ADDITIONAL HISTORY: Headlines You Probably Missed

October 27, 1881


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Today's episode date is just as famous for the location as for the event...except...the location we always hear in movies and books wasn't the actual location where the event took place. Confused? Listen to today's episode about one of the most famous days in Wild West History and then find out what else was happening around the country on the exact same day. 


SOURCES

“Advertisement: Front Page.” Black Hills Daily Pioneer (Deadwood, South Dakota), October 27, 1881.

Horne, Madison. “Look Inside the Squalid Tenements Where NYC Immigrants Lived in the Late 1800s.” History.com. A&E Television Networks, October 26, 2018. https://www.history.com/news/tenement-photos-jacob-riis-nyc-immigrants.

Kuroski, John. “33 Jacob Riis Photos That Showed How The Other Half Lived And Changed America Forever.” All That's Interesting. All That's Interesting, June 29, 2019. https://allthatsinteresting.com/jacob-riis-photographs-how-the-other-half-lives#22.

“Postal Affairs.” The Nebraska State Journal (Lincoln, Nebraska), October 27, 1881.

“Remarkable Escapes from a Fiery Death.” Buffalo Evening News (Buffalo, New York), October 27, 1881.

“Robbers Captured: Another Victory for the Lawrence Police.” Lawrence Daily Journal (Lawrence, Kansas), October 27, 1881.

“Shootout at the O.K. Corral.” History.com. A&E Television Networks, November 24, 2009. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/shootout-at-the-ok-corral.

“Special Dispatch to the Star.” Arizona Weekly Star (Tucson, Arizona), October 27, 1881.

TombstoneWeb.com. Accessed March 9, 2021. https://tombstoneweb.com/history/.

SOUND SOURCES

Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.

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ADDITIONAL HISTORY: Headlines You Probably MissedBy Tifani Clark

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