in the annals of America.

Part II: The Western Lands and Foreign Policy. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Founded in 1803, Chicago's Fort Dearborn is the western most outpost on the frontier, and by 1812 still the most isolated fort in Indian Country. The garrison and few settlers are outnumbered five-to-one by the neighboring tribes within a day's ride. A pivotal year in Chicago history the corner of today's Wacker Drive and Michigan Avenue is the site of Chicago's first murder on June 17. At that point tensions are already high and this killing comes one day before Congress declares war on Great Britain. Although, the approximately 100 residents of Chicago will have no idea war is declared until mid- to late-July. Just why trader John Kinzie stabbed fort interpreter Jean Lalime to death is a two-centuries' old Chicago mystery. Was it jealousy, a trade dispute, bad blood? Listen in as we set the scene of Chicago on the cusp of the War of 1812, weight the accounts, motivations, and events surrounding this gruesome murder on the banks of the Chicago River. We hope you enjoy this fascinating slice of Chicago history and interview with writer Paul Dailing who authored the Chicago Reader article "The long death of Jean Lalime". The bones of Jean Lalime as once displayed at the Chicago Historical SocietyFreelance writer Paul Dailing & podcast co-host Christopher Lynch Receipt signed by John (Jean) Lalime for his annual salary as Interpreter at Chicago Links to Research and History Documents "The long death of Jean Lalime" in The Reader by Paul DailingThe blog: 1001 Chicago Afternoons by Paul DailingFort Dearborn: A Novel by Jerry CrimminsChicago River Bridges by Patrick McBriartyBio of Milo Quaife (1880-1959) authority on the Old Northwest and former Superintendent of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin

Tecumseh (/tɪˈkʌmsə, tɪˈkʌmsi/ ti-KUM-sə, ti-KUM-see; March 1768 – October 5, 1813) was a Native American Shawnee warrior and chief, who became the primary leader of a large, multi-tribal confederacy in the early 19th century. Born in the Ohio Country (present-day Ohio), and growing up during the American Revolutionary War and the Northwest Indian War, Tecumseh was exposed to warfare and envisioned the establishment of an independent Native American nation east of the Mississippi River under British protection. He worked to recruit additional members to his tribal confederacy from the southern United States. Tecumseh was among the most celebrated Native American leaders in history and was known as a strong and eloquent orator who promoted tribal unity. He was also ambitious, willing to take risks, and make significant sacrifices to repel the settlers from Native American lands in the Old Northwest Territory. In 1808, with his brother Tenskwatawa ("The Prophet"), Tecumseh founded the Native American village the European Americans called Prophetstown, north of present-day Lafayette, Indiana. Prophetstown grew into a large, multi-tribal community and a central point in Tecumseh's political and military alliance. Tecumseh's confederation fought the United States during Tecumseh's War, but he was unsuccessful in getting the U.S. government to rescind the Treaty of Fort Wayne (1809) and other land-cession treaties. In 1811, as he traveled south to recruit more allies, his brother Tenskwatawa defended Prophetstown against William Henry Harrison's army at the Battle of Tippecanoe, but the Native Americans retreated from the field and the European Americans unearthed graves and burned Prophetstown. Although Tecumseh remained the military leader of the pan-Native American confederation, his plan to enlarge the Native American alliance was never fulfilled. Tecumseh and his confederacy continued to fight the United States after forming an alliance with Great Britain in the War of 1812. During the war, Tecumseh's confederacy helped in the capture of Fort Detroit. However, after U.S. naval forces took control of Lake Erie in 1813, the British and their Native American allies retreated into Upper Canada, where the European American forces engaged them at the Battle of the Thames on October 5, 1813, and Tecumseh was killed. His death and the end of the war caused the pan-Native American alliance to collapse. Within a few years, the remaining tribal lands in the Old Northwest were ceded to the U.S. government and subsequently opened for new settlement and most of the Native Americans eventually moved west, across the Mississippi River. Since his death Tecumseh has become an iconic folk hero in American, Indigenous, and Canadian history. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thehistoryexpress/support

In the town of Vincennes, Indiana, stands the largest Beaux-Arts style monument on an American battlefield and outside of Washington, DC. It sits on the former site of Fort Sackville to commemorate a little known battle with tremendous stakes. A rarely told story that dramatically expanded our country.  On this episode of America’s National Parks, the George Rogers Clark National Historical Park.

