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Uncommon History of the early years of motorcycle racing, Charles "Fearless" Balke was a remarkable talent whose career was tragically ended by an accident (like far too many others from that era). In Elgin, Illinois, in 1913, he took first place in the country's first significant motorcycle road race. The most surprising thing of all was that after his death, when cleaning up her nephew's attic, family members discovered a scrapbook that had been diligently assembled by his devoted wife Edith. A new generation of Edith's family has proposed him for inclusion in the American Motorcyclists Hall of Fame, more than 90 years after her passing. In 1909, Fearless took part in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's inaugural motorcycle races.
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Jenny Wiley, a renowned pioneer woman, captured by Native Americans in 1789, was born Jean "Jenny" Sellards in Pennsylvania in 1760 and lived until 1831. After being held captive for 11 months, Wiley witnessed the murder of her brother and her children before making her escape. She is remembered by the name Jenny Wiley State Resort Park in Prestonsburg, Kentucky.
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Double Episode Mike Fink and Edgar Cayce - Uncommon History Podcast
Season 3 Ep# 3
Uncommon History of Mike Fink and Edgar Cayce
Mike Fink (also spelled Miche Phinck), "King of the Keelboaters" (c. 1770/1780 – c. 1823), a semi-legendary brawler and river boatman, exemplified the tough and hard-drinking men who ran keelboats up and down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.
Edgar Cayce, The "sleeping prophet," the "father of holistic medicine," and the most well-documented psychic of the twentieth century was Edgar Cayce (1877-1945). Cayce's readings and insights, which range from holistic health and illness treatment to dream interpretation and reincarnation, continue to provide practical help and advice to people from all walks of life today.
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Season 3 Ep# 2
True Uncommon History of Blackbeard the Pirate
Known as Blackbeard, Edward Teach (aka Edward Thatch, circa 1680 – November 22, 1718) is a British pirate operating on the east coast of the West Indies and the British North American colony. did. Little is known about his early life, but during the Queen Anne's War, before settling on New Providence Island in the Bahamas, the base of Captain Benjamin Hornigold, who joined the crew's teach around 1716. , I may have been a sailor of a privateer. Hornigold was under the command of Sloop, who captured him, and the two engaged in numerous piracy activities. Their number was increased by adding two more ships to their fleet, one of which was commanded by Stede Bonnet. However, Hornigold retired from piracy in late 1717 and took two ships.
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John Swift's Lost Silver Mine | Uncommon History
Swift's silver mine is an unproven silver mine existence is part of the folklore of the Appalachian Mountains of Kentucky.
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