STAGECOACH MARY SOURCES:
Mary Fields
Garceau-Hagen, Dee, et al. Portraits of Women in the American West. Routledge, 2005.
Cooper, Gary, as told to Marc Crawford. “Stagecoach Mary: A Gun-Toting Black Woman Delivered the U.S. Mail in Montana.” Ebony (October 1959), repr. Ebony (October 1977).
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mary-Fields
https://postalmuseum.si.edu/stagecoach-mary-fields
https://truewestmagazine.com/stagecoach-mary/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8742943/mary-fields
https://montanawomenshistory.org/the-life-and-legend-of-mary-fields/
Slavery in America
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/slavery
Census Records of Enslaved Peoples
Reconstruction Era
https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/reconstruction
Education Movement of the Blackfoot Tribe
https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1525/aeq.1985.16.2.04x0635k
Women Mail Carriers in History
https://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postal-history/women-carriers.pdf
Star Route Carriers
https://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postal-history/star-routes.pdf
THE REAL TREASURE ISLAND SOURCES:
Cocos Island
https://costarica.org/islands/coco/
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/820
The Novel Treasure Island
https://bookanalysis.com/robert-louis-stevenson/treasure-island/
Robert Louis Stevenson
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-Louis-Stevenson
Treasure on Cocos
Time-Life Books. Lost Treasure. Alexandria, Va., Time-Life Books, 1991.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/may/08/cocos-islands-rich-pirate-history
https://www.businessinsider.com/british-explorer-closes-in-on-legendary-treasure-of-lima-2012-8
Captain Henry Morgan
https://www.thoughtco.com/captain-morgan-greatest-of-the-privateers-2136378
Captain Edward Davis
https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/dvb/bio.php?b=Davis_Edward_d_after_1692
Latin American Wars of Independence
https://www.thoughtco.com/independence-from-spain-in-latin-america-2136406
World’s Land Speed Record
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/land-speed-(fastest-car)
Sir Malcom Campbell
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Malcolm-Campbell
- MacFarlane Arthur
Fake Satirical Treasure Article
http://vaticanenquirer.com/200-million-dollar-treasure-hoard-unearthed-in-costa-ricas-isla-del-coco/
The Devonshire Treasure
A HEIST AT LINCOLN’S TOMB AND THE SNARKY FAREWELL OF MR. ACCORDION SOURCES:
Lincoln’s Assassination
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-lincoln-dies
Lincoln’s Funeral
https://www.whitehousehistory.org/abraham-lincoln-funeral
Lincoln’s Funeral Train
https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/president-lincolns-funeral-train
Lincoln’s Life
https://www.nps.gov/abli/planyourvisit/lincolnbio.htm
Lincoln’s Tomb
https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/presidents/site19.htm
http://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/education/tombtimeline.htm
The Plot to Steal Lincoln’s Body
https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/lincoln-exhumation
The Tomb of Mr. Accordion
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/mr-accordions-grave
https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/19409
Oak Ridge Cemetery, Illinois
http://www.oakridgecemetery.org/About.aspx
http://www.oakridgecemetery.org/
Camp Butler Cemetery, Illinois
https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/campbutler.asp
Great Depression through 1930s
ON CHEATING DEATH AND INVENTING THE SAXOPHONE SOURCES:
Antoine-Joseph Sax
Cottrell, Stephen. The Saxophone. Yale University Press, 2013.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Antoine-Joseph-Sax
https://www.classical-music.com/features/articles/saxophone-invention/
https://allthatsinteresting.com/adolphe-sax
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/adolphe-sax-mn0001661571/biography
Adolohe Sax Obituary
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3568998/adolphe-sax-obituary/
The Saxophone
https://www.yamaha.com/en/musical_instrument_guide/saxophone/structure/
Sulfuric Acid Effects
https://wwwn.cdc.gov/TSP/PHS/PHS.aspx?phsid=254&toxid=47
https://www.mountsinai.org/health-library/poison/sulfuric-acid-poisoning
The French Third Republic
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Third-Republic-French-history
The Paris Conservatory
https://www.conservatoiredeparis.fr/fr/%C3%A9cole/l%27%C3%A9cole/missions
https://www.unipage.net/en/24923/paris_national_conservatory_of_music_and_dance#section_description
The Tenor Valve Trombone
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/652387
SHACKLETON UPDATE: ENDURANCE FOUND SOURCES:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/11/science/endurance-ship-ernest-shackleton.html
https://www.npr.org/2022/03/09/1085432575/endurance-ship-found-ernest-shackleton
https://www.wired.com/story/how-a-plucky-robot-found-the-long-lost-endurance-shipwreck/
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-60662541
https://fmht.co.uk/news/fmht-announces-endurance22-antarctic-expedition/
https://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/History/Ernest_Shackleton_map_time_line.php
THE RED GHOST: LOST CAMELS OF THE AMERICAN WEST SOURCES:
Native America and the West
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna24714487
Jefferson Davis
