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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!!!
@@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 !
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 RUclips 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........
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.
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!!
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.
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 !
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.
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!!!🐝🥰🐝
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’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 😊
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.
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.
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!
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 👍.
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
Being from Indiana and stomped all over that area I found your video awesome! I have heard of Tecumseh and his brother, the Prophet, from an old fishing buddy years ago. Your video is one of the best I have seen and especially on a subject near and dear to my heart. I love the fact you show all the battle areas, weapons, and with such concise narrative of the events of 1811. I wish schools would teach this history as we need to remember how this country formed. Got to remember, the Corp of Discovery was only 5 years earlier and the gateway to the West was opened. Thank you for doing such an exceptional job on this historical area! Cheers and safe Travels! Hoosiers!!!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
My original 'Home State' until I was 18 and joined the USAF. Grew up in New Haven, just east of Ft. Wayne. So much wonderful history in Indiana that too many people have no idea of.
I grew up 20 miles away and have been to the battlefield a dozen times, and I feel like I just gained a better understanding of what happened there in the last 20 minutes than all the years before. Great video!! Thanks!!
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.
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 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.
That was a piece of history I knew absolutely nothing about. Fascinating. Thank you. And I thought Tippecanoe was just something I did a couple of times every summer.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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
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. ♥️♥️😊👍👍👍
As a Hoosier, this was a major treat. Thank you! I've hiked many a time at Prophetstown State Park, but I've never been to the actual battlefield. As US battlefields west of the Appalachians go, this is a rather old one!
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.
Man what a great video. My fiance took me there earlier this spring and it was a neat place to visit. I encourage anyone who has never visited there to check it out.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
Glad to have you visit my State! Really enjoy your videos. Its refreshing to see some so interested in history. Especially your D day videos. Tippecanoe and Tyler too!
Another great video!! You do such great work and I live for historic sites but pushing 60 I will never see many of these sites in my life time in person you bring them to me thank you!
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.
By making all these videos, you are doing the very thing I have wanted to do since my late twenties. I'd like to join you making one of these videos some day. Rock on, dude. Keep up the good work!
Thank you so much for these videos, I learn something new every time I watch one. Another interesting place close to home to add to my “must see” list!
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.
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
This site is 20 minutes from me. Been there numerous times, actually gave a couple of tours. Lots of interesting facts about the battle. Hint: It is NOTHING like what the History Channel showed some time ago!!
Great tour of an era I’m not that well versed in. I studied it in grade school and high school, but other than the presidential campaign catch phrase I was a tad bit grey. Thanks for the refresher. 🙏🏼
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.
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...
I loved the video!! I loved the Native American content. I love to read about that time period. I enjoyed seeing the place ,connected with the story. I really enjoyed the museum.🤗🤗
PLEASE see if there is any way you can do your AMAZING work at Masanutten, Virginia! I have a time share there & learned SO much about the Civil War that had been fought there! It was simply a walk thru history! Absolutely made me speechless. If you can, ask about the father-son hunters whom found a rifle from a civil war soldier. Thank you for this! All of these wonderful videos were on my bucket list, I feel like I am living vicariously thru you! God Bless!!!
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!
Really enjoying your Hoosier state swing. Have you done Vincennes yet? So much history to explore there- Native peoples, the French, the British, George Rogers Clark, William Henry Harrison’s Grouseland mansion.
another greater understanding of what happened and those involved. Loved the drone creating greater perspective of the area..........great job ....again !!!
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.
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.
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.
If you are ever in Southern Indiana, visit the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial. Great place to learn about Abraham Lincoln and his life as a young fella. You need a tour guide hit me up!
Thanks for the tour. I find the smaller less visited battlefields to be more rewarding that the larger more popular sites. More time to review the field and museum, speak to the ranger, avoid crowds etc. Ft Phil Kearney WY, New Market VA, River Raisin MI and the Date Battlefield in Bushnell FL are all good ones to visit.
