Posted on 10/15/2019 3:35:40 AM PDT by Bratch
In 1859, a San Francisco eccentric proclaimed himself "Emperor of these United States." His colorful existence leads us all to consider how we see reality.
Joshua Norton's life is history that deserves to be remembered.
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A man held in high regard by the millions of members of E Clampus Vitus!
I love watching the history guy. Interesting story.
He was featured in an episode of Bonanza.
There is also a 1956 episode of ‘’Death Valley Days’’ about Norton.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556605/
Gavin “Emperor Norton” Newsom. Just about right. History kinda repeats itself...no?
Newsom isn’t worthy of a pimple on Emperor Norton’s ass.
First read about this in an old Ripley’s Believe It or Not cartoon.
Reality is that he was just some harmless mentally ill pseudo-homeless dude in San Fran that people humored because it was cheap entertainment I guess. Far better than the type they attract today.
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