https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/jefferson-davis
https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/confederate-states-of-america
Westward Expansion and Slavery
https://www.history.com/news/westward-expansion-slavery
https://www.history.com/topics/abolitionist-movement/missouri-compromise
Camels and the American Southwest
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/whatever-happened-wild-camels-american-west-180956176/
US Army Camel Corps
https://armyhistory.org/the-u-s-armys-camel-corps-experiment/
Camels and the Slave Trade
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17988106
The Red Ghost
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/red-ghost-wheel-rim-camel-sculpture
https://truewestmagazine.com/red-ghost/
Hi Jolly’s Tomb
https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/11284
https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/01/04/hi-jolly-the-camel-man/
http://www.trivia-library.com/a/military-trivia-the-united-states-camel-corps-part-3.htm
Ozymandias
https://poets.org/poem/ozymandias
https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/an-introduction-to-ozymandias
HISTORY’S HAPPY LITTLE ACCIDENTS SOURCES:
Bob Ross
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bob-Ross
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/a-statistical-analysis-of-the-work-of-bob-ross/
Synthetic Dye to Nobel Prize
https://www.sciencehistory.org/historical-profile/william-henry-perkin
https://www.sciencehistory.org/historical-profile/paul-ehrlich
https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Henry-Perkin
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1908/ehrlich/biographical/
https://www.mynewlab.com/blog/accidental-scientific-discoveries-and-breakthroughs/
The Chelsea Mammoth
https://news.umich.edu/u-m-researchers-recover-more-mammoth-bones-from-chelsea-area-farm/
Lascaux Cave
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lascaux-cave-paintings-discovered
https://archeologie.culture.fr/lascaux/en/discovery-0
https://www.videoguidenouvelleaquitaine.fr/en/destinations/1/montignac-sur-vezere/discovery-lascaux
Story of the Golden Buddha
https://historycollection.com/16-of-historys-best-kept-secrets/10/
https://www.britannica.com/place/Thailand/The-Ayutthayan-period-1351-1767#ref509771
https://www.britannica.com/place/Ayutthaya-kingdom-Thailand
Dr. Melissa Brown and MS Research
https://labs.feinberg.northwestern.edu/brown/
https://www.npr.org/2016/02/24/467805055/whoops-twelve-tales-of-accidental-brilliance-in-science
HISTORICAL PRANKS SOURCES:
Universal Laughter
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/01/health/science-of-laughter-scn-wellness/index.html
Anthemius’s fake earthquake machine:
Williams, William, and J. H. Kennedy. Magazine of Western History. University of Wisconsin, 1888.
Kostof, Spiro. The Architect : Chapters in the History of the Profession. Oxford University Press, 1986.
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/618910/historys-greatest-pranks
https://muze.gen.tr/muze-detay/ayasofya
https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/architecture-biographies/anthemius-tralles
https://www.livescience.com/27574-hagia-sophia.html
The Great Moon Hoax
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-great-moon-hoax
https://www.jstor.org/stable/43488485
https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/moon-shot-race-a-hoax-and-the-birth-of-fake-news
https://www.britannica.com/story/the-great-moon-hoax-of-1835-was-sci-fi-passed-off-as-news
https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/person/103KHK
https://www.thoughtco.com/penny-press-definition-1773293
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/moon-hoax/1955008/
Monkey From Mars
https://gizmodo.com/a-monkey-food-coloring-and-some-nair-caused-a-ufo-pan-1515135105
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna25922012
JAMES DEAN AND THE ‘CURSE’ OF LITTLE BASTARD SOURCES:
James Dean
Raskin, Lee. James Dean : At Speed. Phoenix, Usa, David Bull Publishing, 2006.
https://www.biography.com/actor/james-dean
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000015/bio
Alec Guinness
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000027/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb0Gawxw80g
Lauren Anthony
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2744994/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
Method Acting
https://strasberg.edu/blog/debunking-method-myths-with-david-lee-strasberg/
Author Lee Raskin
The Crash
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-sep-28-mn-37142-story.html
https://allthatsinteresting.com/james-dean-death
The “Curse”
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/james-dean-dies-in-car-accident
Crash Photos at Auction
https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/25/us/james-dean-car-crash-photos-auction-trnd/index.html
Car Safety Statistics
https://www.nhtsa.gov/newer-cars-are-safer-cars
Little Bastard Reward and Transaxle
https://abc7chicago.com/james-dean-death-porsche-car-crash/1006304/
https://www.sfgate.com/centralcoast/article/Cursed-James-Dean-car-part-sells-16907965.php
NASCAR Safety Statistics
https://motorracingsports.com/how-many-nascar-drivers-have-died-racing/
JOE CARSTAIRS: THE FASTEST WOMAN ON WATER SERIES SOURCES:
Summerscale, Kate. The Queen of Whale Cay: The Eccentric Story of "Joe" Carstairs, Fastest Woman on Water. Bloomsbury, 2012.
