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Washington Our HomeThe Spokane Sun-GodBattling violent storms, forest fire smoke, head winds and fatigue, a pair of Spokane, Washington, aviators flew nonstop across America and back in 1929 to establish a new world record. Their Buhl CA-6 sesquiplane, named Spokane Sun-God, was the first airplane to make a non-stop transcontinental round-trip flight. Sponsored by the National Air Derby Association along with Texaco, who supplied the gas, Buhl Aircraft Company, who provided the plane, and many Spokane citizens and businessmen, pilot Nick Mamer and mechanic Art Walker took to the skies at 6 p.m. and headed west into the sunset from Felts Field on August 15...
2024-08-0549 min
The AlarmistThe Aftermath: The Donner PartyNew Guest Expert! On this week’s Aftermath, Rebecca speaks with historian and author Erich R. Ebel about the lasting legacy of the Donner Party expedition and its tragic fate. Having written a historical fiction account of the members of the Donner Party, Erich touches on the crucial choices made by the Donner-Reed party which ultimately led them down a notoriously doomed path. Afterward, Patreon subscribers can listen as Rebecca, Clayton and Chris finally get their Guest Expert input after all these years and see if the initial verdict still holds up. Not on Patreon yet! Click below and jo...
2024-01-1834 min
Dreierkette KölnDREIERKETTE KÖLN Folge 90Von Fans. Für Fans.supported by sparhandy.deDerbysieger FC, der wichtige Derbysieg. Geht es jetzt endlich aufwärts? Boah, war der VFL schlecht….Was hat uns besonders gut gefallen und was macht Mut für Leipzig? Unser Gast Erich Rutemöller und sein bisheriges Saisonfazit. Dazu Tippspiel, Trainer-Wackler und OfG der Woche Viel SpassInfos & Blog unter www.dreierkettekoeln.de Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2023-10-2349 min
Washington Our HomeExploring Maritime WashingtonI am proud to announce the publication of my new book, Exploring Maritime Washington—a History and Guide. Each of the places covered in its pages has a connection to Washington’s maritime history, whether a popular tourist destination or a hidden gem known only to longtime locals. Exploring Maritime Washington provides visitors with a fun and easy way to enjoy each community while learning about Washington’s nautical history. By visiting and experiencing Washington’s special maritime features—museums, ships, lighthouses, waterfronts and all—the heritage traveler can obtain an authentic understanding of maritime Washington’s diverse history and culture.
2023-04-031h 14
Washington Our HomeSpokane’s Garbage GoatInstalled in 1974, just in time for the World's Fair Exposition in Spokane, Washington, this iconic structure has delighted children and adults visiting the Inland Northwest for generations—but it isn't the canted pavilion that once marked the US presence at the fair, or the gondola across Spokane Falls that takes visitors so close they can feel the spray on their faces, or even the German beer garden facility that now houses the 1909 Looff Carrousel (which is on the National Register of Historic Places). No, those destinations in Riverfront Park are amazing remnants of a global event that drew 5,187,826 visitors, including US...
2023-03-0626 minDreierkette KölnDreierkette Köln - Folge 63Von Fans. Für Fans.Oh wie das schön! Der fantastische Heimsieg gegen Frankfurt!Abwehrbollwerk, Erfolgstrainer Baumgart, was sind die Gründe für die aktuelle Stärke?75 Jahre 1.FC Köln, wo stehen wir und wo gehören wir hin.Zu Gast ERICH RUTEMÖLLER: Trainer-Vita, FC Zeit und Fragen zur Trainer-Ausbildung. und natürlich Tippspiel, OfG und Trainerwackler der WocheViel Spass beim Hören! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2023-02-1352 min
Washington Our HomeVirginia V and the Mosquito FleetBefore there were roads around the Puget Sound region, there were rivers. Before the stagecoaches, there were Salish canoes. And before the planes, the trains, and the automobiles...there was the water, and the ships that traveled upon it. By the 1860s, there were hundreds of steamers crisscrossing the Puget Sound, every day, all day. There were, in fact, so many ships upon the water at any given time, that an article in the Tacoma Daily Ledger on February 21, 1889, implied that when viewed from a lofty point, the fleet looked like a swarm of mosquitos skimming over the green...
