Diary Discoveries

Bonus Audio - Our interview with author Marvin Barrash who has spent over Thirteen years researching the disappearance of the Naval Collier Ship Cyclops. He has written three books regarding the Cyclops and is  probably the world's foremost expert of this ship's history. His work has helped many families of the lost men gain some closure and understanding. 
If you haven't heard our episode #37 U.S.S. Cyclops,  Bermuda Triangle, and A Gold Star Mother's Diary, you may want to try that first.
Thank You to Marvin for spending some time with us.

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David Wood was a successful pioneer freight hauler who was instrumental in the development of Western Colorado. Prior to that, when he was ten years old, he enlisted in the Union Army to fight alongside his father, Colonel Samuel Wood. 
In this episode we tell part of his life story and share some of his Civil War adventures!

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In 1918 the U.S.S. Cyclops and 309 men vanished without a trace at sea in the area known as the Bermuda Triangle. Sally's Great Great Uncle was aboard that ship. Her G.G. Grandmother kept a diary when, 13 years later, she was on a Gold Star pilgrimage with other mothers and wives who had lost sons or husbands in the war.
This is the diary that ignited Sally's passion for reading and collecting diaries. Her passion now includes sharing these stories with you on the podcast.
In this episode you will learn about the U.S.S. Cyclops,  the ship's mission, and its disappearance, which remains a mystery to this day. We also talk about the Bermuda Triangle, The Gold Star,  and then read Grandma's diary entries.  You will journey with her from New York to Paris and England, and then back home. Her pages contain her thoughts and sadness as she remembers her son and honors the other women's sons and husbands killed in military service. She also had a few humorous experiences to share in her diary.

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In this episode, you will attend the theatre with Mrs. Bram Stoker of Dracula fame, visit the Bridge of No Return in Korea, hear about a suspect in the Jack The Ripper case, and then tour the underground sewers of Paris. You will also hear about the tragic circus fire in 1944 that killed 170 people, and to finish it off, we will tell you about a diary that contained some coded entries which we were able to decipher and brought to our attention the popularity of roller skating in the 1880's. 
Six little morsels for your listening delight!

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The 1891-92 Diary of former sheriff, Frederick D. Schnebly, led us to discover a couple of significant stories we share in this episode--the murder of an innocent newly wed couple and an armed bank robbery in a coal town. You will also hear of "seduction trials", a vigilante mob, a jail break, and regular towns people armed and ready to administer "frontier justice".  All of this took place in the Wild West of Washington State-- not usually the first place a person thinks of in this regard.

We also share one of our favorite towns to visit--Roslyn, Washington, the site of the bank robbery and where the bank still exists as a candy shop.

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A 1923 Scrapbook diary led to a mysterious connection between the diarist and the author of Mary Poppins--Pamela L Travers. In this episode, we talk about the woman who wrote the diary and to whom P.L. Travers dedicated a book.  Also a very insightful, and interesting entry regarding their first use of a radio in their home, is discussed. Throw in a little time travel with a spoonful of sugar and you have this episode.

Music: Wagner: Lohengrin: Prelude To Act lll --Nikolai Sokolof: 
Internet Archive
Antique radio sound from: Soundeffects+

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Mort Jenkins ended his "running log" with an amazing first hand account of the USS Mount Hood exploding in Seeadler Harbor. In this episode, you will hear what Mort wrote after witnessing this "horrible beauty" of an explosion. He wrote so descriptively and honestly about what he saw and how he felt about it--truly wonderful writing and very real.
Thank you to our good friend Keith Adams for  his narration of Mort's entries! 

The following music was used for this media project:
Music: For Originz by Kevin MacLeod
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3771-for-originz
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On November 10th, 1944  Mort Jenkins was hard at work on a boat in Seeadler Harbor when a disaster occurred. His eyewitness report of the event is recorded in his diary. In this episode, we are in  the "calm before the storm" as Mort writes about sailing from Norfolk  Virginia, through the Panama Canal, with stops in San Diego and Hawaii, before arriving at Papua New Guinea. His entries are descriptive and often humorous. He lets us in on life aboard the ship, the pursuit of entertainment on liberties, his night of shore patrol duty, and includes a fantastic account of a "crossing the line" ceremony for sailors on their first crossing of the equator. Part two will be a different story.

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Music: Take The A Train- Duke Ellington From: Internet Archive

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We first told the story of Hazel Ramsey Koenig in #6- Rocky Mountain Legacy. In this episode we talk about actually setting foot in the Colorado home Hazel lived in when she wrote the diary.  We revisit her story with additional insight acquired from our wonderful visit there.
Jess and Lance from Colorado State U's Mountain Campus generously gave us a tour of the historical site now part of the Mountain Campus.
Stay to the end to hear about a man named Charlie Jones who we met in Salida, Colorado as he played his 1870's era fiddle.

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Music: Sentimental Piano Calm by MusicLFiles

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Beautifully written entries in this 1884 Diary led to the story of a cold blooded murder in a home invasion type robbery. Our author writes of the case with his mind resolved, yet his  heart in anguish over the killing. The depravity of the bloody work hit close to home as he and the killer share the same last name.

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