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Moving Stuff Around - Hi Jolly and Elisha Otis

The Past and The Curious: A History Podcast for Kids and Families by The Past and The Curious History Podcast for Kids

Feb 27, 202531:31Kids & family

A man named Hadji Ali, but known as Hi Jolly, was an important figure with the US Army's short lived Camel Corps, and his legend lives on today. Around the same time a man named Elisha Otis changed the world with the ele...

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Moving Stuff Around - Hi Jolly and Elisha Otis is an episode from The Past and The Curious: A History Podcast for Kids and Families by The Past and The Curious History Podcast for Kids. A man named Hadji Ali, but known as Hi Jolly, was an i...

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Published Feb 27, 2025, 31:31 long, audio available.

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A man named Hadji Ali, but known as Hi Jolly, was an important figure with the US Army's short lived Camel Corps, and his legend lives on today. Around the same time a man named Elisha Otis changed the world with the elevator brake. It was safe and carried people higher and higher!

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Published Feb 27, 2025 and 31:31 long