In this episode, James discusses how the Cherokee and Chickamauga react to the creation of the State of Franklin. We also take a wider look at the frontier as a whole, to see what developments lay in the Old Northwest. Follow me on Twitter @jk_nelson, or follow me on our facebook page @americanlegends.

     Beards Behind Bars 2 was held a few weeks back at the historic Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield Ohio.  The Beardcaster attended this event, where he placed 3rd to Luke Sumpter, 2nd place, and Butch Amos who won the goatee category.  The best part of the evening was a tribute beard by Natali Johnston of the Holy City Beard and Mustache Society in the Whiskerina “Natural” category.  When the Whiskerinas make “tribute” beards they usually pick an influential person in the bearding community and try to emulate their style, their look, and their facial hair as best as they can.  Natali chose to make her tribute to me, The Beardcaster.  She did such an amazing job with all the details she included in the tribute.  The hair color was spot on and the outfit was on point.  I had actually given Natali a microphone and recorder earlier in the afternoon so she could play around and record some silly stuff.  Little did I know she was going to use those [pieces to complete her best masterpiece yet!  I had planned on getting some crowd interviews at this event, which was presented by Beards Of The Old Northwest and Duck River Beard Co., but I left that to Natali as I felt she would do a fantastic job!      Natali interviewed many people and gave me about 3+ hours of tape to go through!  I spent many hours going through the first hour plus and was able to put together this episode.  She talked to a few attendants and it was really entertaining to hear her use some of my phrases and for people to tell her what a great job she did replicating my look.  She then interviewed all of the judges for the event and asked them all what they were looking for from the contestants that were to be critiqued. I was very honored and proud of the job she did and still can’t believe that she picked me to tribute.  Be sure to visit www.thebeardcaster.com/blog/72 to see all the photos from the event.  I hope you enjoy!   After a successful 2017 event at the world-famous and historic Ohio State Reformatory, Beards of the Old Northwest is taking you back to prison for "Beards Behind Bars 2" on Saturday June 30th, 2018! Walk the same halls as history's most infamous prisoners. Immerse yourself into the foundation that formed "The Shawshank Redemption". Hunt for the paranormal on the reformatory grounds! Proceeds will go to benefit The Ohio State Reformation Society and The North End Community Improvement Collaborative.   JUDGES: Johnathan Wakefield https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009831130861 Brad “Filipe” Petrinic  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=630641024&ref=br_rs Margo Sharp https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000214604060&ref=br_rs Andrew Kloss https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=300900983&ref=br_rs Doug Cameron https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=300900983&ref=br_rs   Ohio State Reformatory MRPS http://www.ohiostatereformatory.org/   Beards of the Old Northwest - Cleveland, Ohio https://www.facebook.com/BeardsOfTheOldNorthwest/   Duck River Beard Co. https://www.duckriverbeardcompany.com/   Visit my website for more fun “bearding” info: www.thebeardcaster.com Subscribe for FREE at: www.thebeardcaster.com/subscribe Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Thebeardcaster Twitter: @TheBeardcaster https://twitter.com/TheBeardcaster Instagram: @thebeardcaster https://www.instagram.com/thebeardcaster/ RSS: http://thebeardcaster.libsyn.com/rss Email: scott@thebeardcaster.com