2022-09-0556 min
Washington Our HomeWilkeson’s Historic Coke OvensBoasting a population of just under 500, the small community of Wilkeson, Washington, lies in the heart of Pierce County's Carbon River Valley. Once a lively and vibrant mining community, it has withstood the test of time…despite seeing an end to its primary economic driver. But rather than resign itself to a fate of joining the ranks of dozens of other ghost towns throughout the state, Wilkeson has endured. And its residents have turned what was once an industrial eyesore into a unique and fascinating historical attraction that helps bolster Wilkeson's blue-collar heritage. Join me as we blast, drill, and di...
2022-07-0423 min
Washington Our HomeThe Washington Museum AssociationThere are hundreds of different museums scattered far and wide across Washington state. Many of them are focused on the history of their particular city, county, or region. Others feature arguably some of the most interesting, thought-provoking, and unique art and sculpture in the world. And a few have captured more of a niche area, showcasing things like robots, quilts, and puppets. But the thing that binds these varied institutions together is that most of them are members of the Washington Museum Association, a nonprofit organization first conceptualized in 1979. Holding its inaugural meeting the following year in Ellensburg, Washington...
2022-06-0719 min
Washington Our HomeHistoric Fort SteilacoomBuilt in 1849 to project American power and secure American interest in the Puget Sound Region, Fort Steilacoom played a key role in helping to settle what was then Oregon Territory. It served as the focal point for the Treaty Wars of the 1850s and played witness to the judicial murder of an innocent man - Chief Leschi of the Nisqually Tribe - about which you can learn more in my Medicine Creek Treaty podcast episode. Fort Steilacoom also rose to the forefront of history during the San Juan Island Pig War of 1859, again which you can learn about from...
2022-05-0243 min
History's MostHistory's Most Special: Ludendorff and HindenburgIn the first episode of 2022, we discuss some of the topics seen in Alex's new book Hindenburg, Ludendorff & Hitler, including Erich Ludendorff's post-war writings and memoirs, which allow for a glimpse into his mental state following the harrowing defeat of World War I. As well, we examine Paul von Hindenburg's close relationship with Hitler and the Nazis after they took power, and debunk some popular thoughts about Hindenburg and the Nazis. Check out Alex's new book here: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Hindenburg-Ludendorff-and-Hitler-Hardback/p/20139 Check out our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel...
2022-01-251h 00
Washington Our HomeThe Daring Heist of D.B. CooperFeeling a slight bump up in the cockpit, the pilots of Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 looked at each other nervously as rain pelted against their windshield at around 200 miles per hour…a relatively slow speed for a Boeing 727. They didn't yet know that that bump meant their ordeal of the past several hours was just about over; that they, along with their flight engineer and flight attendant, would live to see another day—because the man known only as Dan Cooper had just exited the plane by leaping from the rear staircase in mid-flight, with a parachute and 200-thousand dollars stra...
2021-11-0143 min
History's MostHistory's Most: Ludendorff Revisited (ft. Jay Lockenour)Today, we are joined by Professor, Historian, and Author Jay Lockenour to discuss a man we talked about all the way back in Episode 1 of History's Most: Erich Ludendorff. We discuss his post-war life, including his mental breakdown (and whether it should be considered relevant), close association (and then disassociation) with the Nazis, the creation of the Tannenberg League, how his wife impacted his political beliefs, and much more. A huge thanks to Jay for coming on the show! Find his new book, Dragonslayer: The Legend of Erich Ludendorff in the Weimar Republic and Third...
