23- The Spanish Flu? A Horrible Pandemic, or a Hidden Data Point

Join us this week as we travel back in time to one of the worst and most well known devastatingly fatal diseases in human history: The Spanish flu. But that's not all we cover in this historic cultural episode; we take you through the beginnings of Fort Riley eventually evolving into the big red 1. So entertain your curiosity with us and take a ride down the perilous Santa Fe trail0:00 Introduction: Fort Riley and It’s History 04:19 Violent massacres: the war between pro and anti slavery07:41 The lives of confederate prisoners held behind the fort walls12:07 9th & 10th Calvary training academy14:26 The birth of the terrorizing disease claiming the lives of ⅓ of the US population20:04 The ever growing outbreak of rapid deaths and burials24:37 Facts and speculation collide: not just a training facility?34:04 Final summarization involving a theatrical outro. Email us at [email protected] with any theories you may haveRecourses:Fort Riley Official Websitehttps://home.army.mil/riley/about/historyU.S. Army Center of Military Historyhttps://history.army.milKansas Historical Societyhttps://www.kshs.orgCenters for Disease Control and Prevention — 1918 Pandemic Overviewhttps://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-pandemic-h1n1.htmlNational Institutes of Health — Scientific analysis of 1918 influenzahttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3291398/Smithsonian Magazine — Kansas origin discussionhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/journal-plague-year-180965222/National Park Service — Bleeding Kansas overviewhttps://www.nps.gov/articles/bleeding-kansas.htmKansas Historical Society — Bleeding Kansas archiveshttps://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/bleeding-kansas/14578U.S. Army Center of Military Historyhttps://history.army.milLibrary of Congress — WWI & WWII collectionshttps://www.loc.gov1st Infantry Division Official Pagehttps://home.army.mil/riley/index.php/units-tenants/1st-infantry-divisionCamp Concordia — POW Camp Historyhttps://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/prisoners-of-war-in-kansas/16582Smithsonian Institution — POW program overviewhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/german-pows-america-180961088/National WWII Museum — POWs in Americahttps://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/prisoners-of-war-usFort Detrickhttps://home.army.mil/detrickDugway Proving Groundhttps://home.army.mil/dugwayWorld Health Organizationhttps://www.who.intCenters for Disease Control and Preventionhttps://www.cdc.govU.S. Army Center of Military History — Biographical infohttps://history.army.milCalifornia State Library — California governance historyhttps://www.library.ca.govhttps://lplks.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2018/04/Hike-Through-History-Page-3.pdfSend us your stories at [email protected]. We want to hear from you! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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