The First Beard and Mustache Competition to raise money for The Morgan Hose Volunteer Fire Department in Rock Creek Ohio. The Beardcaster emceed the event and lots of fun was had! We had lots of people show up and compete at the inaugural event.  Much thanks to Doug White, president of the Rock Creek chapter of Beards of the Old Northwest.     Beards of the Old Northwest RockCreek Chapter: https://www.facebook.com/BeardsOfTheOldNorthwestRockCreek/ Morgan Hose Volunteer Fire Departmant https://www.facebook.com/MorganHoseCoVfd/ Beards and Beef in Rock Creek https://www.facebook.com/events/586802054986586/ The event will be held during the weekend of the Ox Roast in Rock Creek on Saturday June 9, 2018  Registration @ 4:00 Competition @ 4:30 Big Thanks to Scott Sykora for allowing us to use his Maple Festival Beard Comp as a helpful guideline:) LIST OF CATEGORIES FOR BEARDS AND BEEF 2018 1. Big Rig (Longest Beard) See how you measure up! This category is for the men who got some miles in 2. Full Tanker (Fullest Beard) Includes small beards and thick beards 3. Best Hose Under the Nose (Best Mustache) Styled or Natural. Show us the best hose under your nose 4. Wild Hose (Freestyle Beard) Anything goes in this category. Make a wild creation with your beard, anyway you can think! 5. Half Hose (Partial Beard) For the guys who still shave. Chops, Goatee, Whaler, or any type of partial 6. Cretian Crud (Best Effort) For the guys who just can’t. It might short, spotty, or plain “bad looking” -but you’re trying!! 7. Bearded Cadets (Kids Fake Creative) Be creative and have fun! Parents help your kiddos come up with a fake beard or mustache 8. Queen of the Creek (Whiskerina Beard) For the ladies. Show us your crafty side~any type of medium 9. King of the Creek (Grand Champion) All the winners from each of the categories. All placed in a row, crowd participation helps to determine who the winner will be crowned King of the Creek! *All category winners are at the mercy of the crowd* Loudest cheers win!  Participant Fee $10, Kid Category Free All proceeds go to Morgan Hose VFD photos can be for the event can be found on my blog at: www.thebeardcaster.com/blog/71 Visit my website for more fun “bearding” info: www.thebeardcaster.com SUBSCRIBE AT: www.thebeardcaster.com/subscribe  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Thebeardcaster Twitter: @TheBeardcaster https://twitter.com/TheBeardcaster Instagram: @thebeardcaster https://www.instagram.com/thebeardcaster/ RSS: http://thebeardcaster.libsyn.com/rss Email: scott@thebeardcaster.com  

The history of Indian removal has often followed a single narrative arc, one that begins with President Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Act of 1830 and follows the Cherokee Trail of Tears. In that conventional account, the Black Hawk War of 1832 encapsulates the experience of tribes in the territories north of the Ohio River. But Indian removal in the Old Northwest was much more complicated—involving many Indian peoples and more than just one policy, event, or politician. In Land Too Good for Indians, historian John P. Bowes takes a long-needed closer, more expansive look at northern Indian removal—and in so doing amplifies the history of Indian removal and of the United States.Bowes focuses on four case studies that exemplify particular elements of removal in the Old Northwest. He traces the paths taken by Delaware Indians in response to Euro-American expansion and U.S. policies in the decades prior to the Indian Removal Act. He also considers the removal experience among the Seneca-Cayugas, Wyandots, and other Indian communities in the Sandusky River region of northwestern Ohio. Bowes uses the 1833 Treaty of Chicago as a lens through which to examine the forces that drove the divergent removals of various Potawatomi communities from northern Illinois and Indiana. And in exploring the experiences of the Odawas and Ojibwes in Michigan Territory, he analyzes the historical context and choices that enabled some Indian communities to avoid relocation west of the Mississippi River.John P. Bowes is Professor of History at Eastern Kentucky University and received his Ph.D. in History from the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of several books, including Exiles and Pioneers: Eastern Indians in the Trans-Mississippi West, The Trail of Tears: Removal in the South, Black Hawk and the War of 1832: Removal in the North, The Choctaw, and Land Too Good for Indians: Northern Indian Removal.

   This years Toys for Tots toy collection was out of this world!!! We collected a record breaking amount of toys between The Beards of the Old Northwest, Rustbelt Whisker Society, and the Steel City Beard and Mustache Club  at Camelot Lanes in Boardman, Ohio.  The only unfortunate thing that happened that evening was this boneheaded podcaster didn't hook up his recorder properly and I lost all my interviews with everyone from the evening.  I am such an idiot! To make up for the lost footage I found a fun chat session with Patrick Quinn and Jeff Bittner with an added splash of Crystal Davis.  Hope you enjoy our crazy night at the Super 8!

