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Cascade of History

CASCADE OF HISTORY is the only LIVE radio show presenting news and stories about people doing cool things with and for history in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and British Columbia. We talk about people, artifacts, books, maps, photos, places, landmarks, public lands, state and national parks, trails, highways, and the historic events that can bring us all together. The show is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time on SPACE 101.1 FM (and streaming via http://www.space101fm.org ) from

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BONUS EPISODE: Industrial Artifact Discovered in Lake...

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2025/08/08

On this bonus episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with Chris McNaughton about a cool industrial artifact he recovered from a small lake in Eastern Washington on August 7, 2025. We've shared an image of McNaughton's discovery at the CASCADE OF HISTORY Facebook page. Chris has appeared on two previous CASCADE OF HISTORY episodes: Recovering a Rudder from a Sternwheeler https://soundcloud.com/cascadeofhistory/bonus-episode-rudder Idaho Sunken Boat

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00:16:28

BONUS EPISODE: Searching for the Most Famous Dog in...

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2025/08/07

On this bonus episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with Kenny Deans of legendary Seattle power pop band The Heats about their upcoming autumn mini-tour, and about the search for the photographer whose work graced the band's first hit single, "I Don't Like Your Face" - back in 1980. The mystery photographer's name is Colleen Chartier, and Kenny Deans wants to track her down regarding licensing the image used on the single - of a little white dog - to use on some Heats "merch" (as the

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00:37:50

BONUS EPISODE: 'Exit Interview' with WA State...

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2025/08/07

On this bonus episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with Jennifer Saunders, director of the Washington State Historical Society, as prepares to depart for a new job in New York after 14 years in Tacoma. Her last day in the office is this Friday, August 8, 2025. In this informal "exit interview" recorded on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, Saunders looks back on her time leading one of the oldest institutions in the Evergreen State - which includes the Washington State History Museum in

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00:45:48

BONUS EPISODE: History and Context of Masonic Home in...

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2025/08/06

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY - the second episode today devoted to the Masonic Home of Washington in Des Moines, WA - Feliks Banel speaks with Todd Scott, preservation architect for King County, for history and context; and with Lloyd Lytle, a member of the citizens' group working to prevent the facility's demolition.The Masonic Home - which is also known as "Landmark on the Sound" - is a sprawling hotel-like complex built in the 1920s south of Seattle as a retirement home for

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00:27:14

BONUS EPISODE: Masonic Home of WA Demolition Permit...

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2025/08/06

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with Katherine Caffrey, City Manager of Des Moines, Washington, for an update on the Masonic Home of Washington and background on the recent history, including the owner's seeking of a demolition permit.The Masonic Home - which has also more recently been known as "Landmark on the Sound" - is a sprawling hotel-like complex built in the 1920s south of Seattle as a retirement home for Freemasons; that is, members of that fraternal

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00:21:48

BONUS EPISODE: Lewis Army Museum Closure Update with...

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2025/08/05

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with U.S. Representative Marilyn Strickland, Democrat of Washington State's 10th Congressional District, for an update about the threatened closure of Lewis Army Museum at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) near Tacoma, Washington. We also get an update from Erik Flint, retired former director of Lewis Army Museum. On June 30, 2025, Representative Strickland sent a letter to Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll with a number of questions

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00:21:35

BONUS EPISODE: One Bid of $5K for Claquato Church...

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2025/08/05

On this BONUS EPISODE, Feliks Banel's guest is Lewis County Commissioner Scott Brummer with the latest on the sale of Claquato Church, southwest of Chehalis, Washington. The 1858 Claquato Church in Lewis County, Washington declared surplus in July by Lewis County and put up for sealed bid auction. This took the community by surprise, until it was revealed that Lewis County had been in discussions about the future of the church with the nearby Claquato Cemetery. One bid was received last week by the

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01:00:00

SUMMER ENCORE EPISODE: Tribute to DJ and Pacific...

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2025/08/04

For this SUMMER ENCORE EPISODE on Seafair Weekend in Seattle, Feliks Banel presents a tribute to late Pacific Northwest DJ and pop culture renaissance man - and longtime hydro race announcer - Pat O’Day on this broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY. With a vintage aircheck and two long excerpts from an oral history recorded by WSU Professor Hugh Rundell in the late 1970s, we hear directly from Pat O’Day about his early influences and his peripatetic radio career around the Evergreen State (and a corner

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00:50:12

BONUS EPISODE: Sumner, WA City Council Meeting Public...

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2025/08/04

On this BONUS EPISODE, we present audio of the public comment at the Sumner, WA City Council Meeting of Monday, August 4, 2025. This is the first such meeting held since the Ryan House was demolished. The historic structure was demolished, beginning after dark on July 24, 2025 (just over 10 days ago) by its owner, the City of Sumner. CASCADE OF HISTORY broadcast live from the Ryan House on two occasions this year, including on Sunday, July 27, 2025 – just a few days after the demolition. The

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00:28:56

BONUS EPISODE: Remembering Mount Baker's 1975...

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2025/08/03

On this bonus episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel digs into the archives for his 2017 conversation with Western Washington University Professor Emeritus (and geologist and author) Don Easterbrook. Easterbrook and his late colleague David Rahm studied Mount Baker - just minutes away via air from Bellingham - during the Whatcom County peak's period of increased volcanic activity in 1975 - five years before Mount St. Helens blew its top. Easterbrook authored a book in 2016 called "Mount Baker

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00:08:52

BONUS EPISODE: History of Miniature "STREET HYDROS"...

