Rewind: What happened to Prof. Lowe's resort above Los Angeles? (originally aired Jan. 29, 2025)
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Resurfaced from the archives, this episode originally aired Jan. 29, 2025.
Love Wicked? This guy probably inspired The Wizard of Oz. This story of a whimsical professor is also a tribute to Altadena, a city recently devastated by the wildfires this month.
Andrea Antony-Morr is on the podcast this week discussing Professor Thaddeus Lowe who, after being a balloon spy (yes, a balloon spy!) for President Lincoln, went on to attempt to build a luxury resort above Altadena that would have been absolutely utopian if it had just lasted a little longer...
Our source material can be found at these links:
https://medium.com/@alysedbeale/historys-most-famous-forgotten-man-professor-lowe-94ee496a12dd
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Mount_Lowe/JoS9XJEzaXIC?hl=en&gbpv=1&kptab=getbook
https://search.worldcat.org/title/2524711
https://www.thaddeuslowe.name/BWearlyyears.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCQ3F7jzc3E
https://www.thaddeuslowe.name/
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