William Walker the man who would conquer Nicaragua Part 4 Vanderbilt

About this episode

This episode discusses Cornelius Vanderbilt's efforts to undermine William Walker's control in Nicaragua after losing his transit company.

After having his transit company stripped of its contracts and property by the upstart filibuster William Walker. Cornelius Vanderbilt one of the richest men in the United States makes it his mission to destroy Walker and everything that he has build in Nicaragua. Ad free version available through Patreon subscription. Available on Spotify and through podcast aps that use RSS feeds. For more information: https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistory Please Rate and Review the podcast To contact me: Email: distortedhistorypod@gmail.com Twitter @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistor Bluesky @distortedhistory.bsky.social If you would like to support the podcast: ko-fi.com/distortedhistory

Topics covered

• William Walker
• Cornelius Vanderbilt
• Nicaragua
• filibuster

Keywords

• transit company
• contracts
• property
• mission
• destroy

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Places: Nicaragua, the United States

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