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2025/07/31

On this BONUS "THUNDERBOAT" EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel presents vintage audio from KIRO Radio from 2018 with the history of "street hydros" - those miniature plywood hydroplanes that Seattle area kids towed behind their bikes from the 1950s to circa 1980.Included in the story are observations and memories of street hydros from John Keister, Dave Dederer, Bill Wixey, Chip Hanauer and the late, great Pat O'Day (who also performs the play-by-play for an imaginary street hydro

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00:28:07

BONUS EPISODE: City of Sumner, WA Memorial Bench and...

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2025/07/29

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with Randall Adams with an update on the saga of the City of Sumner, Washington - the same city that last week tore down the Ryan House - where city officials had announced a give-away of park benches, many with memorial plaques still attached.Tuesday, July 29, 2025 was bench and plaque give-away day, and Randall Adams was there, bright and early, at Sumner City Hall, wearing his SUMNER SPARTANS t-shirt and vintage SUMNER SPARTANS

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01:00:03

Ep. 118: LIVE REMOTE BROADCAST from The Ryan House...

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2025/07/27

Feliks Banel's guests on this LIVE REMOTE BROADCAST of CASCADE OF HISTORY from the ruins of the Ryan House in Sumner, Washington include Nick Biermann of Save Ryan House, Nancy Ryan Dressel (descendant of the builder of the Ryan House), Tina Patton Burnett and other grassroots historic preservationists and lovers of local history who have been working for nearly two years to try to save one of the oldest structures in the Evergreen State. It was part vigil, part wake, part celebration of life, and

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00:18:21

BONUS EPISODE: Fort Vancouver 7/30 Film Premiere and...

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2025/07/25

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with Superintendent Tracy Fortmann of the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site in Vancouver, Washington.A new visitor center film called "Where We Converge" premieres at Fort Vancouver next Wednesday, July 30, 2025 and the public is invited. Superintendent Fortmann also gives a preview of the Fort Vancouver Bicentennial Commemoration coming up on Saturday, August 16, 2025. Information about the film premiere on July 30,

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00:20:18

BONUS EPISODE: City of Sumner, WA Giving Away Benches...

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2025/07/25

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with Randall Adams about the City of Sumner, Washington's surprising plan to give away park benches from the town's Heritage Park, many with memorial plaques still attached. The give-away is scheduled for Tuesday, July 29, 2025. A plaque on one of those free-for-the-taking benches says: In Loving Memory Daniel Stewart Crook Sept. 30, 1955 May 5, 1974 We Lost Someone Very Special Randall Adams knew Danny Crook, and Mr. Adams is upset

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00:16:00

BONUS EPISODE: Lewis Army Museum Closure Update with...

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2025/07/24

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with Jerry Cornfield of The Washington State Standard for an update about the threatened closure of Lewis Army Museum at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) near Tacoma.There have been a number of developments in the story in the past few days, including a letter sent by U.S. Senator Patty Murray, Democrat of Washington, to Secretary of the Army Daniel Driscoll. Senator Murray is seeking answers to questions about the threatened closure

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00:19:59

BONUS EPISODE: Tacoma Historic Preservation Workshops...

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2025/07/23

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with City of Tacoma Historic Preservation Officer Reuben McKnight about two upcoming workshops and a public hearing focused on changes to Tacoma's Historic Preservation Code. Some of the changes are required by legislation adopted in the Evergreen State earlier this year, and others are specific to Tacoma's preservation program.For more information about the City of Tacoma Historic Preservation Code workshops on Thursday, July 24 and

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00:17:10

BONUS EPISODE: Lost and Found Lake Washington...

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2025/07/20

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel spoke with Matt McCauley from the airport in Colorado Springs, Colorado Sunday night as McCauley was headed back home to Seattle. McCauley was at the National Museum of World War II Aviation on Saturday witnessing the first public flight of the now-restored HELLDIVER he pulled off the bottom of Lake Washington in Seattle more than 40 years ago. For the complete story of the HELLDIVER, be sure and listen to this earlier BONUS

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01:30:04

Ep. 117: LIVE REMOTE BROADCAST from Coupeville Wharf...

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2025/07/19

Feliks Banel's guests on this LIVE REMOTE BROADCAST of CASCADE OF HISTORY include Coupeville Mayor Molly Hughes; Port of Coupeville Executive Director Chris Michalopoulos; Washington Trust for Historic Preservation's Moira Nadal; Meg Olson from Kingfisher Books in Coupeville; the Shifty Sailors, led by Jim Lightner; Lynn Hyde of Historic Whidbey; Kyle Walker of the recently merged Island County Historical Society/South Whidbey Historical Society; Josh Pitts of Ebey’s Reserve; and Ed Brown, historian

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00:18:19

BONUS EPISODE: Lewis County Commissioner Pollock...

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2025/07/18

It's time for one more BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY devoted to the Claquato Church in Lewis County, Washington.On this episode, Feliks Banel speaks once again with Lewis County Commissioner Lindsey Pollock about the process to find a buyer, via sealed bid auction, for Claquato Church - a process which Lewis County now all but admits is tilted toward the private, non-profit Claquato Cemetery. The cemetery has had months (or perhaps even years) to ready a proposal, while other potential

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