Author Kate Sumerscale:
https://www.katesummerscale.com/about
Dorothy Wilde
WW1 Armistice
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/world-war-i-ends
Ireland 1916-1922
https://www.sinnfein.ie/history
https://www.thoughtco.com/easter-rising-4774223
https://crokepark.ie/bloodysunday/bloody-sunday-1920
Psychological Attachments to Objects
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-we-become-so-attached-to-our-belongings/
Harmsworth Trophy
https://harmsworthtrophy.org/race-history/
Bahama’s History
https://www.britannica.com/place/The-Bahamas
https://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/History/The-Bahamas-history.htm
https://www.bahamas.com/our-history
Prohibition
https://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/prohibition
Racist Terminology
https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-30999175
World’s largest Sports Arenas
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/50-largest-stadiums-in-the-world.html
ORNAMENTAL GARDEN HERMITS: HISTORY’S WEIRDEST JOB SOURCES:
Edith Sitwell. The English Eccentrics. London: Faber & Faber, 1933; London: Zephyr Books, 1947; London: D. Dobson,1950; New York: Vanguard Press, 1957; London: Arrow Books, 1960; Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1971; London: Pallas Athene, 2006.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-history-of-hermits-in-gardens
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/500916/short-lived-british-fashion-ornamental-hermits
https://www.hermitary.com/lore/ornamental_hermits.html
Gallup State of the Workplace: 2022 Report
https://www.gallup.com/workplace/349484/state-of-the-global-workplace-2022-report.aspx
Hadrian’s Wall
https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-rome/hadrians-wall
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/hadrians-wall
Charles Hamilton
https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/longview/longview_20030401.shtml
The Mechanical Monk
https://gizmodo.com/this-450-year-old-clockwork-monk-is-fully-operational-5956937
https://www.history.com/news/7-early-robots-and-automatons
https://blackbird.vcu.edu/v1n1/nonfiction/king_e/prayer_introduction.htm
Gilbert White
https://www.hampshire-history.com/gilbert-white-selborne/
Walden
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-David-Thoreau/Move-to-Walden-Pond
The Saalfelden Hermit
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/austrian-town-seeks-professional-hermit-180961819/
Wait ‘Til Dawn Movie Indiegogo Link
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wait-til-dawn#/
STINGY JACK AND THE ORIGIN OF JACK-O’-LANTERNS SOURCES
Jack-O-Lanterns and Stingy Jack
https://www.snopes.com/articles/373299/stingy-jack-origins-jack-o-lantern/
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/the-history-of-jack-o-lantern
Will-o’-the Wisps
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsta.2014.0206#d3e462
Pumpkin Statistics and Facts
https://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/Todays_Reports/reports/vegean21.pdf
https://agrilifetoday.tamu.edu/2021/10/26/is-a-pumpkin-a-fruit-or-a-vegetable/
Samhain
https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/samhain
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Samhain
https://www.worldhistory.org/Samhain/
WHEN HARRY MET WINNIE - THE TRUE STORY OF WHINNY THE POOH SOURCES:
Milne, A. and Shepard, E., 1926. Winnie-the-Pooh.
Milne, A. and Shepard, E., 1928. The house at Pooh Corner.
Harry Colebourn and Winnie the Bear
https://therealwinnie.ryerson.ca/collection/colebourn
https://www.cbc.ca/kids/articles/the-real-life-canadian-story-of-winnie-the-pooh
https://www.zsl.org/History/real-story-behind-winnie-the-pooh
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-story-of-the-real-winnie-the-pooh/
https://www.history.com/news/the-true-story-of-the-real-life-winnie-the-pooh
Winnie the Pooh Timeline and Original Toys
https://www.nypl.org/about/locations/schwarzman/childrens-center-42nd-street/pooh
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-real-winnie-the-pooh-and-pals-new-york-new-york
A.A. Milne and Christopher Robin Milne
https://www.britannica.com/biography/A-A-Milne
https://www.biography.com/news/winnie-the-pooh-author-biography-facts
https://allthatsinteresting.com/christopher-robin-milne
https://www.nytimes.com/1996/04/22/world/christopher-robin-milne-75-pooh-s-companion.html
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20160128-a-a-milne-and-the-curse-of-pooh-bear
https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/05/business/mediatalk-disney-buys-the-rights-to-winnie-the-pooh.html
Battle of the Somme
https://www.britannica.com/event/First-Battle-of-the-Somme
https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/battle-somme
Trench Fever
THE GREAT NEW YORK TO PARIS AUTO RACE OF 1908 SOURCES:
Fenster, J. M. (2005). Race of the Century: The Heroic True Story of the 1908 New York to Paris Auto Race. Crown.
The Race
https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/automobiles/10RACE.html
https://sportscardigest.com/the-greatest-race-1908-new-york-to-paris/
https://www.nps.gov/deva/index.htm
Oregon Trail
https://www.history.com/topics/westward-expansion/oregon-trail
Mount Fuji
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/39099/mount-fuji-japan
Trans-Siberian Railway
https://www.thetranssiberianexpress.com/trans-siberian-railway-mapran
1908 NY Times Article
Lake Baikal
https://www.lakebaikal.org/lake-baikal-facts/
Schuster and the Automotive Hall of Fame
https://www.automotivehalloffame.org/honoree/george-n-schuster/
The Thomas Flyer Museum Exhibit