HISTORICAL ODDITIES PARTS 1 AND 2 SOURCES
Franks Hayes and Sweet Kiss
https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/10/sport/frank-hayes-sweet-kiss-belmont-park-intl-spt/index.html
Frank Hayes
Steeplechase History
https://www.britannica.com/sports/steeplechase-horse-racing
Jockey Weight Requirements
https://heavy.com/sports/2019/05/jockeys-height-weight-salary-names-best/
Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/royalmail.shtml
British Pound Inflation Calculator
https://www.in2013dollars.com/uk/inflation/1911?amount=2.10
Sinking of the HMS Hawke
https://www.merseamuseum.org.uk/MMPDFs/HMS%20HAWKE.pdf
HMHS Britannic
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Britannic
Violet Jessop’s Memoirs
Jessop, V. (2012). Titanic survivor. Dobbs Ferry, NY: Sheridan House.
Violet Jessop
https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/violet-constance-jessop.html
Baboon Image Comparison Study
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/baboons-smarter-than-we-thought/
Baboon Numerical Comparison Study
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130503132719.htm
Jack the Baboon
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/559031/signalman-jack-baboon-worked-railroad-south-africa
Paul Hentzner’s 1598 book in reprint:
HENTZNER, P. (2016). Paul hentzner's travels in england, during the reign of queen elizabeth (classic reprint). Place of publication not identified: FORGOTTEN Books.
Lake Havasu
https://www.usclimatedata.com/climate/lake-havasu-city/arizona/united-states/usaz0372
London Bridge
https://www.history.com/news/how-london-bridge-ended-up-in-arizona
https://study.com/academy/lesson/london-bridge-in-arizona-history-facts.html
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Old-London-Bridge
Six Million Dollar Man
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071054/
Elmer McCurdy
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dead-man-gawking/
https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/elmer-mccurdy/
https://www.npr.org/2015/01/09/376097471/the-long-strange-60-year-trip-of-elmer-mccurdy
BESSIE COLEMAN: A LEGEND IN FLIGHT SOURCES
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/flygirls-bessie-coleman/
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/bessie-coleman
https://www.nationalaviation.org/our-enshrinees/coleman-bessie/
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/11/obituaries/bessie-coleman-overlooked.html
http://www.bessiecoleman.org/wills-coleman.php
http://theoklahomaeagle.net/2018/02/16/an-original-fly-girl/
1892 Events
https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1892
Wright Brothers
https://www.nps.gov/wrbr/learn/historyculture/thefirstflight.htm
Air Warfare
https://www.britannica.com/topic/air-warfare
Air Travel History
https://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/america-by-air/online/heyday/heyday11.cfm
Oklahoma History
https://www.archives.gov/legislative/features/oklahoma
https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=LA021
https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=FI009
WW1
History of Women in Flight
https://www.thoughtco.com/women-in-aviation-timeline-3528458
Robert Abbott and the Chicago Defender
https://www.pbs.org/blackpress/news_bios/defender.html
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-S-Abbott
Jesse Binga
Shuffle Along
https://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/interactives/harlem/themes/shuffle_along.html
JN-4
https://www.glennhcurtissmuseum.org/the-jenny.php
Amelia Earhart’s International pilot’s License
https://npg.si.edu/exhibit/earhart/pop-ups/02.html
Ida B. Wells
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ida-B-Wells-Barnett
Transatlantic Transpiration
THE SHARK ATTACKS OF 1916 SOURCES
Shark Species NOAA Info
UN Costal Population Statistics
https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Ocean-fact-sheet-package.pdf
Shark Deaths-Smithsonian
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/state-sharks-40-years-after-jaws-180952309/
World’s Deadliest Animals
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-animals-that-kill-most-humans.html
Snake Deaths Worldwide