2021-03-291h 35
Washington Our HomeThe 1910 Wellington Train DisasterJust after one o'clock in the morning, on a frigid, starless night in March 1910, more than a hundred souls aboard Great Northern Railway's Spokane Local No. 25, a passenger train, and Fast Mail Train No. 27 slept tightly bundled in their cars. They'd been stuck near Wellington in King County, Washington, for almost a week...waiting as railroad crews attempted to clear the tracks of snow, which had been accumulating at a record pace. Each time they tried, their enormous rotary plows either broke down, ran out of fuel or got stuck, forcing crews to try digging out from the five-to-eight-foot...
2021-03-0137 min
Washington Our HomeEarthquakes in the Pacific NorthwestTwo weeks after Valentine's Day, 2001, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck the south sound region of Washington state near where the Nisqually River empties into Puget Sound. It was nearly 11 a.m. on a Wednesday, and the state legislature was in full swing. The violent tremors lasted nearly a minute, rocking the state capital of Olympia and the nearby cities of Lacey, Tumwater, Nisqually, DuPont, and Shelton. The shocks registered as far away as Oregon, Idaho, and Canada. Property damage estimates up and down western Washington totaled in the billions. One person died of a heart attack and nearly four hundred...
2021-01-0431 min
Washington Our HomeWho Was Mother Joseph?Born Esther Pariseau in 1823, the third of 12 children, in a farmhouse three miles from Saint-Martin, Laval, Quebec, this Canadian Religious Sister grew up to lead members of her congregation to the Pacific Northwestern United States where they established a network of schools and healthcare facilities to serve the American settlers in that new and remote part of the country. She was the first female architect in British Columbia, and she had a profound impact on what would become Washington Territory and later, Washington State. This is the story of Mother Joseph of the Sacred Heart, who became known as "...
2020-12-0719 min
Washington Our HomeThe Whitman MassacreMarcus and Narcissa Whitman were Christian missionaries who left their homes in upstate New York and traveled with another missionary couple, Henry and Eliza Spalding, to what was then called Oregon Country in 1836. Their mission? To "Christianize" Indians. In fact, Oregon wasn't even a territory yet. The United States government didn't have any programs in Oregon Country, which at the time consisted of the present-day states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and parts of Wyoming and Montana. The Whitmans and the Spaldings were among the very first Americans of European decent to travel across North America by land to the...
2020-11-0244 min
Washington Our HomeThe Life of Senator Slade GortonSlade Gorton was an esteemed intellectual, an accomplished attorney, a shrewd political opponent, an Air Force colonel, a baseball nut…and one of the greatest public servants Washington State has ever known. After 92 years of working on behalf of others, the nonagenarian solon died last month, on August 19th. If you've never heard of Slade Gorton, you'll get a great idea of who the man was by reading his obituary from the Washington Post. No one knew Slade better than his wife, his children, his closest friends…and perhaps his biographer, Chief Historian for the Washington Secretary of State's Offi...
2020-09-0737 min
Washington Our HomeSay WA! Part 3.5: More on Pronouncing Washington's Native NamesIn Part 1, we learned how to pronounce some of thestate's challenging county names. In Part 2, we reviewed dozens of tricky city names around Washington. And in Part 3, we started tackling some of those indigenous names found so often around Washington. But there were too many to cover in a single episode...so this, my friends, is Say WA Part 3.5! We'll cover the rest of the Tribes found in western Washington and learn about some of our state's place names that have their origin in the various indigenous dialects. All that and more coming up on this episode of the...
2020-06-011h 06
Washington Our HomeMedicine Creek: In Search of Treaty TreeIn 1854, the Medicine Creek Treaty between regional Native American tribes and Washington's territorial government kicked off a years-long conflict that forever changed the story of the Pacific Northwest. Sixty-eight years later, in 1922, the Sacajawea Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution placed a bronze plaque commemorating the momentous treaty, upon the single remaining Douglas Fir that remained at the place where the treaty was signed. It became forever known as "Treaty Tree." Today, that tree is gone, but the clues left behind may be able to point us to the exact spot where it once stood among a...
