Episodi

  • Chateau and Country Life in France-Mary King Waddington

    Chateau and Country Life in France-Mary King Waddington
    Aug 25 2026
    This is an autobiography by Michigan Governor Chase Osborn. Osborn was born in 1860 in a log house in Huntington County, Indiana and later attended Purdue University, without graduating. He briefly worked at the Chicago Tribune and a newspaper in Milwaukee before marrying in 1881. He and his bride moved to Florence, on the northern border of Wisconsin, to run a local newspaper and prospect for iron. In Florence he used his newspaper to organize opposition to the criminals who controlled the town, at great risk to his life. Later in the 1880s he moved to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, and again ran a newspaper. Sault Ste. Marie would remain his home for most of his life. He was appointed Postmaster, then state Fish and Game Warden, then Commissioner of Railroads. He was increasingly involved in state and national politics, and served as a Progressive Michigan Governor from 1911-1913. Afterward he remained involved in politics, traveled the world, became wealthy through iron prospecting, contributed articles to magazines, authored several books, and continued to run a newspaper. Osborn was throughout his life a very active outdoorsman, and was a member of numerous organizations. (Summary by Ted Lienhart)
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    7 ore e 47 min
  • Cruise of the Walrus on the Broads-Arthur Henry Patterson

    Cruise of the Walrus on the Broads-Arthur Henry Patterson
    Aug 24 2026
    This is an autobiography by Michigan Governor Chase Osborn. Osborn was born in 1860 in a log house in Huntington County, Indiana and later attended Purdue University, without graduating. He briefly worked at the Chicago Tribune and a newspaper in Milwaukee before marrying in 1881. He and his bride moved to Florence, on the northern border of Wisconsin, to run a local newspaper and prospect for iron. In Florence he used his newspaper to organize opposition to the criminals who controlled the town, at great risk to his life. Later in the 1880s he moved to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, and again ran a newspaper. Sault Ste. Marie would remain his home for most of his life. He was appointed Postmaster, then state Fish and Game Warden, then Commissioner of Railroads. He was increasingly involved in state and national politics, and served as a Progressive Michigan Governor from 1911-1913. Afterward he remained involved in politics, traveled the world, became wealthy through iron prospecting, contributed articles to magazines, authored several books, and continued to run a newspaper. Osborn was throughout his life a very active outdoorsman, and was a member of numerous organizations. (Summary by Ted Lienhart)
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    6 ore e 8 min
  • History of the Johnstown Flood-Willis Fletcher Johnson

    History of the Johnstown Flood-Willis Fletcher Johnson
    Aug 23 2026
    This is an autobiography by Michigan Governor Chase Osborn. Osborn was born in 1860 in a log house in Huntington County, Indiana and later attended Purdue University, without graduating. He briefly worked at the Chicago Tribune and a newspaper in Milwaukee before marrying in 1881. He and his bride moved to Florence, on the northern border of Wisconsin, to run a local newspaper and prospect for iron. In Florence he used his newspaper to organize opposition to the criminals who controlled the town, at great risk to his life. Later in the 1880s he moved to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, and again ran a newspaper. Sault Ste. Marie would remain his home for most of his life. He was appointed Postmaster, then state Fish and Game Warden, then Commissioner of Railroads. He was increasingly involved in state and national politics, and served as a Progressive Michigan Governor from 1911-1913. Afterward he remained involved in politics, traveled the world, became wealthy through iron prospecting, contributed articles to magazines, authored several books, and continued to run a newspaper. Osborn was throughout his life a very active outdoorsman, and was a member of numerous organizations. (Summary by Ted Lienhart)
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    7 ore e 38 min
  • Complete Book of Cheese-Bob Brown

    Complete Book of Cheese-Bob Brown
    Aug 22 2026
    This is an autobiography by Michigan Governor Chase Osborn. Osborn was born in 1860 in a log house in Huntington County, Indiana and later attended Purdue University, without graduating. He briefly worked at the Chicago Tribune and a newspaper in Milwaukee before marrying in 1881. He and his bride moved to Florence, on the northern border of Wisconsin, to run a local newspaper and prospect for iron. In Florence he used his newspaper to organize opposition to the criminals who controlled the town, at great risk to his life. Later in the 1880s he moved to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, and again ran a newspaper. Sault Ste. Marie would remain his home for most of his life. He was appointed Postmaster, then state Fish and Game Warden, then Commissioner of Railroads. He was increasingly involved in state and national politics, and served as a Progressive Michigan Governor from 1911-1913. Afterward he remained involved in politics, traveled the world, became wealthy through iron prospecting, contributed articles to magazines, authored several books, and continued to run a newspaper. Osborn was throughout his life a very active outdoorsman, and was a member of numerous organizations. (Summary by Ted Lienhart)
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    9 ore e 43 min
  • Fifty Years Ago-Walter Besant