2020 Shark Attack Info
https://www.livingsharks.org/1916
https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/real-life-jaws/
Charles Vansant Grave and Obituary
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20471069/charles-epting-vansant#view-photo=189827305
Sharks and Brackish Water
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/heres-why-sharks-prefer-salt-water-180953985/
Peter Benchley
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-13-me-benchley13-story.html
STEALING THE MONA LISA SOURCES:
The Mona Lisa
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Mona-Lisa-painting
https://www.reference.com/world-view/much-mona-lisa-worth-today-ea19afd66638ea57
https://www.louvre.fr/en/explore/the-palace/from-the-mona-lisa-to-the-wedding-feast-at-cana
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/aug/05/mona-lisa-theft-louvre-leonardo
https://www.openculture.com/2011/08/the_adoration_of_the_mona_lisa_begins_with_theft.html
https://www.npr.org/2011/07/30/138800110/the-theft-that-made-the-mona-lisa-a-masterpiece
https://www.pbs.org/treasuresoftheworld/mona_lisa/mlevel_1/mtimeline.html
https://www.pbs.org/treasuresoftheworld/mona_lisa/mlevel_2/mlevel2_trial.html
Mona Lisa is Missing Documentary Page:
https://www.monalisamissing.com/
DaVinci
https://www.biography.com/artist/leonardo-da-vinci
Mona Lisa Security
https://www.artforum.com/news/woman-throws-mug-at-mona-lisa-23437
A VICTORIAN MURDER MOST FOUL SOURCES:
Kate Webster
Trial of Kate Webster, 1925
https://catalog.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/6053694
Anti-Irish Sentiment in Victorian England
Wandsworth Prison
Kate Webster’s Burial
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72919002/kate-webster
Kate Webster and the Media
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/220157524.pdf
Julia Thomas’s Head
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-14034969
ESCAPE FROM THE AMAZON SOURCES:
Juliane Koepcke
https://panguana.de/about-us/juliane-diller/?lang=en
https://thevalemagazine.com/2020/04/08/juliane-koepcke-survivor-plane-crash/
https://historydaily.org/the-double-survival-miracle-of-juliane-koepcke
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17476615
Aviation Statistics
Maria Koepcke
https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/Servat.pdf
Hans-Wilhelm Koepcke
https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/on/v013n02/p0215-p0218.pdf
Lockheed L-188 Electra
https://aerocorner.com/aircraft/lockheed-l-188-electra/
Alan Magee and Vensa Vulovic
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/08/24/641395468/surviving-a-big-fall
Vensa Vulovic Guinness Book of World Records
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/highest-fall-survived-without-parachute
Amazon Wildlife
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/venomous-snakes-of-the-amazon-basin.html
https://www.britannica.com/list/7-crocodilian-species-that-are-dangerous-to-humans
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-most-dangerous-animals-of-the-amazon-rainforest.html
THE DISSAPPEARANCE OF GLEN AND BESSIE HYDE SOURCES:
Glen and Bessie Hyde’s Disappearance
https://library.nau.edu/speccoll/exhibits/daysofarchives/mystery.html
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-jun-29-cl-16386-story.html
https://grcahistory.org/sites/colorado-river-corridor/hyde-river-tragedy/
https://charleyproject.org/case/bessie-louise-haley-hyde
https://azdailysun.com/sunk-without-a-trace/article_c8671ed5-443b-568e-a91f-a1922a6a8ba2.html
https://legacy.npr.org/programs/morning/features/2001/aug/grandcanyon/010823.grandcanyon.html
The Grand Canyon
https://www.nps.gov/grca/index.htm
https://explorethecanyon.com/the-real-age-of-the-grand-canyon/
https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/nature/grca-geology.htm
https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/nature/weather.htm
https://www.outdoorproject.com/articles/how-hike-grand-canyon-tips-beginners-and-experts
White Water Rapid Stats
https://www.oars.com/blog/10-of-the-worlds-best-whitewater-rapids/
https://www.nrs.com/learn/rapid-difficulty-ratings
https://www.advantagegrandcanyon.com/different-class-levels-rafting-colorado-river/