       Josh Kimm, founder and president of the Hampton Roads Beard and Stache Society and The Beardcaster get together to talk about the Whiskers of War 2017 competition and other assorted bearded fun.  We talked about our distaste of the mustache and a few major reasons we both don’t care for mustaches.  Josh talked about a funny situation where he was a victim of a bearded stereotype and we dove into the world of the stereotypes related to certain styles of beards.  Vetshouse is the charity the club is raising donations for, and this is their 3rd year doing so. Make sure you are subscribed to the podcast by going to: www.thebeardcaster.com/subscribe and make sure you tell all your friends to listen!   WHISKERS OF WAR BEARD & MUSTACHE COMPETITION #WOWBMC17 presented by Hampton Roads Beard & Stache Society   Proceeds to Benefit: Vetshouse, Inc.  http://www.vetshouseinc.org/   To make a donation directly to Vetshouse please goto: http://vetshouseinc.org/donations/   Venue: Shaka's Live  2014 Atlantic Avenue Virginia Beach, Virginia 23451 *This event is all ages*   Doors Open: 5:30 p.m. Competition Starts: 7:30 p.m. Registration: https://goo.gl/forms/m3uyWG9ywKwEIF4j2 *Online registration ends Wednesday, November 8th at 10:00 p.m.  *Final Competitor registration will be the day of the event until 7:00 p.m.    ***OFFICIAL AFTER-COMP PARTY will be at Shaka's featuring Karaoke with DJ MikeCee. Once the awards are handed out and the competition is done, stay and join us for the after party!***    Ticket Price: $15  Online tickets can be purchased here:  https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1532642?utm_medium=bks   Judges: Rachel Iammarino   Coming from Cleveland, OH. She is the Treasurer of Beards of the Old Northwest and has been in bearding for 4 years, competing for the last 2 of those. She was our Creative Best in Show Winner last year with her Doughnut and Sprinkle beard. When she is not bearding, she is hanging with her husband and kids or riding her motorcycle. She is so happy to be coming back down to Virginia Beach this year, and is looking forward to seeing everyone!     Ryan Sheibley   Ryan began growing his current beard almost 3 years ago after shaving for his wedding photos in August 2014. He is a hard working father who enjoys coaching youth sports and working with kids and he has been involved in Boxing and Martial Arts for over 20 years. This led to his nickname in bearding as the #GingaNinja. Ryan began competing in beard competitions in December 2015 and has participated in approximately 20 competitions, placing in the top 3 in all but a few. He is a Disabled Air Force Veteran and suffers from Ulcerative Colitis. He believes the best part of bearding is meeting the amazing people that come together with different reasons but a common goal to help charities and raise awareness and funds to help others in need. He pledges to stand for and donate to help prevent veteran suicides through #TogetherWeCan and help kids through the Crohns & Colitis Foundation of American. His son Jaxon competes in Kids Creative Beard Category along with Ryan when possible. His wife Liz and his son are his true motivations to work hard in this world. He is proud to be sponsored by Mad Viking Beard and Mustache Company on his bearding journey and he uses their products daily to help keep his beard looking its best.   Daniel DC Cunningham   Hiking straight out of the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee, DC is a tool belt wearing, ladder climbing, nail gun slinging framer by week and a whiskey drinking, lake life loving beard enthusiast by weekend. He is the founder and President of the Marble City Whisker Society in Knoxville, TN and has competed in a few competitions across the country. He might also be known for his beard care company, Wild Hare Soap/Jack-a-Lope Brand. He has placed in a couple of competitions. One just happened to be first place at the NABMCA Remington Beard Boss Great American Beard & Moustache Championships in Natural Full Beard with Styled Mustache in Denver, CO and was recently awarded the 2017 American Beardsman of the Year award in Charleston, SC. He has also become good at giving inspirational speeches, especially when Jack Daniels gets involved. So, you may want to watch out for that. DC has been a long time supporter of Whiskers of War and we are happy to have him serve as one of our judges this year.   John Vanty   Big John is Co-Owner and Barber at Lionshead Barbershop in Norfolk, VA. He is also the creator of Lionshead Grooming Products, specializing in old school Pomade, Soap, and beard products. Needless to say, he knows a thing or two about facial hair. Several of our members trust John to keep their follicles looking good with haircuts and beard trims. Thank you for joining us this year John!   Chad Roberts   The husband of Creative Moustache World Champion Amy Roberts, Chad Roberts has been a competitive Beardsmith since 2011. He is the President and founder of the RVA Beard League, and he serves as a Vice President of the North American Competitive Beard & Mustache Association (NACBMA). With over 70 competitions under his belt on both sides of the judging table, Chad has taken home a number of titles over the years. You can find Chad in the background of Steven Spielberg's Oscar winner, "Lincoln," on the pages of the 2015 edition of "Ripley's Believe It or Not," and in the high-risk pool of what doctors call "AquaNet Lung." Supporting beard clubs whenever and however he can, Chad stands by the New World bearding traditions of raising funds for local charities, the inclusion of all who support facial hair, and enjoying a beer with friends who hail from far-flung places. Thank you for joining us this year Chad!     Host Hotel: The Comfort Inn & Suites Virginia Beach-Oceanfront at 2015 Atlantic Avenue, Virginia Beach, VA 23451 is once again our host hotel! All rooms are suite style with balconies facing the Atlantic Ocean. Comfort Inn offers a complimentary deluxe continental breakfast, an INDOOR POOL and it is literally across the street from the venue!  The rate for these rooms is only $79.00 a night and can be booked by calling (757) 425-8200 and mention either "HAMPTON ROADS BEARD & STACHE SOCIETY" or "HRBSS". You cannot book this rate online. The deadline to reserve your room at this rate is October 27, 2017. **NOTE: This rate is for 2 adults/2 children under 17. The hotel will charge $15 per person for any additional adults in the room.**   ***IMPORTANT: Each room is given only ONE parking space at the hotel. Please plan accordingly.***   **HOTEL UPDATE**-Our host hotel, Comfort Inn & Suites Virginia Beach-Oceanfront is completely booked. Some other hotel options close to the host hotel and venue are: 1. Holiday Inn Virginia Beach Oceanside at 2101 Atlantic Avenue, Virginia Beach, VA (757) 491-1500 2. Econolodge Oceanfront at 2109 Atlantic Avenue, Virginia Beach, VA (757) 428-2403 3. Travelodge Suites Virginia Beach Oceanfront at 1909 Atlantic Avenue, Virginia Beach, VA (757) 425-0650 4. Fairfield Inn & Suites Virginia Beach Oceanfront at 1901 Atlantic Avenue, Virginia Beach, VA (757) 422-4885 ______________________________________________________   Sponsors: Wild Hare Soap/Jack-A-Lope Brand Knuckle Draggerz Veterans Club Mountain Man Oils Intracoastal Expedited & Delivery Inc 80/20 Burger Bar American Do It Yourself Garage Beard Splitters   For You By Q The Whiskerinas World Famous BHS Ink in Va Beach Back Bay Photography Hopkins Discount Bail Bonds #1DapperMfer Native Beard Co   Vendors: For You By Q Wild Hare Soap/Jack-A-Lope Brand Native Beard Co The Beardsman Oil Company ______________________________________________________ Categories (in no particular order):   Whiskerina Creative - Create the most imaginative, creative, and fantastic facial hair of any style you can. Creativity and craftsmanship is encouraged.   Whiskerina Realistic - Create the most realistic-looking facial hair of any style. Creativity and craftsmanship is encouraged. Remember, the goal here is to have it look as real as possible.   Natural Mustache - The mustache as it grows naturally, the more natural the better! A natural mustache is any length of hair grown from above the upper lip and underneath the nose, with no styling products permitted. NO BEARDS or any other facial hair are permitted in Mustache categories.   Styled Mustache - A styled mustache is any length of hair grown from above the upper lip and underneath the nose, styled with any product. Styling aids are permitted. NO BEARDS or any other facial hair are permitted in Mustache categories.   Partial Beard Natural - A natural partial beard is any facial hair that is neither a full beard, nor only a mustache, with no styling products permitted. Common styles include: Goatee, Musketeer and Van Dyke.    Partial Beard Freestyle - Any facial hair that is neither a full beard, nor only a mustache, styled with any product. Styling aids permitted.   Full Beard w/ Styled Mustache - A full beard of any length with a styled mustache incorporated. Mustache can only be style using aids.   Mutton Chops/Sideburns - The chin is shaven & hair is optional on the upper lip, no styling aids allowed.   Donegal/Whaler - Also known as “Amish” beard, a full beard with no mustache, no styling aids allowed.    Business Beard (0-2in) - A full beard, with all parts of the beard and moustache grown, to a length of no more than two inches.   Full Beard (2in-8in) - A natural full beard is a full beard, with all parts of the beard and mustache naturally grown, with no styling products permitted. Acceptable styling methods to be used with a natural full beard include brushing, combing, conditioning, and shampooing.   Full Beard (8in and over) - A natural full beard is a full beard, with all parts of the beard and mustache naturally grown, with no styling products permitted. Acceptable styling methods to be used with a natural full beard include brushing, combing, conditioning, and shampooing.   Full Beard Freestyle - A styled full beard is a beard, with all parts styled with any product. Styling aids are permitted.   Red, White, and Beard - Open to any Veteran or Active Duty military service member with any style of facial hair. No styling aids allowed.    Best In Show (Men & Women) - Best In Show contestants are all the 1st Place category winners. We will have a Best in Show award for both Men and Women. I-Tunes link- http://ow.ly/OxAX30fvgD8