I'm a displaced Hoosier, I've lived in Chicago for decades, but I always miss my home state. My Dad lived in Lafayette, and I can't tell you how many times I've driven past the sign for the Tippecanoe battleground. I always wanted to stop, but I was too anxious to see my Dad. Thank you for finally letting me see the battlefield. It makes me more determined then ever to go there. I read a history of Indiana, and it said that the Native Americans were determined to take a stand in what is now Indiana. They had been pushed out of Ohio and were tired of being pushed out of their territories, so they decided to take a stand in Indiana. They also killed any white settlers who were trying to cross the Ohio river from Kentucky. You'll notice that Tippecanoe is close to the Wabash river. I understand the Wabash was crucial to the Natives and they had many settlements all along the river. Thank you for what you do! I'm really looking forward to the video on Prophetstown!
It's about time someone brought to light this event and others like it which occurred east of the Mississippi before Hollywood convinced us that everything happened in the "wild west ". Had this battle not taken place along with the many, many others in this region and in what is now the south-eastern United States, there never would have been a "wild west". While The Prophet was dealing with Harrison, Tecumseh was down south attempting to form a pan-tribal alliance with the south-eastern tribes. He didn't have much luck with the Chickasaws and Chocktaws, but his message struck a chord with the Creeks, among whom his parents had lived years before. I would like to see you do a report on Tecumseh's visit to the Creek town of Tuckabatchee on the Tallapoosa in what is now Alabama and how it led to the disastrous (for the Creeks) war of 1813-1814. Thank you so much for what you are doing!
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Thanks!
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!!!
American history is so interesting because we are not taught enough, have to an effort to learn more,that's what brings me here,thx HT..cA
That’s because they are trying to get rid of history. Also history is a bunch of lies agreed upon.
@@vikingzombie2487 ,they want us to forget who and how we are 🖒
@@vikingzombie2487 Is that true?
@@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 !
Thanks!
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 RUclips 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........
Thanks! Appreciate that. I really like the stuff that Paul Woodage is rolling. Hope to collaborate with him in the future when travel opens back up.
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.
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!!
That's awesome! Thanks!
A Sorrow in Our Heart: The Life of Tecumseh
A book by Allan Wesley Eckert is a must read for any Indiana history buff.
Thank you ! I not be from Indiana but love learning about history !
Hmmm....I'll have to look into that. Thanks!
Also, The Frontierman, also by Mr. Eckert . Two of my favorite books !
I just learned that Allan Eckert wrote the outdoor theater production “Tecumseh!”
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.
Fully agree with mr Pozorski. The essentials are shown and for a european thats quite a lot as far as american history goes. So thumbs up!
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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 !
Families are messy :)
I know what they always say, “if you forget about our history, we are bound to repeat it.”
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.
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!!!🐝🥰🐝
Appreciate that!
Yes, Ms. Bee, I am a 38 year old life long Hoosier and had no clue
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’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 :)
Loved it there! Thanks!
The whole united states' is a battleground fought for one group or snother
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 😊
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
That means a lot. Thank you!
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.
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.
I'm glad that you found the channel too. Thanks!
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!
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Bro, props to you for standing out there in our frigid Indiana weather!!! Thank you for this history lesson.
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 👍.
He’s buried just a few miles from me at North Bend, OH.
I did a report on grade school on him. I still remember Tippecanoe and Tyler too
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
That’s great.
Wow!
Awesome
Being from Indiana and stomped all over that area I found your video awesome! I have heard of Tecumseh and his brother, the Prophet, from an old fishing buddy years ago. Your video is one of the best I have seen and especially on a subject near and dear to my heart. I love the fact you show all the battle areas, weapons, and with such concise narrative of the events of 1811. I wish schools would teach this history as we need to remember how this country formed. Got to remember, the Corp of Discovery was only 5 years earlier and the gateway to the West was opened. Thank you for doing such an exceptional job on this historical area! Cheers and safe Travels! Hoosiers!!!
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.
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.
Thanks for that. We definitely have a unique, rich history in this country.
Thanks again for another informative video about U.S. history. Never knew the state of Indiana had such a great amount of history.
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Sir, I deeply appreciate every one of these you do, including the ones less history oriented. Thank you for this and all the others.
Ashamed to admit I am born and raised in Indiana and I didn’t know this history. I will visit this place. Thanks for the video
Central Indiana resident myself. I knew that the battle happened, but not the details. Will have to check it out.
Same im west central right outside of Indianapolis. I knew about it, good grief I need to walk those grounds to feel and learn more about this war
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.
