Local history is awesome. Logan Ledman and Sam Temple have spent six years talking local history through classes, videos, and more. On this podcast catch up on past stories, discuss historiography, and stay up to date on new projects from the 1855 History Team.
The 1855 History Podcast
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Local history is awesome. Logan Ledman and Sam Temple have spent six years talking local history through classes, videos, and more. On this podcast catch up on past stories, discuss historiography, and stay up to date on new projects from the 1855 History Team.
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March 11, 2022
The Monstrous Conspiracy | Alexander Ramsey, Part Three
<p>In 1850, Alec Ramsey was in the middle of a rapidly rising political career. He'd been a U.S. Congressman, and now he was Governor of a U.S. Territory--and it seemed the possibility of being President grew more and more likely. But this meteoric rise was brief. One year later, a crime which one historian called "the monstrous conspiracy" rocked the country, and Alec Ramsey was at the center. At stake: not just Ramsey's career, but his entire project to build Minnesota.</p> <p>Alexander Ramsey was Minnesota Territory's first governor. He was a congressman, a senator and a secretary of war. He oversaw forced removals and executions. He helped orchestrate three wars. And along the way, he lived a high-octane political thriller of a life filled with backstabbing, unlikely alliances, and tragedy.</p> <p>In episode three of our analysis of Alexander Ramsey's life, we break down the explosive allegations of corruption, bribery, and fraud that nearly ended Ramsey's political career. To understand the charges, we have to understand the notorious treaties of 1851: Traverse des Sioux and Mendota. How many of the charges were true? And how did Ramsey get away with it? </p> <p>Subscribe for more on YouTube: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/c/the1855historyteam"><u>www.youtube.com/c/the1855historyteam</u></a></p> <p>Become a Patron and get exclusive content: <a href="http://www.patreon.com/1855History"><u>www.patreon.com/1855History</u></a></p> <p>Follow on Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/1855Faribault/"><u>www.facebook.com/1855Faribault/</u></a></p>
February 1, 2022
Sky Blue Waters | Scheming and Backstabbing In Minnesota (Alexander Ramsey, Part Two)
<p>In 1849, a scattered group of settlers and fur traders were granted permission by the U.S. Congress to organize themselves as a political territory. They chose a name for this new territory from a phrase used by its Dakota inhabitants--a name translated variously as "land where the water reflects the clouds," or "land of cloudy lakes," or "sky blue waters"--Mni Sota.<br> <br> In this frontier on the borderlands, where nearly every U.S. citizen was wrapped up in a world of liquor smuggling, embezzlement, illegal enslavement, and even murder, a strapping young politician from the hills of Pennsylvania was ordered to whip the vagabonds of Minnesota Territory into a permanent political base for his party, which had never once held power out in those borderlands. His name was Alexander Ramsey. An orphaned carpenter and schoolteacher who taught himself law and then worked tirelessly to serve the Whig party, Ramsey became one of the youngest and most reliable Congressmen. Upon being named Governor of Minnesota Territory, he was quickly forced to learn the skills necessary to wrangle the complicated world of Minnesota politics--and the compromises he would need to make along the way.<br> <br> Alexander Ramsey was Minnesota Territory's first governor. He was a congressman, a senator and a secretary of war. He oversaw forced removals and executions. He helped orchestrate three wars. And along the way, he lived a high-octane political thriller of a life filled with backstabbing, unlikely alliances, and tragedy.</p> <p>In this episode, we lay out the world of Minnesota politics as Alexander Ramsey learned how to survive as the young territory's first governor.</p> <p>Subscribe for more on YouTube: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/c/the1855historyteam" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.youtube.com/c/the1855historyteam</a></p> <p>Become a Patron and get exclusive content: <a href="http://www.patreon.com/1855History" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.patreon.com/1855History</a></p> <p>Follow on Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/1855Faribault/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/1855Faribault/</a></p>
January 14, 2022
Kingdom of Righteousness | A Lost Era of American History (Alexander Ramsey, Part One)
<p>When Alec was a small boy, he traveled deep into the woods outside his home in Pennsylvania. With other children, he hoped to catch a glimpse of a man known as the Pennsylvania Hermit, a cave-dwelling old man who had gone insane and hidden himself away from society after his sister was executed for murdering her own children. But when Alec was 6, the Hermit finally died, passing away into legend.<br> <br> By the time the boy was a man, his father had died by suicide, the same year that Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died--the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It was up to this boy, Alexander Ramsey, to find a way out of the misery of the tangled mountain ridges, the land of the Pennsylvania Hermit and his father's death. It was up to Ramsey to find a way through a tortured American society spiraling out of control. Before long, he would find his way. Before long, he would have blood of his own on his hands.</p> <p>Alexander Ramsey was Minnesota Territory's first governor. He was a congressman, a senator and a secretary of war. He oversaw forced removals and executions. He helped orchestrate three wars. And along the way, he lived a high-octane political thriller of a life filled with backstabbing, unlikely alliances, and tragedy. </p> <p>In this episode, we lay out the forgotten fringes of the social and political world that shaped Alexander Ramsey as he took power for the first time, and as he learned how to wield his political strengths. </p> <p>Subscribe for more on YouTube: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/c/the1855historyteam"><u>www.youtube.com/c/the1855historyteam</u></a></p> <p>Become a Patron and get exclusive content: <a href="http://www.patreon.com/1855History"><u>www.patreon.com/1855History</u></a></p> <p>Follow on Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/1855Faribault/"><u>www.facebook.com/1855Faribault/</u></a></p>
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