When the Revolutionary War ended in 1783, the newly independent United States savored its victory and hoped for a great future. And yet the republic soon found itself losing an escalating military conflict on its borderlands. In 1791, years of skirmishes, raids, and quagmire climaxed in the grisly defeat of American militiamen by a brilliantly organized confederation of Shawnee, Miami, and Delaware Indians. With nearly one thousand U.S. casualties, this was the worst defeat the nation would ever suffer at native hands. Americans were shocked, perhaps none more so than their commander in chief, George Washington, who saw in the debacle an urgent lesson: the United States needed an army. “Autumn of the Black Snake: The Creation of the U.S. Army and the Invasion That Opened the West” tells the overlooked story of how Washington achieved his aim. In evocative and absorbing prose, William Hogeland conjures up the woodland battles and the hardball politics that formed the Legion of the United States, our first true standing army. His memorable portraits of leaders on both sides—from the daring war chiefs Blue Jacket and Little Turtle to the doomed commander Richard Butler and a steely, even ruthless Washington—drive a tale of horrific violence, brilliant strategizing, stupendous blunders, and valorous deeds. This sweeping account, at once exciting and dark, builds to a crescendo as Washington and Alexander Hamilton, at enormous risk, outmaneuver Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and other skeptics of standing armies—and Washington appoints the seemingly disreputable Anthony Wayne, known as Mad Anthony, to lead the legion. Wayne marches into the forests of the Old Northwest, where the very Indians he is charged with defeating will bestow on him, with grudging admiration, a new name: the Black Snake. William Hogeland is the author of three books on founding U.S. history—“The Whiskey Rebellion,” “Declaration,” and “Founding Finance”—as well as a collection of essays, “Inventing American History.” Born in Virginia and raised in Brooklyn, he lives in New York City.