Prophetstown is now a state park, battleground, where the battlefield is is just north -east of lafayette.
Better late than never.
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.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks!
@@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.
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!
Being a Brit we aren't taught much about American history, thanks for everything you've done and I enjoy watching your vids
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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.
Thanks for another phenomenal history lesson.
Glad you enjoyed it
My original 'Home State' until I was 18 and joined the USAF. Grew up in New Haven, just east of Ft. Wayne. So much wonderful history in Indiana that too many people have no idea of.
Glad that you enjoyed this one!
I grew up 20 miles away and have been to the battlefield a dozen times, and I feel like I just gained a better understanding of what happened there in the last 20 minutes than all the years before. Great video!! Thanks!!
If I were still teaching I would share this video. It has more history than the history book! Thank you JD for your sharing and this site. 🙏
Love listening to your voice so much history in your videos! Thank you.
Glad you like them! Thank you for watching :)
So glad I found your channel! Binge watching the previous ones
@Jill Atherton I've seen a lot of history channels, but this is by far the best.
Glad you like them! Hope that you continue to enjoy the content :)
Enjoy your videos tremendously, you dont try to erase history, but rather tell it like it was.
Well, I try :)
Thanks!
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.
Awesome! Thanks!
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.
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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.
Thank you for shining a light on this awesome bit of history my State has to offer. I love going there and just. Immersing myself!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks!
That was a piece of history I knew absolutely nothing about. Fascinating. Thank you. And I thought Tippecanoe was just something I did a couple of times every summer.
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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.
That's good to hear. Thank you.
Very cool site. Love the artifacts on display in the visitors center.
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.
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.
Cinematic quality of this video. I can imagine a full length film of this battle. The music is spot on. Excellent.....
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.
@ExposingMiLabs That is a great idea but it can't come from as I'm a UK citizen here in the UK so they would just ignore the request 😟.
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.
Thanks! I really enjoyed it there.
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!
Awesome job, as usual. Hope you enjoyed our Hoosier Hospitality, JD. Safe travels.
Thanks again!
Thanks for this - too much is being forgotten or ignored these days.
Agreed. Thanks!
you provide the respect and honor these scared areas deserve. Thank you for the video
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
I’m LOVING these longer episodes 😎
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. ♥️♥️😊👍👍👍
As a Hoosier, this was a major treat. Thank you! I've hiked many a time at Prophetstown State Park, but I've never been to the actual battlefield. As US battlefields west of the Appalachians go, this is a rather old one!
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.
Wow, thank you! Just trying to fill in the gaps here and there :)
Man what a great video. My fiance took me there earlier this spring and it was a neat place to visit. I encourage anyone who has never visited there to check it out.
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.
That is awesome! Hopefully, we'll be done with this dang pandemic sooner rather than later.
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.
Always top-notch content.
Thanks!
THANKS, I'M VERY GLAD I FOUND YOUR CHANNEL.
Thanks!
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.
Never went to tri-chi, sober. What's it like?
I have visited the XXX
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.
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.
Definitely plan to cover Taylor in some future episode.
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.
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Always loved hiking around there when I was growing up! Excellent video! Thanks for doing this!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
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!
Glad to have you visit my State! Really enjoy your videos. Its refreshing to see some so interested in history. Especially your D day videos. Tippecanoe and Tyler too!
If you are interested, go to Fort Recovery, Ohio . There is a rebuilt fort and museum. Also in that area Fort Amanda, Ohio.
Another great video!! You do such great work and I live for historic sites but pushing 60 I will never see many of these sites in my life time in person you bring them to me thank you!
Thank you very much!
Another great video I enjoy every single video you put out I know I’ve said it before but I love your channel so much and keep up the great work
Thank you! Will do!
As always a real pleasure to watch your videos. Almost a learning experience as you visit places I’ll never go to. Thank you sir.
My pleasure! Thanks for watching.
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.
By making all these videos, you are doing the very thing I have wanted to do since my late twenties. I'd like to join you making one of these videos some day. Rock on, dude. Keep up the good work!
This is my favorite one yet! Great job
Wow, thanks!
Thank you so much for these videos, I learn something new every time I watch one. Another interesting place close to home to add to my “must see” list!
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.
