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You have an awesome voice and willingness to educate yourself. Are you just using your camera, cell mic or an additional one attached to give better sound? Even when your in the museum their isnt echo. Suggestion... I think the thumbnail of one of the Indian portraits would have been an awesome thumbnail with the text overlay. Gives color to an intro... Though the paintings are colorful that isn't everything that I meant. Most people are color minded? They see a quick pic then THAT sticks in their head especially if its a beautiful picture. Indian portraits tend to be but I don't recall those paintings .. just a thought though. I love learning but I have a Production management in a theater setting, SUU was my alma mater. Plus photography and most everything theater except acting and such. I'm behind the scenes more or less.... I helped design our posters and such... We had kuds and students from kindergarten to great grandparents come to the shows. If i had my computer, i could help out but I only use my cell until we get past the bull trump messed up. Everything is in storage and after a devastating fire and 2 cervical caging surgeries my son and I live in a motel as do many since the pandemic. I guess I could have put time into a GoFundMe page... but pain took hold of me to bad before the fires and surgeries. Anyhow I just wanted kids and teens to get interested visually at a glance. Stay safe...
You've earned it for sure! Whether Camp Amache, Royal Gorge or over the pond to WWII sights, you always present an interesting narrative and nice photography. Subbed.
Your videos feel so personal! You are there to share with the viewer your experience! I have thoroughly enjoyed watching everyone like I was there too! Yes, you have way more than earned your Subscribers!!!
This has got to be one of your best videos yet. I love the simplicity with facts that you bring. Most historians get caught up in over producing documentaries, but I love how your videos are simple and give me facts that I care about. Thanks for your hard work!!!!
Appreciate that. I always struggle to maintain the balance of too much/not enough in these things. I try to treat each video as a primer that people can use as a means to go deeper and learn more.
I had no interest in history in school. Now that I’m out of school by a couple of years 😂😂😂 I find it very interesting. With this channel you are taking all of us on virtual field trips! This is an awesome thing you’re doing, sincerely thank you!!
UK guy here who’s ‘visited’ the States, Canada, Mexico etc but (when permitted) regularly tour Normandy from a base in Bayeux. I’ve communicated with you concerning technical stuff and you graciously responded and answered. I’ve seen you with Paul Woodage on his RU-vid channel. I knew nothing really of North American history but now I know some! I’m aware of some events which like a few other things are a version for an audience and suspect the actual history is somewhat different. I’ve children’s books about famous English people (Lord Nelson etc) which portray them as people they weren’t when I taught. Nelson was courageous in battle, true, but his personal life etc wasn’t glamorous at all. (Interestingly a resident in the village where I was born and my late parents lived showed me in her Elizabethan grand pile a framed invitation to Nelson’s funeral.) I’m really into WW2 things. Your channel informs me about so much! subscribing wasn’t a tough decision at all........
@@vikingzombie2487 not all history is lies there is some truth in it as well ! It's just many people don't or won't take the time to do a little more research into it themselves ! Yes it takes time to do the research but if you really love to learn about anything with more truth than lies ! Then you have to do your own research !
My family has been in Central Indiana for several hundred years. I have a many times great grandfather who was actually conscripted into the army and took part in this battle. He lost one of his arms as a result. There is also a list of all the soldiers who took part in this battle located in the museum.
Many of Indiana’s county names are derived from the officers that fell at the battle; Spencer, Owen, Warrick, Daviess, Tipton and Bartholomew. There is a lot of “forgotten” history in Indiana. Battlefields: The battle of Fort Harrison (Terre Haute, War of 1812), Battle of Ft. Sackville (Vincennes - Revolutionary War). Evansville and it’s WWII history Battle of Corydon (Corydon-Civil War) Newburgh Raid (Newburgh Indiana-Civil War) Pigeon Roost Massacre Other: The longest canal ever dug, Wabash & Erie Canal. Angel Mounds (Newburgh-Mississippian Native American). There are tons of stories and history here. Thank you for taking the time to learn video and show the history that helped shape the country.
Glad I found your channel. Brings back all the history I learned in the time before history denial. The 70's. Had some absolutely fantastic history teachers and professors. They didn't hide anything. Some had published great books on various presidents and all the bullshit that happened that was attempted to cover up. Please keep up your awesome work.