2020-02-0332 min
Washington Our HomeSay WA! Part III: How to Pronounce Washington’s Native NamesWe've talked about the state's challenging county names. We've reviewed dozens of tricky city names around Washington. Now, in Part III of our Say WA! pronunciation series, we'll be tackling those tribal names found so often around our great state. There are 574 federally recognized Indian Tribes in the United States, and 29 of them have ancestral lands here within the Washington state borders. There are also a handful of non-federally recognized tribes, some still fighting to gain recognition and independence. From east to west and north to south, the influence of our region's indigenous people is embedded in everything.
2020-01-0650 min
Washington Our HomeThe Wreck of the S.S. CatalaI've spent a lot of time in Ocean Shores, Washington, over the years...hiking around Damon Point, rock-hopping at the north jetty and exploring the Coastal Interpretive Center (which is absolutely worth seeing, if you ever get the chance). But one of the more memorable moments in my Ocean Shores experience was getting to "discover" a shipwreck as the tempestuous weather began shifting the dunes and slowly exposing its hull at the beginning of the century. That ship, it turns out, was the S.S. Catala - a Canadian coastal passenger and cargo steamship built in 1925.
2019-12-0226 min
Washington Our HomeSay WA! Part II: How to Pronounce Washington’s City NamesThere are 281 official cities and towns in the State of Washington, according to the Washington State Association of Cities, and every one of them has a unique story to tell. Some of them have hundreds of stories…others, perhaps just one major story. All of them have their own character, vibe, ambiance, and backstory, and many of them have weird, interesting or unusual ways they got their names. Why is there no University in University Place? What happened that earned one town the name Slaughter? And what exactly do people do in Humptulips? Fear not, my loyal listeners…all will...
2019-11-0543 min
Washington Our HomeRyderwood: The Town With Two HistoriesAt the very end of Washington State Route 506 lies a tiny, well-kept community that bills itself as the town with two histories. And both of those histories are pretty darned amazing. Heard of Ryderwood, Washington? Neither had I until I was approached by a representative of their historical society. And the story she told me had me fascinated…I decided I had to visit to learn more. Ryderwood is located about halfway between Centralia and Longview in western Washington, just a bit west of the I-5 corridor. A Google satellite map of the area shows a small brownish patch at...
2019-10-0820 min
Washington Our HomeSay WA! Part I: How to Pronounce Washington’s County NamesToday, we're beginning the creation of THE definitive pronunciation guide for Washington State. This will be part one of a three-part series looking at Washington's notoriously difficult county, city and geographic names, so you'd better favorite these episodes if you want to sound like you're from here. For this episode, we'll stick to the tricky county names. Of course, we'll also have our monthly trivia quiz, and we'll pepper in some Fast Facts to learn about how many of these places got their names. I'll also have a few stories of my own to share about these places. And...
2019-09-0221 min
Washington Our HomeHunting the Wild Man of the WynoocheeOn this episode of the Washington Our Home podcast, we'll be trekking deep into the forests of western Washington looking for a killer and a victim - who many say are one and the same. And he's certainly one of the finest woodsmen Washington State has ever produced. We're hunting a man named John Tornow - otherwise known as the Wild Man of the Wynoochee. In 1911, the misunderstood misanthrope - thought to have gunned down his own nephews - decided to turn his back on civilization for the final time and disappear into the wilderness surrounding the Wynoochee River...
2019-08-0559 min
Washington Our HomeThe Life and Death of Arthur “Bud” HollandOn June 24, 1994, Bud Holland crashed one of the biggest, most powerful aircraft ever built in the history of mankind, sending up a fireball that darkened the sky, leaving his kids fatherless and his wife a widow…and taking three members of his flight crew with him. Some people call it a tragic culmination of circumstances that took the life of one of our country's bravest. Many others call it an inevitable disaster caused by a murderer bent on self destruction. Was Bud Holland an American hero? Or an arrogant hot-stick? Strong words, and strong feelings - even decades later, as...
