12 Minute Talk: Wildcat Banks: The Wild West of American Currency

<p>A history detour from the usual hunting and gear content: a solo deep-dive into the Free Banking Era of 1800s America, when thousands of state-chartered banks printed their own currency of wildly varying trustworthiness. The episode traces the origin of &quot;wildcat banks&quot;, often deliberately built in remote locations to make redeeming notes nearly impossible, through to the National Banking Acts that ended the era, and finally to how the term survived as &quot;wildcatting&quot; in the American oil industry. Closes with an open question about dowsing/water witching. Presented by AllyMunitions.com</p><p><br></p>