If you like this, migrate up to northwest Ohio and visit Fort Meigs in Perrysburg, Ohio. Fallen Timbers is also located nearby. There is a park along the Maumee River where you can see the original locks of the Erie Canal. Fort Meigs is where William Henry Harrison defeated the British and Indians earlier. They have reconstructed the fort and it's supposed to be haunted. Fort Meigs Union Cemetery is also close by. Many Union veterans are buried there.
I remember back in either grade school or junior high, we had to do a report on a US president and I picked Harrison because he had the shortest term and I figured it would be easier 😆. I don't think I got a very good grade, but I do remember Tippecanoe and Tyler Too. Thanks for the walkthrough 👍.
Thanks for the marvelous work you are doing with Indiana history. You're showing things I've never gotten to see, and I've lived in Indiana all my life.
@@TheHistoryUnderground You are welcome. My hobby is genealogy. I am a Harrison descendant, but from a long, long, long, long way back. I try to catch videos like this to see if I can get new information on historical figures within the family.
What you said at the end of the video about our past history, sort of hit me. "Our collective and complicated past!" It seems like schools and today's people don't want to learn about the past anymore. It's wrong in their views. But I'm happy that people like you try and bring out the history, good or bad! We need to learn from it and not try to erase it. Thank you.
I totally agree with you about needing to learn about our past that is what made us who are both the good and the bad parts of our history ! You cannot have good without the bad or bad without good in anything !
Just wanted to say, I have really been enjoying your Civil War content and was super pleased when I searched Tippecanoe and saw that you had a video on it too. Seriously excellent, thank you so much for making these videos and sharing your interests with us!
My wife and son and I visited here a few years back. I must say its pretty cool to have been somewhere you've made a video on! Thanks and I enjoy your perspective and videos. I hope to show this in class next year when I'm back on Tecumseh.
Love your channel! Some guys and I take a “History Nerd Trip,” and pre-COVID we had gone annually for thirteen years. Lots of great historical sites and good times. Tippecanoe has been a stop for us as well.
Let me know if you are interested in any of our locations. We’ve been to some awesome places. No videos, though. Thanks for your work in bringing these places to your viewers.
My 5th GGranfather, Jonathan Walker (1792-1876), fought here with the Indiana Militia. On the way back to Corydon, Indiana, he came home through southern Indiana (Dubois County). We’ve been in Dubois County ever since. Thanks for sharing!
I enjoy the History Traveler for his kind treatment of history and those involved. This was very history as I am a distant relative of WH Harrison and a native Hoosier. Indiana's history is fascinating but, unfortunately, it wasn't until going to Indiana Univ did I encounter our rich history.
I found you by accident and I'm glad I did certain things about the Civil War I did not know especially the places. I looked through some of your videos but I haven't heard you mention anything about Paducah Kentucky. There were some big battles that were fought in and around Paducah Kentucky like Beaumont and Columbus. I hope to see you there one day. And thank you very much for history lessons.
I was born and raised (and still live) about 50 miles south of this. We have Harrison's crossing, and a plaque commemorating where a couple of soldiers are buried on their return to Vincennes after the battle. I love your videos, and must let you know that you have totally done justice on this!!! Thank you for what you do. God bless.
I loved history from an early age. Study and reading came naturally. Good video. There is still much to learn. Another soldier during that time and was to become president was Zachary Taylor,he fought in many battles.
Fascinating just fascinating. I also didn’t know much knowledge about Tippecanoe but with your great channel n all that you bring to it I now know the story. I truly envy you. I would love to travel to all these places you’ve been to. Thanks JD. ♥️♥️😊👍👍👍
It’s sad. I live in central Indiana and I’ve never been here. I’ve been to meps and walked around fort Harrison but there is so much more history to learn and share with my boys. I’m enjoying Your content more after each video.
It’s been awhile since I have been there, you did a great job of covering it. The Prophet was able to have great influence because he used an eclipse, he predicted it and was able to be seen as you pointed out as a Prophet, maybe this is part of your next video...
Loved this and all of your videos. I knew the slogan but not where it came from. I have only one complaint. They just aren’t long enough. 😊 Thank you for sharing your love of history with us.
@@TheHistoryUnderground, very untrue. I love history, especially WWII (one uncle was in the Navy and participated in D-Day, one died during the Battle of the Bulge and one was a Merrill’s Marauder), and I watch everything I can, but you bring it alive with your passion. Again, thank you! Your students are very lucky.
