Ask Geoffrey: What Was a Manure Monger?
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Before automobiles, Chicago basically ran on horsepower.
If you think the 2016 political conventions were rowdy, wait till you hear what Teddy Roosevelt did at the 1912 Republican National Convention in Chicago. Geoffrey Baer is here with that “bully” story and to answer viewer questions about Chicago's history with horse manure and a fantasy dance festival in 1936.
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Ask Geoffrey: What Was a Manure Monger?
Clip: 10/11/2016 | 8m 19sVideo has Closed Captions
If you think the 2016 political conventions were rowdy, wait till you hear what Teddy Roosevelt did at the 1912 Republican National Convention in Chicago. Geoffrey Baer is here with that “bully” story and to answer viewer questions about Chicago's history with horse manure and a fantasy dance festival in 1936.
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