This episode of Gnarly Beards United is one YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS! And I mean it! Join me this Monday night @ 9pm EST on http://www.blogtalkradio.com/deadairnation for a show packed with special guest callers. Gnarly Beards United is brought to you by the twisted minds at the Dead Air Nation Network, "One Nation, Under Dead Air" and is sponsored by the Gnarly Beard Company, "Keep it Gnarly, my Friends!" This show is dedicated to the Beards Behind Bars beard and mustache competition in Mansfield, OH. on July 1st. Hosted by the Beards Of The Old Northwest and presented by the Gnarly Beard Company. This competition is being held at the historic Ohio State Reformatory, location of filming for the Shawshank Redemption. So, if you're in the area on July 1st, stop by and take the tour and hop on stage to compete. This is going to be an epic event!  First up, I have the president of the Beards of the Old Northwest-Cleveland, sponsored beard competitor with Waffen der Whiskerr Oil Company, a personal trainer by day and a helluva freestyle beardsmith by night, Mr. Eric Zatchok. Eric and I will talk about himself to start out, talk about the Beards of the Old Northwest, and get some more info on the Beards Behind Bars competition. It should be a great interview, so tune in! My next guest to the show was voted the American Beardsman of the Year in Charleston last month. He is the founder and president of the Marble City Whisker Society, out of Knoxville, TN. He is also the owner of Wild Hare Soap/Jack-A-Lope Brand beard and body products. Please welcome to the show, the reigning National Full Beard with Styled Mustache Champion, Mr. Daniel “DC” Cunningham. DC and I have lots to talk about, so listen in!  