    Fifty Years Ago-Walter Besant
    Aug 21 2026
    This is an autobiography by Michigan Governor Chase Osborn. Osborn was born in 1860 in a log house in Huntington County, Indiana and later attended Purdue University, without graduating. He briefly worked at the Chicago Tribune and a newspaper in Milwaukee before marrying in 1881. He and his bride moved to Florence, on the northern border of Wisconsin, to run a local newspaper and prospect for iron. In Florence he used his newspaper to organize opposition to the criminals who controlled the town, at great risk to his life. Later in the 1880s he moved to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, and again ran a newspaper. Sault Ste. Marie would remain his home for most of his life. He was appointed Postmaster, then state Fish and Game Warden, then Commissioner of Railroads. He was increasingly involved in state and national politics, and served as a Progressive Michigan Governor from 1911-1913. Afterward he remained involved in politics, traveled the world, became wealthy through iron prospecting, contributed articles to magazines, authored several books, and continued to run a newspaper. Osborn was throughout his life a very active outdoorsman, and was a member of numerous organizations. (Summary by Ted Lienhart)
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    6 ore e 1 min
  • Five Years of My Life 1894-1899-Alfred Dreyfus

    Five Years of My Life 1894-1899-Alfred Dreyfus
    Aug 20 2026
    This is an autobiography by Michigan Governor Chase Osborn. Osborn was born in 1860 in a log house in Huntington County, Indiana and later attended Purdue University, without graduating. He briefly worked at the Chicago Tribune and a newspaper in Milwaukee before marrying in 1881. He and his bride moved to Florence, on the northern border of Wisconsin, to run a local newspaper and prospect for iron. In Florence he used his newspaper to organize opposition to the criminals who controlled the town, at great risk to his life. Later in the 1880s he moved to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, and again ran a newspaper. Sault Ste. Marie would remain his home for most of his life. He was appointed Postmaster, then state Fish and Game Warden, then Commissioner of Railroads. He was increasingly involved in state and national politics, and served as a Progressive Michigan Governor from 1911-1913. Afterward he remained involved in politics, traveled the world, became wealthy through iron prospecting, contributed articles to magazines, authored several books, and continued to run a newspaper. Osborn was throughout his life a very active outdoorsman, and was a member of numerous organizations. (Summary by Ted Lienhart)
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    6 ore e 14 min
  • Mob Rule In New Orleans-Ida B. Wells-Barnett

    Mob Rule In New Orleans-Ida B. Wells-Barnett
    Aug 19 2026
    This is an autobiography by Michigan Governor Chase Osborn. Osborn was born in 1860 in a log house in Huntington County, Indiana and later attended Purdue University, without graduating. He briefly worked at the Chicago Tribune and a newspaper in Milwaukee before marrying in 1881. He and his bride moved to Florence, on the northern border of Wisconsin, to run a local newspaper and prospect for iron. In Florence he used his newspaper to organize opposition to the criminals who controlled the town, at great risk to his life. Later in the 1880s he moved to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, and again ran a newspaper. Sault Ste. Marie would remain his home for most of his life. He was appointed Postmaster, then state Fish and Game Warden, then Commissioner of Railroads. He was increasingly involved in state and national politics, and served as a Progressive Michigan Governor from 1911-1913. Afterward he remained involved in politics, traveled the world, became wealthy through iron prospecting, contributed articles to magazines, authored several books, and continued to run a newspaper. Osborn was throughout his life a very active outdoorsman, and was a member of numerous organizations. (Summary by Ted Lienhart)
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    2 ore e 28 min
  • Plea for Ragged Schools; or, Prevention Better than Cure-Thomas Guthrie

    Plea for Ragged Schools; or, Prevention Better than Cure-Thomas Guthrie
    Aug 18 2026
    This is an autobiography by Michigan Governor Chase Osborn. Osborn was born in 1860 in a log house in Huntington County, Indiana and later attended Purdue University, without graduating. He briefly worked at the Chicago Tribune and a newspaper in Milwaukee before marrying in 1881. He and his bride moved to Florence, on the northern border of Wisconsin, to run a local newspaper and prospect for iron. In Florence he used his newspaper to organize opposition to the criminals who controlled the town, at great risk to his life. Later in the 1880s he moved to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, and again ran a newspaper. Sault Ste. Marie would remain his home for most of his life. He was appointed Postmaster, then state Fish and Game Warden, then Commissioner of Railroads. He was increasingly involved in state and national politics, and served as a Progressive Michigan Governor from 1911-1913. Afterward he remained involved in politics, traveled the world, became wealthy through iron prospecting, contributed articles to magazines, authored several books, and continued to run a newspaper. Osborn was throughout his life a very active outdoorsman, and was a member of numerous organizations. (Summary by Ted Lienhart)
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    1 ora e 43 min