Hi, I have seen a few video's of the battlefield of Tippecanoe and I still find it disgusting that only the American soldiers are remembered with various monuments and stones but not one memorial for all of the brave native Americans that fought in that battle😒😢 . Thank you for sharing, much love. xx🙏💖
@ExposingMiLabs Exactly, the Native Americans have been very badly treated and cheated out of a lot of their ancestral land, with houses even being built above their burial grounds. In this time of equality and more respect for our fellow man shouldn't there be a monument for them ???, they were fighting against the odds from the start but still they bravely walked into battle.
I lived within walking distance of Prophets Rock, and spent many hours there. I think Harrison took advantage of the fact Tecumpsa was absent to make an ultimatum that forced the hands of those remaining at the settlement (largely women and children). I think Harrison was fortunate the indigenous fighters ran out of ammo, lest we call it the massacre at Tippicanoo
Visit Harrison's tomb here in Cincinnati, Ohio. The story behind his passing, the events surrounding his own son's remains, and his Father In Law, John Cleves Symmes (buried less than 1,0000 yds away along with Civil and Revolutionary War veterans) is told there and is one of my favorite local places to visit.
Excellent video. I was born about 36 miles south from the Battlefield. But having moved to Kentucky at age 5 I know more about Kentucky history and battlefield than Indiana's history. As a history teacher I have read several good biographies on William Henry Harrison as well as a dozen or so books on the War of 1812 and Indian Removal in Indiana (now living in Kansas I live on what was the Shawnee and Kickapoo lands after removal) . When I did return to Indiana I spent time researching family genealogy and never spent time at Tippecanoe. Now it is on my bucket list as well as the Indiana War Museum from your last video. Great job and I look forward to more videos from Indiana.
What I love about your videos is the way that they humanize history. When I went to school in the 50s and 60s we barely scratched the surface of American history which left me with a distaste for it. Of course, the fact that we also only got the European Christian view of the history of the rest of the world didn't help, either. Reading anything that I could find about history, novels included, gave me a better picture of things. Your videos make me feel as if I'm becoming reacquainted with it.
Being from Indiana and knowing about somethings about these battles, I'd also recommend that you go down to Vincennes, Indiana and check out The George Rogers Clark Memorial and William Henry Harrison's house.
I’ve lived in Battle Ground all of my life, have grown up around so much history, and this video makes me appreciate it that much more. Thanks for stopping by our lil town! Hope you enjoyed your time here :)
1980 something my dad had to service some machines at a Laundromat in Indiana....we stopped here and I never forgot that name.... Tippecanoe.....I stopped back a couple years ago and had an awesome time 😊
This video is really cool to see. I found this looking into battles in the area my family was involved in. Gggreat grand father fought as a lt col scout during this conflict and later was a colonel at ft Vincennes Col. Ephraim Jordan
great history in this nation i had no clue about. wonder if you're going to come to kentucky and do a video on the blue licks state battlefield where daniel boone fought? i think it would make a great episode or two. just food for thought. love your videos and information! keep them coming.
Welcome to Indiana! I live in Logansport, not far from this and have been there many times. Logansport has a rich railroad and Wabash & Erie Canal history. Have you ever seen7 Pillars, just outside of Peru? It's a huge, natural formation made by river. It's also right beside the Miami Nation property.
This is near where I live. Had I known you were in the area, we would have rolled out the welcome wagon. Excellent job presenting our local history, and thanks for including my chapter's DAR marker.
Indiana Rangers, also known as Territorial Mounted Rangers, fought at the Battle of Tippecanoe as they had been created by Territorial Governor William Henry Harrison. The Indiana Rangers served as auxiliaries to the US Army during the War of 1812.
The Tippecanoe historical society has TONS of artifacts. Not just from Battle Ground but Fort Ouiatenon, where militias, settlers and natives would trade goods. Everything from musket parts to pottery to fine French jewelry that has been recovered! They share a ton of things on social media. The best event around is the annual Feast of the Hunters Moon at the fort. A historically accurate reenactment festival of the fall harvest trades. There are Scottish, British, colonial American militias that March around, natives from these once local tribes also attend and have their events in the festival. It's amazing and draws thousands every October.