An interview with Dr. Silvana R. Siddali Associate Professor, Eugene A. Hotfelder Professor of Humanities at St. Louis University. Dr. Siddali discusses her book, " Frontier Democracy: Constitutional Conventions in the Old Northwest" and her examination of "the debates over state constitutions in the antebellum Northwest (Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin) from the 1820s through the 1850s. This is a book about conversations: in particular, the fights and negotiations over the core ideals in the constitutions that brought these frontier communities to life."

   2016 went out with a BANG!!!  What a great first year for the podcast and all the great new people I have met because of it!  With the few weeks I have taken off from producing episodes I had some time to reflect upon the year I had and try and find new ways to make better shows for the listeners.  I hope 2017 finds many new beards and mustaches enjoying all these new episodes that I am excited to get out to the hairy faced people!!!    I recently got together with some members of my beard club, Beards of The Old Northwest, and talked about some things we are were looking at for the year 2017.  I was joined by newly mustached Jessie Chapple, freestyle wizard Eric Zatchock, and new mustache to the scene Jason Yarina.  We discussed our styles and talked about their records for competing last year.  Jessie told us about his switch from a full beard to just a styled mustache and the pains that he has had with dealing with it.  Eric briefly talked about the Beards Behind Bars competition that we have planned this summer and also about his favorite boobs in movies.  Jason shared how he became involved in the competition scene and how great he did his first year competing with his excellent handlebar mustache.  There was much excitement and anticipation for this upcoming year in competitive bearding! I did fail on one thing this episode-I forgot to take a picture of the four of us for the episode art.  Worst of all, I never got a shot of Jessie and myself together.  Since Jason hasn't done an episode I chose this time to use the picture I took of him, myself, and Rocky.  Rocky only appears yelling in the background on this episode!  Look for him on future episodes!      While I was talking to the boys we were briefly joined by Doug White, president of the BOTONW Rock Creek Chapter.  He wanted to share with everyone about an event they were hosting on January 28th to help raise awareness of the Beatitude House of Ashtabula County and raise some funds and collect some much needed items on the list below.  The event will be at the Jefferson Lanes Bowling Alley in Jefferson Ohio and more info about the event can be found HERE. We hope you can make it out that night but if not please check into the Beatitude House website for more information on their organization and possibly help out in some way! WWW.BEATITUDEHOUSE.COM Jesse A. Chapple Eric Zatchock Jason Yarina   BEARDS BEHINDS BARS -JULY 1ST OHIO STATE REFORMATORY CANADIAN REDNECK BEARD NUCKFEST II THE SECOND ANNUAL ONTARIO BEARD AND MUSTACHE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 WORLD BEARD AND MOUSTACHE CHAMPIONSHIPS BEARDS FOR BEASTS HELLO BULLY MID-ATLANTIC BEARD & ‘STACHE CHAMPIONSHIPS VI BOTONW ROCK CREEK CHAPTER BEATITUDE HOUSE BEARDS, BOWLING, AND BEATITUDE HOUSE

