Joshua Abraham Norton (First American Emperor, Emperor Norton)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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The Legacy of Emperor Norton
In September of 1872, Emperor Norton issued a proclamation ordering the citizens of San Francisco and Oakland to appropriate funds. The city fathers were slow about enacting these decrees, so he ordered their arrest. As we'll see, the bridge and tunnel are an important part of Emperor Norton's legacy.
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Transcript
Joshua Abraham Norton had an amazing life and was a titan among men. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli explore the story of Norton's life in the 1800s, with his rise from humble circumstances to wealth and power to humility and back again, and learn what made him so amazing.