I find it rather sad that thoughout our american history, that we, did not give the same reverance to the native americans that were already here. I Personally would of Love to get the history of more of the native americans as well, since a Lot of their history is NOT documented and just tales that was passed down from one generation to another. At one time, there were well over 500 native American nations here in America, that has been almpost completely wiped out, and THINK, maybe only 50 nations still remain?? Would LOVE to hear more about the Native American History and of the different tribes that were once here..appreicate this video. Thank you for sharing.
I enjoyed your content very much , keep up the great work!! You mentioned the Kiowa tribe at the start of the video, they were from the Texas and Oklahoma area. The other tribes involved were the Wyandots, Kickapoos, Ottowas and some Delawares.
Thanks! And yes, I totally misspoke when I said Kiowa. I meant to say Kickapoo. Sometimes stupid stuff slips out of my mouth (actually, more than sometimes). I've done in and noted the error in the description. Thanks.
"Our collective and complicated past!" What a true statement. It's a shame the native American's names and personal stories are not known. After all they were fighting for the land their families had lived on for generations.
Just watched this great video...at the end you mentioned Harrison's campaign slogan....Tippecanoe and Tyler too...John Tyler who was our 10th President 1841-1845...he was in the era of when my home state of Texas joined the union...not for sure if you knew....one of John Tyler's actual grandsons still lives today...there were two, but one brother died last October....the first time I heard it several years ago I thought it was impossible, but after seeing the dates of births and the ages when Tyler and his son when they fathered children...it was possible🤔
Thank you so much There’s so many historical things I’ve always wanted to see can’t because of my disability and income Now I feel like I’m seeing them I can’t thank you enough because history is my desire
If you have a computer, I highly recommend you download Google Earth. It’s different from regular google maps; the imagery is more details and there are a lot more options. The “street view” in google earth is much better as well. Many famous locations have have options for you to “go inside” the buildings/ monuments/ castles/ churches, whatnot. You won’t be disappointed :)
I, LIKE YOU, AM DISABLED & 'FREE OF THE BURDEN OF CARRYING PAPER MONEY'. I CANNOT WALK MUCH EVEN IF I HAD $ TO VISIT THESE PLACES. THANKS TO VIDEOS LIKE THESE, WE GET TO JOURNEY TO OUR HEARTS DESIRES.
The solders marched 150 miles which called for rafts to be built so they could cross the Wabash river ... Harrison and his men met the shawnee at Prophetstown. They weren't met with hostility and after a short conversation Harrison asked where they could camp and negotiations would continue the next day, Harrison and his army was attack in the middle of the night .. There are many accounts told but few told from the Shawnee perspective
Since you like that, you will love this. I am married to William Harrison and my ancestors are Ottawa. Yes he is directly related. Such a small world. Glad to have this time to research our heritage
Very interesting, well explained. As a Hoosier, these battles from my state’s past hold so much meaning for me. Thank you for your impartiality & respect shown at battle sites in your videos.
JD, What a wonderful history lesson! We are all Americans. We are poorly served by the educational system to concentrate on a very few aspects, generally with an SJW agenda, to the detriment of our shared heritage as Americans without regard to race, sexual orientation, gender. We all share in our Anerican history. For me, you present this large panorama of our American history . . . What we should know and are not being taught. You have my deepest respect and your efforts are quite important for those who will watch and listen!
history guy... while you were in the area, you should have visited Fort Ouiatenon just a few miles down river. Fort Ouiatenon was the first French outpost in Indiana
Yeah, but at the same time, they do have the monument a Prophet's Rock. I also tackle the location of the site of Prophetstown in the next video. So there's at least something with this one.
I’m related to the Harrison’s. Benjamin V Harrison’s Daughter, Elizabeth Harrison (William Harrison was her brother) married John Tuggle Sr and together they were my 4th great grandparents, in Virginia.
Harrison was of English ancestry. Harrison was born in 1773 in the Colony of Virginia and was therefore the last U.S. President born as a British Subject.
