Diary Discoveries

From Idaho to Fairhope Alabama,  Henry's life changes as he settles in to live on the Ten acres of land he would call "Tolstoy Park". In this episode we tell you more about Henry, the home he built by himself, and discuss the impact he made on others. You will hear Author Sonny Brewer who wrote a novel inspired by Henry and his unusual home. Henry lived simply and in accordance with his beliefs. He was sometimes referred to as the "Hermit of Montrose" but he had many visitors who made their way to converse with him. We would have loved to have had a visit with him too.

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Our discoveries from the 1911 journal of Henry Stuart took us to DeLamar Idaho, once a bustling mining town and now an almost entirely non existing  ghost town. His story starts there and then takes us to Alabama where Henry built an unusual beehive shaped hut, was known as "The Hermit of Montrose", and the barefooted old man.  He made an impression on many people including well known public figures.
Part 1 begins with our road trip to find DeLamar, Idaho where Henry's journal was taken back to the very place it began in 1911.

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Sally occasionally collects handwritten items that are not diaries and this episode is about a collection of Gibson Hotel Detective Call Slips from 1933. We had a little fun with these and hope you find these stories light and fun like we did.

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Imagine living at 9000 feet in the Rocky Mountains. The challenges, the weather, struggling to make a living-- a very difficult life but one our diary's author would never have traded away. The story in this episode is about a family that pioneered an area called Pingree Park in Colorado. We also share the unique experience we had during our time researching this diary and the special discovery Sally found.

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Often in Sally's researching a diary, it takes her down rabbit holes of interest. She never knows what she will discover! The story we tell here is a bizarre murder case that happened in Africa in the early  1960's.

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SPOILER ALERT: if this is your first Diary Discovery listening experience you may want to go to episode #1 before listening to this one.
Our Legendary Passenger's name is revealed in this episode. Thanks to all who played along.
You will see why we called him "Legendary" as you learn about this man's life.
It had been written this man never kept a diary. He kept at least one!

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In this episode, our passenger reaches his intended destination. In his diary he writes of his activities as he awaits the arrival of some special guests. Their arrival begins a series of adventures that include fierce thunderstorms, travels by train, horse, and foot, and even an account of people being struck by lightning! The diary concludes with his final entry, and leaves us with some questions. 
Stay with us for the upcoming Part Four where you will discover who he is and learn about his life.

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This episode begins with our author preparing for a peaceful night's sleep in his cabin aboard the SS Orotava. Suddenly everything changes as the ship is wrecked!
We read his first hand account of this calamity and bring listeners along using his own words.

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Sally purchased a diary containing the description of a shipwreck that occurred in 1897. As she read through the diary she began suspecting the unknown author was a noteworthy man. He had not written his name in the diary. Using clues within its pages and researching online, she found articles and books that coincided with what was written in the diary. 
In an exciting moment of discovery she realized this was the diary of a legendary man!
In this episode we discuss aspects of the diary and begin the journey leaving London February 9th 1897. 

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Welcome to the Diary Discoveries Podcast! In this introduction we give listeners a little background on Sally and the work she has been doing the last 34 years.  We talk a bit about some of the diaries in her collection and the type of stories we will be telling on the podcast.

Thank you so much to Stacy Cochrun for her graphic design talents and to Bret Cochrun for his help with the intro.

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