Chasing History Radio

Chase talks about an acquisition of amber from the personal collection of an entomologist and Berkley professor. Spiders, ants, flies and more are to be found in this collection. Many have detailed information and high quality photos of the bugs contained within.

Brigadier General Anthony McAuliffe was surrounded by the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge. The Germans asked for a surrender since the allied troops were outnumbered and outgunned. The General's response was simply, NUTS!

We delve into what happened to the USS West Virginia and Joe Burnett Marsh at Pearl Harbor, Dec.7 1941. Burnett would survive the attack and even though badly damaged, the USS West Virginia would also survive. Being a main target in the bombing, she would go on to attend the surrender to end the war.

Katrina fire house in Stockholm Sweden is the world's oldest continuously manned fire station. Started in 1876, it still houses an operating fire station and museum. It fought its biggest fire challenge in 1937, taking only 7 hours to get it under control.

On Halloween, what better topic to talk about than trick or treating. Ryan discusses some history of Halloween and then goes in to what was known as "Tricks for Treats". From over 2000 years ago till now, things sure have changed.

Ryan talks about the last living passenger pigeon, who was named Martha Washington. From the time that there were millions of these birds till there was just one, we learn about her life story and what happened to her after her demise. Martha would be the first time in human history that we know the exact moment man had caused the extinction of a species.

Chase Continues to talk about the mammoth dig but also talks about finding history. There is so much out there that still needs to be found on this big planet we live on. So go out and look and see what you can discover.

Chase talks about Fort Ross, and how a powder horn started the search. An item handed down by his grandfather, starts a search into a time when Russians were trying to colonize the American continent.

We get asked what we do and how we get all of our relics. Chase digs in, literally , and explains it. Coming back from a mastodon dig site, he fill us in on the hows and whys.

New Orleans City park is home to some of the world's oldest oak trees. How was the park shaped by the depression and a hurricane? More importantly, how did the trees get some strange names?