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This week, Cascadia is on the road. We visit the Owyhee County Museum in Murphy, Idaho to sit down with Eriks Garsvo, the director of the museum. We talk about some of the unique items they have on display, as well as the upcoming Outpost Days. Check them out online at
http://owyheemuseum.org/
https://www.facebook.com/OwyheeCountyMuseum/
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Swiftwater was one of the interesting characters in history. He earned a fortune by mining in the Klondike, blew it all, and ended up murdered in Peru. All the way, he married several women, including two sisters and courted a third. It seems women would forever be his undoing.
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As a young woman, Klondike Kate traveled to the Gold Rush where she was able to build a fortune as a dancer, entertaining miners in Dawson, Alaska. She led a wild life for a while, but finally settled down in the state of Oregon where she built a boarding house and lived out her final years being called "Aunt Kate" by her neighbors.
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Marcus and Narcissa Whitman were a missionary couple that set out west to start a mission among the Cayuse Indians. They helped blaze the Oregon Trail, but their end was tragic.
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The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus is a unique and rare creature that resides only in Cascadia. It resides in the coniferous forests found in the Olympic National Forest. It's a strange amphibian, residing on both land and sea. When on land it lives high in the trees so that few humans have actually seen one in the wild. We recently learned that the octopus could be extinct soon. Decades of encroachment by humans have limited the range of the octopus and is endangering them. Coupled with the ever increasing population of the octopus' two natural predators, eagles and Sasquatch, these creatures could be gone within the next decade or so. If you are still reading this, happy april fool's day. Listen to this episode for a good laugh at some of our outtakes from the past year.
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Joseph Lane was a Mexican-American War veteran, the first Oregon Territorial Governor, Oregon State Senator, and ran as vice-president in the 1860 Presidential Election. He was also an ardent seccesionist and one of the leaders of the Knights fo the Golden Circle in the Pacific Northwest.
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This week we take a look at an article called "Thwarting Southern Schemes and British Bluster in the Pacific Northwest" by James Robbins Jewell. The author contends the Pig War, which we covered in our fourth episode, was meant to divert troops out west during the build-up to the Civil War. Further, he discusses British plots for taking over a large chunk of the Pacific Northwest, as well as how the Brits were encouraging pro-Southern sympathies among the Southerners living in B.C. and Vancouver. And of course, we can't do a Civil War episode without speculating on how our old friend Jeff Standifer was connected to all of this.
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Native legends along the coast of the Pacific Northwest tell of a great battle between Thunderbird and Whale, shaking the earth and causing great flooding. But this story is more than legend being based on an actual verifiable event, the Great Cascadia Earthquake of 1700 and the Orphan Tsunami it caused.
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From 1855 to 1856, the indigenous peoples of the Rouge River in Southwestern Oregon were at war with the United States Government and the settlers who were coming into the area. This war included a very harsh defeat for the US Army at the Battle of Hungry Hill and the first Indian reservation in the Pacific Northwest.
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In December 1982, a man walked into a Catholic Church in Boise, Idaho. While waiting to confess his sins, he took cyanide pills and died on the floor of the church. He left behind only $1,900 and a fake name. To this day, police have been unable to identify the man and his motive for killing himself in that church. This man may also be the best suspect in the murders of several Catholic priests in the American Southwest.
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Before Roswell, there was Maury Island. In 1947, a man was out on a boat in the Puget Sound when he was a witness to an intriguing UFO sighting. The next day, he was visted by a man in black, the first such reported sighting anywhere. Was it a hoax, or the real deal?
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In World War Two, the Japanese were able to occupy two islands in the Aleutian Island chain of Alaska. This was the only time US soil was taken by the enemy in the war.
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1883 or An Act to execute certain treaty stipulations relating to Chinese was a law passed by the United States Congress. It was the first federal law to ban an ethnic group from immigrating to the United States. This tragic act led to the expulsions of Chinese people from many communities in the Pacific Northwest, as well as the murders of many immigrants in the region.
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Diamondfield Jack killed two sheepherders in cold blood. Or at least he was convicted of doing so, but that conviction was later overturned. Listen to this episode to hear about a range war between the sheepman and cattlemen in Southern Idaho, and one key figure in the whole mess.
Special thanks to Frank Fara for giving us permission to use his song "The Saga of Diamondfield Jack" from his album Songs of the Untamed West. Check out his website www.frankfara.com. You can buy an MP3 or CD of this song [on Amazon.](https://www.amazon.com/Songs-Untamed-West-Frank-Fara/dp/B001OHE02M/ref=tmm_msc_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=) -
Samuel T. Packwood was a Northwest Pioneer twice over, having traveled the Oregon trail as a child and then again as an adult. He fought in the Civil War for both sides. He was a powerful figure in the development of Central Washington, investing in many early businesses in the region. He also became sheriff and kept the peace during a labor dispute.
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Or how to escape when you are kidnapped by Sasquatch. This week, we are joined by Joel from Mainland Podcast to discuss Albert Ostman's account of being kidnapped by a family of Bigfoot in 1924 in British Columbia.
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This week we will finish our discussion on the KGC, focusing on their activities in the Northwest. We will also visit with our old friend Jefferson Standifer. Check out our website [www.cascadiapodcast.com](www.cascadiapodcast.com) for the books that were referenced.
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Have you ever heard of the Knights of the Golden Circle? Not many people have, yet this group claimed responsibility for tearing the South from Union and igniting the American Civil War. This week we talk about the group's origins and activities. Next week, we will discuss their subversive actions in the Pacific Northwest during the war.
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Happy New Year to all of our listeners. We took a few moments to think about all of our favorite moments in 2018
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When the first white settlers arrived in the Puget Sound Area, they found a diverse group of native tribes already living there. Unfortunately, coexistence did not work, and blood was shed. Governor Isaac Stevens took a heavy-handed approach to negotiate treaties, and many native groups were forced on to reservations. Others chose to fight back, leading to one of the few times the United States Marine Corp was involved in a fight with natives during the Battle of Seattle.
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