False Summits
History Podcast about the American West. In each episode outdoor and history enthusiasts Mason Orlando will go over a different event from the American West’s sorted past.
Episodes
In part two of a two-part series, Marcelo, and Mason conclude their talk about pioneering 1880’s con-artist Jefferson Randolph “Soapy” Smith.
Sources:
Soapy Smith: Con Man’s Empire
https://www.historynet.com/soapy-smith-con-mans-empire/
Outlaw tales of Colorado - Jan Murphy
Eccentric Colorado - Kenneth Jessen
Photo:
Andy Thomas
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In part one of a two-part series, Marcelo, and Mason talk about pioneering 1880’s con-artist Jefferson Randolph “Soapy” Smith man who built multiple criminal empires from Denver to Alaska!!!
Sources:
Soapy Smith: Con Man’s Empire
https://www.historynet.com/soapy-smith-con-mans-empire/
Outlaw tales of Colorado - Jan Murphy
Eccentric Colorado - Kenneth Jessen
Photo:
https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse2.mm...
Introducing the False Summits podcast!
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Did you know that the United States of America had an emperor? Well kind of. In this episode Jess & Mason talk about the life and Times of a beloved & eccentric San Francisco citizen Joshua Norton our America’s only “emperor”.
https://emperornortontrust.org/emperor/life
http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist1/norton.html
Drag Herstory: This Drag Queen Was The First Openly Gay American To Run For Office - Elyssa Goodman
In another episode about the strange things people get up to in the Southern California desert. Mason entertains pod newcomer Marcelo Aguilar with the story of early urologist George Washington Van Tassel and his cosmic "Time Machine" that you can still visit today!!!!
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In this installment Mason and Jess are Joined by Vanessa Heart to talk about one of Denver Colorado’s most beloved parks, how it started life as a paupers' grave, and how the remines of thousands of cities’ forgotten still rest just beneath park-goers’ feet!!
Guest:
Vanessa Heart
Instagram @ vanessaheart
Photo Credits:
history.denverlibrary.org
Sources:
Cheesman Park's Past Life...as a Cemetery
In our first tale of the Old West, Mason and Jess discuss the misfortunate journey of “Big Nose” George Pratte, Horse thief turned murder whose actions so enrage the people of Carbon County some took the law into their own hands. After which the town doctors studied his remains and then turned them into some truly gruesome fashion.
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In this instalment, Mason and Jess concluded their talk about Project Plowshare. Lean how Atomic Energy Commission tested a nuke almost 3 times the size of the bomb used in Hiroshima in a western Colorado community, the citizens who tried to stop it, and how the their work lead to the downfall of the Plowshare project.
Sources
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
The Plowshare Program | Science and Technology
Ed...
Mason and Jess discuss Project Plowshare. A fever dream of Cold War era scientists and industrialists that tested whether or not nuclear expositions could be used for major mining and construction projects, and how it ultimately resulted in a small Colorado community being selected as ground Zero for a nuclear test blast!!
Sources:
https://st.llnl.gov/
https://www.vice.com/en/article/4w7pgj/45-years-ago-colorad...
About 180 miles south east of Los Angeles in the harsh climate of the Sonoran desert lies Slab City, Coined the “Last Free Place on Earth” This off the gird community has been attracting people since the late 1960’s. In this “maiden episode” of False Summits Mason talks with Jess Leigh about the history of this small desert enclave made of retirees, artists, religious devotees, free thinkers, squatters, and other outliners cam...
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