Feliks Banel’s guests on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY include Jack Christensen, longtime Northern Pacific employee on the history of the Belt Line and the Wilburton Trestle (recorded in 2017); Jean Sherrard on the social-media snowstorm of February 2019 (recorded in 2019); Janet Way on the Fircrest Chapel in Shoreline being added to the National Register of Historic Places; and the fourth and final heartbreaking installment in the 1951 vintage “Blackie of Naches Valley” episode of the Seattle centennial educational radio program “Their Name Was Courage.”

This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, January 7, 2024 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park – formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.

Feliks Banel’s guests on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY include Jack Christensen, longtime Northern Pacific employee on the history of the Belt Line and the Wilburton Trestle (recorded in 2017); Jean Sherrard on the social-media snowstorm of February 2019 (recorded in 2019); Janet Way on the Fircrest Chapel in Shoreline being added to the National Register of Historic Places; and the fourth and final heartbreaking installment in the 1951 vintage “Blackie of Naches Valley” episode of the Seattle centennial educational radio program “Their Name Was Courage.” This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, January 7, 2024 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park – formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.

Ep. 53: Belt Line & Wilburton Trestle, Big Snow of 2019, and Fircrest Chapel

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, 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 studios located on the shores of Lake Washington in historic Magnuson Park in Seattle, former site of Sand Point Naval Air Station (though sometimes CASCADE OF HISTORY originates from remote locations around the region). The podcast feed consists of the weekly broadcast, plus frequent bonus episodes with timely and topical interviews, vintage local audio or other Pacific Northwest history-related content.

Send your questions, comments, guest suggestions and other correspondence to cascadeofhistory@gmail.com.

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, 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 studios located on the shores of Lake Washington in historic Magnuson Park in Seattle, former site of Sand Point Naval Air Station (though sometimes CASCADE OF HISTORY originates from remote locations around the region). The podcast feed consists of the weekly broadcast, plus frequent bonus episodes with timely and topical interviews, vintage local audio or other Pacific Northwest history-related content. Send your questions, comments, guest suggestions and other correspondence to cascadeofhistory@gmail.com.

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