Episode 84 - Madeira & the Human Squirrel ft. Ian Wallin

This week we're joined by special guest Ian to discuss the tale of the schooner barge Madeira and the harrowing survival story of her crew, featuring Olympian feats of strength and agility on the icy cliffs of Minnesota's North Shore.

Sources:

Hübner, Andreas. “A People of ‘Patriotic Hearts’: German-Americans, U.S. Neutrality, and the Building of an Inclusive Coalition in New Orleans, 1915.” Louisiana History, vol. 60, no. 3, 2019, pp. 261 - 288.

Wolff, Julius F. Lake Superior Shipwrecks. Lake Superior Port Cities, 1990.

Additional source material from Kathryn A. Martin Library, Minnesota Historical Society Collections, and the Duluth Public Library

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