Arizona Biodiversity
https://www.americansouthwest.net/arizona/san-francisco-peaks/index.html
https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/Rare_Plants/profiles/TEP/packera_franciscana/index.shtml
https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp0/profile/speciesProfile?spcode=Q21L
https://www.arizonamuseumofnaturalhistory.org/explore-the-museum/exhibitions/arizona-through-time
https://www.flagstaff.com/dinosaur-tracks
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna18397911
Indigenous Peoples of the Grand Canyon
https://www.grandcanyontrust.org/info/navajo-national-monument
https://www.mygrandcanyonpark.com/park/native-americans/native-american-tribes/
https://www.grandcanyontrust.org/info/hualapai
https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/historyculture/associated-tribes.htm
Western Explorers in the Grand Canyon
https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/historyculture/explorers.htm
John Wesley Powell
https://www.mygrandcanyonpark.com/park/history/john-wesley-powell/
https://geology.utah.gov/map-pub/survey-notes/powell-1869-river-journey/
https://www.historynet.com/john-wesley-powell-mapping-the-colorado-river.htm
Grand Canyon Speed Records and Routes
https://www.outsideonline.com/2051171/how-grand-canyon-speed-record-was-broken-twice-three-days
https://www.mensjournal.com/adventure/nonstop-speed/
https://www.advantagegrandcanyon.com/rafting-route-options/
Death in the Grand Canyon
https://www.mygrandcanyonpark.com/park/faqs/falling-to-death-grand-canyon/
Grand Canyon Hiking and Trails
https://www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/day-hiking.htm
https://www.mygrandcanyonpark.com/park/national-park-maps/grand-canyon-overview-map/
https://www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/trail-distances.htm
Emery Kolb
https://library.nau.edu/speccoll/exhibits/daysofarchives/film.html
Grand Canyon Village/Hermit Creek
https://www.visitarizona.com/places/cities/grand-canyon-village/
https://www.us-parks.com/grand-canyon-national-park/hermit-creek.html
Kolb Skeleton
Killer Fang Falls Rapid
https://www.riverbrain.com/river_rapid/show/296
Bessie Impersonators
https://www.abqjournal.com/go/422006go08-23-01.htm
https://library.nau.edu/speccoll/exhibits/grand-canyon-100/index.php/hyde/
https://www.bikeraft.com/wild-woman-whitewater-story-georgie-white/
THE SCORPION KING SOURCES:
Prehistoric Egypt
https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/ancient-egyptian-tools-building-civilizations/
Dynastic Egypt
https://www.livescience.com/55578-egyptian-civilization.html
https://www.historyextra.com/period/ancient-egypt/when-did-ancient-egypt-start-and-end/
https://www.worldhistory.org/First_Dynasty_of_Egypt/
History of Egypt Podcast
https://www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com/episode-i-a-infinite-waters/
Egypt’s Stone Circle
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/egyptian-stonehenge
Egyptian Beer
https://blog.britishmuseum.org/a-sip-of-history-ancient-egyptian-beer/
Ancient Egyptian Life Expectancy
https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/researchers-in-museums/2015/03/02/old-age-in-ancient-egypt/
Upper and Lower Egypt
https://carnegiemnh.org/egypt-and-the-nile/
Hierakonpolis
http://www.hierakonpolis-online.org/
Scorpion’s Mace Head
https://joyofmuseums.com/museums/united-kingdom-museums/ashmolean/scorpion-macehead/
Abydos
https://egyptianmuseum.org/explore/new-kingdom-monuments-abydos-the-temple-of-seti
https://www.livescience.com/25738-abydos.html
King to Pharaoh
https://www.britannica.com/topic/pharaoh
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/pharaohs/
Scorpion’s Tomb
https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?id=3428
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-apr-15-sci-scorpion15-story.html
https://www.businessinsider.com/scorpion-king-real-heres-what-this-explorer-found-tomb-rock-2017-6
Early Egyptian Writing
https://www.archaeology.org/news/5677-170622-egypt-rock-art
https://www.bl.uk/history-of-writing/articles/where-did-writing-begin#
THE MONTE VISTA: WHERE HISTORY MEETS LORE SOURCES:
The Monte Vista