Ha! I figure that people can only take looking at my face for no more than 15-20 minutes at a time.
@@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.
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
This site is 20 minutes from me. Been there numerous times, actually gave a couple of tours. Lots of interesting facts about the battle. Hint: It is NOTHING like what the History Channel showed some time ago!!
Great tour of an era I’m not that well versed in. I studied it in grade school and high school, but other than the presidential campaign catch phrase I was a tad bit grey. Thanks for the refresher. 🙏🏼
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.
Thank you for another great history lesson ! Take care , stay safe and healthy with whatever you maybe doing next ! Doing well here in Kansas .
Thanks!
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...
I loved the video!! I loved the Native American content. I love to read about that time period. I enjoyed seeing the place ,connected with the story. I really enjoyed the museum.🤗🤗
Awesome! Thank you!
PLEASE see if there is any way you can do your AMAZING work at Masanutten, Virginia! I have a time share there & learned SO much about the Civil War that had been fought there! It was simply a walk thru history! Absolutely made me speechless. If you can, ask about the father-son hunters whom found a rifle from a civil war soldier. Thank you for this! All of these wonderful videos were on my bucket list, I feel like I am living vicariously thru you! God Bless!!!
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!
Really enjoying your Hoosier state swing. Have you done Vincennes yet? So much history to explore there- Native peoples, the French, the British, George Rogers Clark, William Henry Harrison’s Grouseland mansion.
So interesting! Other than the Tippecanoe campaign slogan, I knew nothing about this. Great knowing more! Thanks! 😃
another greater understanding of what happened and those involved. Loved the drone creating greater perspective of the area..........great job ....again !!!
Much appreciated
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.
Thanks! I learned a lot on this one as well.
Beautifully done as usual.
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.
Appreciate those words. I do try and see things from all perspectives and get a feel for how the players involved would have seen it.
Excellent presentation as usual. Keep it up and I encourage anyone to follow your channel.
Much appreciated!
Just found this after watching a bunch of your videos. Thanks for doing one in my home town!
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.
Thank you for your videos I am from Indiana and enjoy learning of our history
If you are ever in Southern Indiana, visit the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial. Great place to learn about Abraham Lincoln and his life as a young fella. You need a tour guide hit me up!
There's so much rich history in Southern Indiana!!
Thanks for the tour. I find the smaller less visited battlefields to be more rewarding that the larger more popular sites. More time to review the field and museum, speak to the ranger, avoid crowds etc. Ft Phil Kearney WY, New Market VA, River Raisin MI and the Date Battlefield in Bushnell FL are all good ones to visit.
Thanks for this. This is my favorite channel. Binging!
Wow, thanks!
I'm a displaced Hoosier, I've lived in Chicago for decades, but I always miss my home state. My Dad lived in Lafayette, and I can't tell you how many times I've driven past the sign for the Tippecanoe battleground. I always wanted to stop, but I was too anxious to see my Dad. Thank you for finally letting me see the battlefield. It makes me more determined then ever to go there.
I read a history of Indiana, and it said that the Native Americans were determined to take a stand in what is now Indiana. They had been pushed out of Ohio and were tired of being pushed out of their territories, so they decided to take a stand in Indiana. They also killed any white settlers who were trying to cross the Ohio river from Kentucky.
You'll notice that Tippecanoe is close to the Wabash river. I understand the Wabash was crucial to the Natives and they had many settlements all along the river.
Thank you for what you do! I'm really looking forward to the video on Prophetstown!
Excellent video! I live 10 minutes away from these sites. I love how you covered the history of the area!
It's about time someone brought to light this event and others like it which occurred east of the Mississippi before Hollywood convinced us that everything happened in the "wild west ". Had this battle not taken place along with the many, many others in this region and in what is now the south-eastern United States, there never would have been a "wild west". While The Prophet was dealing with Harrison, Tecumseh was down south attempting to form a pan-tribal alliance with the south-eastern tribes. He didn't have much luck with the Chickasaws and Chocktaws, but his message struck a chord with the Creeks, among whom his parents had lived years before. I would like to see you do a report on Tecumseh's visit to the Creek town of Tuckabatchee on the Tallapoosa in what is now Alabama and how it led to the disastrous (for the Creeks) war of 1813-1814. Thank you so much for what you are doing!