Early 1900’s, Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show arrived in Liverpool aboard the RMS Baltic, the largest ship in the world at the time. Stepping off were over 800 performers, including nearly 100 Lakota men, women, and children dressed in full regalia. If you’ve been enjoying the content, stories, and history we share here, consider supporting us by grabbing a bag of Native Ground Coffee. nativegroundcoffee.com #nativeowned | Native Ground Coffee

Did you know? On September 28, 1994, the passenger ferry MS Estonia sank in the Baltic Sea while en route from Tallinn, Estonia to Stockholm, Sweden. Tragically, 852 lives were lost, making it one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters of the 20th century. Just like the RMS Titanic in 1912, the sinking of Estonia exposed the vulnerability of even “modern” ships. Both disasters shocked the world, led to international investigations, and changed maritime safety regulations forever. ⚠️ Discl

The first distress signal sent by the Titanic was a CQD (an earlier distress signal to SOS) at around 12:27 a.m (April 15, 1912). It was sent by the ship's wireless operators, Jack Phillips and Harold Bride. 12:27 a.m. Titanic sends: "I require assistance immediately. Struck by iceberg in 41.46 N., 50.14 W." CQD was a general distress signal used before SOS became the standard. It stands for "Come Quick, Danger," though it wasn’t widely known by that name at the time. (Colloquially among operato