This week we review the remarkable life of pioneer/explorer James Swan, who lived and worked and recorded extensively in our area from 1859 to 1900. Debaran Kelso speaks with James Swan scholar Steve Ricketts at Swan's burial site in the Laurel Grove Cemetery in Port Townsend, WA (KPTZ airdate: January 21, 2026)

Learn more:
Winter Brothers: A Season at the Edge of America by Ivan Doig
Swan, James G. (1818-1900)
The Northwest Coast: Or, Three Years' Residence in Washington Territory by James G. Swan
Music by Steve Ricketts

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