2019-07-0130 min
Washington Our HomeFinding the Ship That FlewThere are dozens of things to see and do on the Lewis and Clark Trail Highway in southwest Washington (see here and here for just a few examples), but surely one of the most unique lies just outside a tiny berg called Knappton on the bank of the Columbia River. The rusty barge is interesting enough, tied up to the shoreline and in all likelihood unusable. But look around closely and you’ll see the hull of another wrecked ship half buried in the muck just a few hundred yards away. You can’t really get to it without violati...
2019-06-0324 min
Washington Our HomeFinding the Ship that FlewThere are dozens of things to see and do on the Lewis and Clark Trail Highway in southwest Washington, but surely one of the most unique lies just outside a tiny berg called Knappton on the bank of the Columbia River. If you head west from Knappton Cove you might spot a rusty barge parked in a shallow bay called Hungry Harbor. There is something else very interesting about this harbor, andRead More
2019-06-0324 min
Washington Our HomeVisit Old Alder Before it Vanishes…AgainThe term "ghost town" in today's time has evolved from its more literal interpretation to describe any small town that has been abandoned or vacated. In fact, there's a whole culture of folks dedicated to discovering and exploring ghost towns and their history. Most of the time, however, towns devoid of inhabitants have nowhere to grow but older. Not so for old Alder. Join your fearless field guide Erich Ebel as he takes you on a beautiful drive through east Pierce County, into and out of the Ohop Valley and along the Nisqually River to Alder Lake, a body of...
2019-05-0610 min
Washington Our HomeDiscovering the Creatures of the Northwest Trek TrailsIn the 1930's, a husband and wife team of conservationists purchased over 400 acres of desolate, charred land in south Pierce County, Washington. Fast forward 80 years (and factor in the meticulous planning, fastidious nurturing, generous donating, and fortuitous timing), and today, people of all ages can visit Northwest Trek Wildlife Park. In this episode, your fearless field guide Erich Ebel takes you on a tour of the park that's been entertaining guests since it first opened in 1975.
2019-04-0115 min
Washington Our HomeOf Pork and Politics: Washington in the Pig WarWe're all familiar with the historic events that led to the American Revolution, when the American Colonies seceded from rule by Great Britain. Somewhat less well known are the reasons behind the second war between England and the U.S...the War of 1812. But it's unlikely you can find very many people who can tell you about the third war between these two superpowers, which took place - or, more accurately, almost took place - in the San Juan Islands in 1859. Your fearless field guide Erich Ebel tells the story of The Pig War, otherwise known as The Bloodless W...
2019-03-0428 min
Washington Our HomeThe Deadliest Bridge Collapse in Washington State HistoryOn Wednesday, January 3rd, 1923, Cowlitz County Commissioner-elect Benjamin Barr sat in the back seat of his vehicle, when his driver - Arleigh Millard - felt an unsettling shudder through the springs in his seat. Miller glanced nervously at Barr through the rearview mirror, unable to move the vehicle forward. The pair were stuck atop the Allen Street Bridge here in Kelso, Washington, when seconds later it all came crashing down, resulting in the deadliest bridge collapse in Washington State History. Joint your fearless field guide Erich Ebel on this trip back in time to discover the causes and consequences...
2019-02-0429 min
Washington Our HomeVisiting Walla Walla’s Historic Marcus Whitman HotelVisitors to eastern Washington often find themselves drawn to the rich viticultural tasting opportunities found in Walla Walla wine country. There are literally dozens of wineries, tasting rooms and wine bars dotting the historic downtown area. It’s a superb example of a rural agricultural community that has revitalized its downtown core through business and tourism development. And the best place to stay in Walla Walla, by far, is the Marcus Whitman Hotel. Your fearless field guide Erich Ebel escorts you through the historic halls and into the palatial parlor on this exclusive Washington Our Home tour.
2019-01-0725 min