Washington Our Home

Aug 05 2024 26 ep. 33 mins 97

Your fearless field guide, Erich Ebel, takes you on an exciting and entertaining trip to explore the history, heritage, and culture of the greatest state in the lower 48. Washington state is filled with fascinating stories, mysterious myths and legends, and unbelievable tales you’ll simply have to hear for yourself. Discover lost cities and natural wonders. Relive horrifying massacres and disasters. Survive in the wild frontier. Fight in the Indian Wars. Track down clues to unsolved mysteries. Washington State Historian Erich Ebel tells stories of Washington state like none you’ve heard before. Learn more at www.washingtonourhome.com.

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The Spokane Sun-God

Aug 05 2024 49 mins

Battling 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, w

Exploring Maritime Washington

Apr 03 2023 74 mins

I 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 wh

Spokane’s Garbage Goat

Mar 06 2023 26 mins

Installed 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

Virginia V and the Mosquito Fleet

Sep 05 2022 55 mins

Before 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. In the earliest days of human habitation in what is now Washington State, the fastest way to get from place to place around the Salish Sea was b

Wilkeson’s Historic Coke Ovens

Jul 04 2022 23 mins

Boasting 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

The Washington Museum Association

Jun 06 2022 19 mins

There 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 puppet

Historic Fort Steilacoom

May 02 2022 43 mins

Located in Pierce County, western Washington, in the City of Lakewood are the remnants of a once critical military instillation known as Fort Steilacoom. It occupies the same piece of land where today's Western State Hospital exists - another historic topic for a future podcast episode, to be sure. But Fort Steilacoom, by its own right, has firmly entrenched itself in the history o

The Daring Heist of D.B. Cooper

Nov 01 2021 43 mins

Feeling 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 an

The 1910 Wellington Train Disaster

Mar 01 2021 37 mins

Just 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 o

Earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest

Jan 04 2021 31 mins

Two 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, Nisqu