https://hotelmontevista.com/about/
Flagstaff Census Info
https://www.census.gov/search-results.html?searchType=web&cssp=SERP&q=Flagstaff%20city,%20AZ
Arizona Volcanic Activity
https://www.territorysupply.com/sunset-crater-volcano-facts
https://www.nps.gov/sucr/faqs.htm
Flagstaff General Info
https://pinecanyon.net/amenities/flagstaff/
https://www.flagstaffarizona.org/things-to-do/arts-culture/culture-heritage/
https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/arizona
Zane Gray
https://www.bookseriesinorder.com/zane-grey/
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0340719/
Hotel Weatherford
https://weatherfordhotel.com/about-us/
https://weatherfordhotel.com/history/
Flagstaff’s Underground Tunnels
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBIcgACH7H0
Prohibition
Route 66
https://ncptt.nps.gov/rt66/history-and-significance-of-us-route-66/
Mary Costigan
Flagstaff Freaky Foot Tours
https://www.freakyfoottours.com/
MARGORIE COURTENAY-LATIMER AND THE COELACANTH SOURCES
The Coelacanth
https://allthatsinteresting.com/coelacanth
https://www.thoughtco.com/coelacanths-worlds-only-living-extinct-fish-1093326
https://www.britannica.com/animal/coelacanth
https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/fish/coelacanth
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/coelacanth-latimeria-chalumnae-smith-1939/
Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer
https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/07/world/marjorie-courtenay-latimer-naturalist-is-dead-at-97.html
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/may/21/guardianobituaries
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ3yLh_CYg4
How Little We Know About Earth’s Oceans
The Chicxulub Impact
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20170918-what-if-the-dinosaurs-hadnt-died-out
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/02/new-theory-behind-asteroid-that-killed-the-dinosaurs/
https://www.icr.org/article/chicxulub-demise-dinosaurs/
Lungfishes
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/media/west-african-lungfish/
https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Lungfish
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/lobe-finned-fish
Ocean’s Twilight Zone
https://www.whoi.edu/know-your-ocean/ocean-topics/ocean-life/ocean-twilight-zone
Dr. Mark Erdmann
https://www.conservation.org/experts-list/mark-erdmann-phd
600 YEARS OF ANIMALS PUT ON TRIAL SOURCES:
Hartlepool’s Monkey
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tees-40801937
The Basel Rooster
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-94-009-6331-3_13
Gynandomorph Cardinals
https://phys.org/news/2015-01-publishes-bilateral-gynandromorph-bird-wild.html
https://www.livescience.com/64831-cardinal-gynandromorph.html
Gynandomorphs
https://sciencesnaps.wordpress.com/2013/03/19/gynandromorphs/
https://www.naturalhistorymag.com/features/243168/gynandromorphism
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/gynandromorphs
https://daily.jstor.org/the-mysterious-gynandromorph/
E.P. Evans The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals
https://archive.org/details/criminalprosecut00evaniala/page/n9/mode/2up
Animals on Trial
https://www.history.co.uk/articles/the-law-is-an-ass-8-famous-animal-trials-from-history
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-truth-and-myth-behind-animal-trials-of-the-middle-ages
The Pig of Savigny
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/natural-histories/pigs-might-try
https://daily.jstor.org/when-societies-put-animals-on-trial/
Mary the Elephant
Asiatic Elephants
https://wildlifesos.org/chronological-news/difference-between-tusks-and-tushes-in-asian-elephants/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/asian-elephant
Katya the Kazakhstan Bear
https://allthatsinteresting.com/ekaterina-katya
HULDA OF BOHEMIA: THE "WITCH" OF SLEEPY HOLLOW SOURCES:
Bacon, Edgar Mayhew. Chronicles of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow. By Edgar Mayhew Bacon. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1897, 1897.
Kruk, Jonathan. Legends and Lore of Sleepy Hollow and the Hudson Valley. Charleston, Sc, History Press, 2011.
