Ricky's Historical Tidbits Podcast

Mississippi made a new city out of nothing for their capital, no one liked the location but it stuck anyways.

For most people Juneteenth showed up in the last few years out of nowhere, that is because its always been a local holiday in Texas. So here is a brief history of Juneteenth.

Norwegian pride, that's Why. Rollo the Viking was banished from Norway way back in the day and when Norway became an independent nation, Norwegians in America had a ten year period of pride for their heritage. 

Captain Kidd, Blackbeard and Oyster dredgers. Oh My!

It was a really cool battle win for the Americans known as Perry's Victory but I call it The Great Rope a Dope on Lake Erie.

Native Americans have not been in America forever as they claim. 

The story of one of the last rural Chinatowns of California. A town known as Locke.

Have you been to San Francisco? If so you may have seen Coit Tower. This is the History of Mrs. Coit and her Tower.  

All was going well for Issac Ebbey and his life, then one day he was attacked at his home and had his head chopped off. This is that story.

In an effort to curb homelessness "Ugly Laws" were put in place that essentially relocated people from the cities to the country, as eugenics swept the world these laws evolved into sterilization or mentally retarded or disabled people. Eugenics is the idea or purifying the human race which was very popular in Nazi Germany. A prominent advocate of eugenics, Margaret Sanger, founded Planned parenthood with huge support from the KKK. Make your own connections.