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We Are All Americans
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Length:
6 minutes
Released:
Apr 13, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Ely Parker was born in 1828 to Elizabeth and William Parker of the Tonawanda Seneca tribe of the Iroquois confederacy in western New York. Parker became a leader in his tribe at a very young age, trained as a civil engineer, and earned himself a reputation in that field. In 1857, when he was 29 years old, he moved to Galena, Illinois as a civil engineer working for the treasury department, and there his life took a fateful turn. He became friends with a fellow named Ulysses S. Grant.
Released:
Apr 13, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
America the Beautiful: The American Dream, The California Dream, and the City of Dreams by The American Story