Sleepy Hollow History
https://www.sleepyhollowny.gov/discover-sleepy-hollow-ny/pages/history-of-the-village
https://www.historyisfun.org/blog/the-legend-of-sleepy-hollow/
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow History
https://www.history.com/news/legend-sleepy-hollow-headless-horseman
Bohemia
https://www.britannica.com/place/Bohemia
The Real Ichabod Crane
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/18/nyregion/who-was-the-real-ichabod-crane.html
Major Andre
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/benedict-accomplice-hanged
Witch’s Spring Trail
https://www.hikingproject.com/trail/7029773/witchs-spring-trail
Spook Rock Trail
https://www.hikingproject.com/trail/7029774/spook-rock-trail
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Full Text
https://www.owleyes.org/text/legend-sleepy-hollow/read/legend-sleepy-hollow#root-74477-28
Sleepy Hollow’s Old Dutch Church
https://visitsleepyhollow.com/old-dutch-church/
Hulda’s Grave Marker
https://theolddutchchurch.blog/2019/11/21/mother_hulda/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206273192/hulda-of_bohemia
THE RAVEN SOURCES:
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-raven-is-published
The Raven Read by James Earl Jones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcqPQXqQXzI
WHEN HISTORY FALLS FROM THE SKY SOURCES:
Meteorites
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/meteors-and-meteorites/in-depth/
https://www.britannica.com/story/whats-the-difference-between-a-meteoroid-a-meteor-and-a-meteorite
King Tutankhamun’s Tomb and Dagger
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/thisday/nov4/king-tuts-tomb-discovered/
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/archaeologist-opens-tomb-of-king-tut
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/maps.12664
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/king-tuts-dagger-was-made-meteorite-180959294/
https://www.history.com/news/researchers-say-king-tuts-dagger-was-made-from-a-meteorite
X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometry
https://serc.carleton.edu/research_education/geochemsheets/techniques/XRF.html
Ann Elizabeth Hodges Gravesite
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43549421/ann-elizabeth-hodges
Valera Meteorite-Christie’s
https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5987687
1888 Meteorite Impact
https://phys.org/news/2020-04-terrible-luck-person-meteoriteback.html
The Chelyabinsk Meteorite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB2eoQfOGBA
Ann Hodges and Her Meteorite
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/meteorite-strikes-woman-alabama-1954-article-1.2450664
Meteor Crater
https://meteorcrater.com/attraction/discovery-center-space-museum/
Tom Lynch and the Basket Meteorite
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/03/24/Meteorite-returns-to-Arizona/53111237938828/
THE 1904 OLYMPIC MARATHON: HISTORY’S MOST RIDICULOUS RACE SOURCES:
The 1904 Marathon
https://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/a37039437/1904-olympic-marathon/
The 1904 Olympics
https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/st-louis-1904
https://www.history.com/news/8-unusual-facts-about-the-1904-st-louis-olympics
https://www.britannica.com/event/St-Louis-1904-Olympic-Games
Olympic History
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/first-olympics
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-modern-olympic-games
https://olympics.com/ioc/ancient-olympic-games
https://olympics.com/ioc/ancient-olympic-games/history
Women in the Olympic Games
Tokyo Olympics
https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/tokyo-2020
First Winter Games
https://www.britannica.com/sports/Olympic-Games/History-of-the-Olympic-Winter-Games
1904 World’s Fair
https://mohistory.org/exhibitsLegacy/Fair/WF/HTML/Overview/
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/09/the-1904-st-louis-worlds-fair-photos/597658/
Louisiana Purchase
https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1800-1850/The-Louisiana-Purchase/
First Marathon
https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/athens-1896/results/athletics/marathon-men
https://www.uh.edu/engines/epi3080.htm
Water During a Marathon
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080109195002.htm
HANS TRAPP THE CHRISTMAS SCARECROW SOURCES:
The Palatinate
https://www.britannica.com/place/Palatinate
Thilo von Trotha
https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/btrotha.html
Hereditary Fiefs
https://www.britannica.com/topic/vassal
Berwartstein Castle
http://burgberwartstein.de/die-burg/
https://www.spottinghistory.com/view/5152/berwartstein-castle/
Grafendahn Castle
https://www.spottinghistory.com/view/5057/grafendahn-castle/
Hans Von Trotha
https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/hans-trapp/
https://coolinterestingstuff.com/the-mystery-of-the-christmas-scarecrow
Robber Barons
https://www.thoughtco.com/robber-baron-definition-1773342
List of Popes
https://ucatholic.com/resources/list-of-the-popes-of-the-catholic-church/