Thank you, for honoring Indiana History. I ‘d be willing to wager that very few young Hoosiers have no idea the Legacy our State holds! Proud people who fought and died deserve to be remembered. YES, INDEED, I REALLY ENJOYED YOUR WORK ON THIS ONE!!!🐝🥰🐝
I live in indy and in the early 70'smy parents grandmother and my husband and I went there for The feast Of The Hunters Moon. Was quite fascinating. They had demonstrations and booths and of course food like Buffalo Thank you again
As I sit and watch your video(s), the music eerily gives me ghostly visions of the people and their actions. I love your channel, I learn so much. And, somehow , I feel there there is so much history I missed hearing, knowing, and learning about. Tremendous respect for your ability to pass these facts along to us and enabling us to respect the history of our country. Thank you.
It is commendable that this battle is remembered through a museum and the former battlefield. While it is good that markers were placed at officer's places of death I find it interesting that there are no markers for Native Americans who died. Thank You for another great video!
I encourage you to come take a few days in Mississippi. Besides the WWII museums I told you about and of course Vicksburg National Battlefield; U.S. Grant’s Presidential Library is on the campus of Mississippi State University in Starkville.
Great video and history. I live in Southwest Ohio and the area is rich in Shawnee history. President Harrison's tomb is located just West of Cincinnati.
Alan Eckert's "Wilderness War" (or any of his other books about the Midwest) early settlement are entertaining reads on this time period. Some of it is a bit more entertainment than history but all in all a good read.
I grew up in Thorntown, Ind. I still remember learning in elementary school about all of this. What you said, at the end is true. Interestingly enough I grew up with descendants of both sides of that battle and subsequently we were taught nothing but respect for both sides. Thanks for this video.
There's a book, written in the 1960s/70s don't recall (I read in 1982 in 7th grade part of my Ohio history class and again in the early 2000's when someone gave me it as a gift), that deals with a lot of the major events that happened in the northwest territories. It's historical fiction but the author has a lot, and I do mean a lot of foot note, discussing the sources he used to come to his conclusions. That's what I used to further look into those events. The battle of Tippecanoe was one such event that he went into, I won't say in great detail but there was a lot of info regarding it. It's called The Fronteirsman or men, again can't recall but it's part of a series by Allan Ekert sp? called Winning of America. Again it's learning of the events and then being able to go back and look at the sources myself that I like. The series took us from pre-colonial America up to the Blackhawk war which took us to some of the events that happened in Illinois, Wisc. and just west of the Mississippi. I found each book to be dry as dirt at first but once in I had a hard time putting it down. I was planning on taking a week off and driving around to some of the places like Tippecanoe, the Fallen Timbers battle site, Fort Recovery, the battle site of I believe it's called Big Bone Lick down in Kentucky (the last battle site of the Revolutionary War according to some), the Point Pleasant Battle site...places like that but here in Ohio Gov. DeWhine shut down a lot of the outdoor state parks because...you guessed it, the cooties. So I decided to put off my trip because I didn't know how many other governors would do the same. People walking around outside?!?!? Outrageous!
As a youth our BSA troop spent a weekend at the old territorial capital in Vincennes. Alot of William Henry Harrison history there as well. The date of this battle really coincides with the New Madrid earthquakes as well. I'm sure the first nations took this as an apocalyptic sign
YOU SHOULD GO TO FORT RECOVERY OH. TO THE FORT AND MUSEUM ITS ABOUT THE MIAMI AND SHAWNEE FIGHTING THE MILITARY LED BY ST.CLAIR 900 KILLED AND300 MISSING OR WOUNDED LARGEST DEFEAT OF MILITARY AGAINST THE INDIANS IN MILITARY HISTORY,THE INDIANS BEING LED BY LITTLE TURTLE,ITS FASCINATING. THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR VIDEO.GOOD JOB
"Tippecanoe and Tyler Too" was the rallying cry for the Whig presidential ticket of William Henry Harrison and John Tyler. When Harrison died after only one month in office, Tyler became the first person to succeed to the presidency from the vice presidency. He did not have a vice president because there was no provision for one in the Constitution.
Thanks for the informative and well filmed video. I was brought home from the hospital after being born in Lafayette to begin life in Battleground. Later, like a salmon I returned to attend Purdue University. The battle has always held a fair amount of fascination for me both for the political and tactical aspects. Well done Sir.
Purdue student here. Did you stop and see Purdue and stop for a burger at Triple X? It was featured on Food Network for one of the best burgers in the country just down the road from the Battle Ground. A minute walk from my apartment.
Very interesting video. Great camera work. I had heard of this in high school many years ago.😄 But I don't think they went into a lot of detail. Learned a lot here.