2016 is rolling to an end.  What a year it has been for the podcast and my involvement within the bearding community.  When I first got involved in the bearding community about 5 years ago, I didn’t realize how involved communities and charities everyone participates in.  As I wrap up the first year of The Beardcaster podcast I will end on a few events that I have attended over the past few weeks prior to  the holidays.  Over the past few years, Beards of The Old Northwest, Steel City Beards and Mustache Club, The Rust Belt Whisker Society, have gotten together to help Marines with the Toys for Tots program in Northeast Ohio.  Over the past few years we have collected an AMAZING amount of new and unwrapped toys for the children of the greater Youngstown area.         This year, at the last second I decided to have my own local toy drive and see what extra toys I could collect from my community that I could add to the annual toy drive.  I posted on social media that I was searching for a location for collection for a few hours the evening before our club event.  I was eagerly contacted by Dan Sammon of Everybody’s Gym who offered to put collection boxes out and to host my pick up for 3 hours on a Friday night. He reached out offering his business location to help in collecting  toys for the drive. He placed donation boxes in his lobby and collected many great toys from very generous members of his gym.   Dan and I plan on working together in the near future to continue our charitable donations to our community…       Camelot Lanes, in Boardman Ohio has been the location of our annual toy drive and gathering of “beards” for the past few years.  They have welcomed us with open arms and treat our group like family! A few years back we felt it would be a fun time to invite other outlying clubs to a central location to meet for some fun, comradery, competition, and to do something good for our community.  In years past we have gathered at Lake Tavern in Cortland Ohio for their annual beard and mustache competition which would always benefit Toys for Tots.  They no longer hold this event but we felt, as a group we needed to continue this charitable event and gather toys for the local Toys for Tots.  Camelot Lanes became our new home for where we convene each year for the gathering.  They have been nothing but wonderful to us and we hope to continue our friendship with them and make our yearly bowling event/toy drive, bigger each year!      This year we decided to reach out to Suzie's Dogs and Drafts of Boardman Ohio, to see if they wanted to assist and become part of the Toys for Tots event.  They kindly offered us their establishment after our blowing event. They gave members a great discount on food and beverages and also donated a portion of sales for that evening to donate.  You can refer back to my previous blog post with Anthony and Drew of Steel City to get the full vibe of our visit to Suzies's and some of the cool things they offer.  It is great to build relationships with local businesses and have them see our vision of helping our communities.  Though 2 out of 3 of the clubs are from a fair distance from where we met, and where we donate, there are still people/children that need assistance everywhere and we are proud to help in any way we can!  We hope to also grow our relationship with Suzie's and help the  members of the Rust Belt Whisker Society grow their club, and influence, and help do great things!         As I wrap up my holiday adventure, I wanted to share one last thing.  Each year I take the child to Breakfast with Santa.  I know each town has their own event like this but we in Chardon are lucky enough to have the REAL Santa join us for this magical treat!  My Christmas spirit was all but gone a few years back.  It wasn't  that Christmas was not there, but as life changes we loose that magic, and we loose those that helped make that magic what it was.  Christmas became a lonely place that felt void of spirit and enjoyment for me once I lost my grandmother.  Meeting my now wife, and her son really changed that for me about 5/6 years ago.  Adding a child and his innocence into the mix really brought back that Christmas cheer.  He was able to get me back to having that childlike feeling and that excitement I used to have.  To add to my "Christmas re-birth" we discovered Breakfast with Santa at our local eating joint Morgan's.  This took the magic to a whole new level, Santa was perfect in every way!!! He knew so many things about everything and dazzled the child which drove that nail in of Santa being real.  I was even amazed at how good Santa looked, how he presented himself and just the overall goodness that he emitted.  He gave the child a special Christmas marble made by the elves.  It was a hand made beautiful white, red, and green swirled marble; quite breathtaking!         As the years have gone on Santa and Lukas have grown a special bond together.  He knows so much about the child he gives him that Christmas cheer and love all year long.  The magic of Santa is alive in our family.  Being at the age where children are loosing their belief in this magical man, our home is still full of Christmas magic.   Each Breakfast with Santa makes the spirt grow and helps us remember the reasons we feel fell in love with Christmas as a child.  It also helps us realize part of the magic is to give to others that are struggling or who can't experience what we can due to hardship or some other downfall.  I think this aspect, and being part of a group-all because of my beard, has really opened my eyes to focusing on helping others and trying to do good for the community.  This is what MY Christmas spirt has evolved into and I hope that sharing these moments with my son inspire him to do the same as he gets older.  Merry Christmas to everyone and enjoy my interview with Santa from a few months ago! Thank you all for a great first year as The Beardcaster.  I hope 2017 I can provide more entertaining and captivating content for everyone to enjoy!!! Fillis Nav-did.    TOYS FOR TOTS EVERYBODIES GYM JUICED SMOOTHIE BAR BEARDS OF THE OLD NORTHWEST STEEL CITY BEARD AND MUSTACHE CLUB RUST BELT WHISKER SOCIETY CAMELOT LANES BARBATUS GROOMING SUZIE'S DOGS AND DRAFTS MORGANS ON THE SQUARE EPISODE 9-SANTA!!! MUSIC BY: CHRIS DONLEY HOLIDAY TUNES BY: AMERICAN ROCKSTAR

In honor of the 205th anniversary of the battle tomorrow, this episode is all about the battle that made Harrison famous – the Battle of Tippecanoe. We discuss the lead-up to the battle, what actually transpired, and what the battle meant for Harrison, the white settlers, and the Native Americans of the Old Northwest. Those … Continue reading 016 – The Battle of Tippecanoe →