History of the Pacific Northwest
This Podcast is an exploration of the Pacific Northwest, and its fascinating history of exploration, pioneering, and experimentation. History and storytelling as well as the occasional interview.
Episodes
Monday Oct 06, 2025
Lewis and Clark - Part 3
Monday Oct 06, 2025
Monday Oct 06, 2025
Lewis and Clark make there way out from Fort Mandan. Truly a different Corps of Discovery was leaving the Mandan villages than had left Camp Dubois the previous Spring. Moving towards the headwaters of the Missouri, and later the Pacific, some of the biggest surprises were in store for the Corps of Discovery!
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Friday Sep 26, 2025
An Interview With Mike Nolan
Friday Sep 26, 2025
Friday Sep 26, 2025
Mike Nolan is a retired school guidance counselor and has taken up writing to fill his days. His first book is a memoir entitled Hardhat Days: My Reeducation In Seattle's Shipyards. It is a close look into the world of heavy construction in the late 1970s, but there is more to it than that. Mike reinvents himself as he struggles to find his footing after graduating from Gonzaga University. Though not his dream job, Mike found himself working for the ship scalers union in Seattle where he learned valuable lessons in hard work, grit, and confidence. Those years helped shape him into the man he is today.
Links to the book:
wsupress.wsu.edu
goodreads.com
amazon.com
More About Mike Nolan:
mikenolanstoryteller.com
@MikeNolanShorts
@mikenolansocial
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Friday Aug 29, 2025
Lewis and Clark - Part 2
Friday Aug 29, 2025
Friday Aug 29, 2025
I'm back with part 2 of our series on Lewis and Clark! Here we will witness the party build members and Meriwether Lewis and William Clark meet face to face in Clarksville Indiana, venture to St Louis, and up the Missouri River to the Mandan Villages.
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Saturday Oct 12, 2024
Lewis and Clark - Part 1
Saturday Oct 12, 2024
Saturday Oct 12, 2024
The Corps of Discovery treked over 3,000 miles to cross Continental North America. There mission was to collect information, map a navigable route to the Pacific, and secure the United States interest in its expansion. Without Lewis and Clark, the Oregon territory may have been a part of Canada instead. How did this amazing journey happen? Tune in as we begin part 1 of a series on the dynamic duo of Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark who lead their party of explorers to the Pacific and back!
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Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
Voyage of the Columbia - Part 6
Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
The Final episode in our series on the Columbia. In this episode we will explore the most important moment of Robert Gray's career, analyze the man who was the first American to sail around the world, as well as catch up with Kendrick, and close the book on this exciting tale!
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Saturday Jan 13, 2024
Voyage of the Columbia - Part 5
Saturday Jan 13, 2024
Saturday Jan 13, 2024
Continuing the fur trading ventures of the ship Columbia. In this episode, Robert Gray departs as the commander of the expedition. He reunites with an old comrade and finds himself in his most dangerous situation yet...
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Wednesday Dec 13, 2023
Voyage of the Columbia - Part 4
Wednesday Dec 13, 2023
Wednesday Dec 13, 2023
In this episode, Robert Gray finally returns home to Boston. He arrived as the first American to circumnavigate the world, and would leave Boston again to change Pacific Northwest History
Attoo's Mahiole (feathered helmet)
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Wednesday Nov 22, 2023
Voyage of the Columbia - Part 3
Wednesday Nov 22, 2023
Wednesday Nov 22, 2023
A new trading season began in the Spring of 1789. Gray was determined to make this venture work and bring a bundle of furs to the Chinese Markets. The British were still in the are, but Gray would find himself on the brink of an international incident when our old friend Jose Esteban Martinez came to Nootka Sound.
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Saturday Nov 11, 2023
Voyage of the Columbia - Part 2
Saturday Nov 11, 2023
Saturday Nov 11, 2023
We continue to follow the expedition of John Kendrick and Robert Gray. When last we left them, they had rounded Cape Horn but were separated. Robert Gray was bent on reaching Nootka Sound alone and carrying out his mission.
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Wednesday Oct 25, 2023
Voyages of the Columbia - Part 1
Wednesday Oct 25, 2023
Wednesday Oct 25, 2023
Robert Gray would become the first American to circumnavigate the globe as well as the 1st non-native to sail a ship up the Columbia River. His exploits would increase American claims to the Pacific Northwest substantially. It all started with an expedition under the leadership of John Kendrick in a venture to trade for valuable sea otter furs in Nootka Sound.
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