Welcome to Invisible Histories. Episode #3

In this podcast we explore lost stories of marginalized people, hidden histories of forgotten places, and generally unearth some cool, creepy and hopefully meaningful connections for people living and working in the Seattle area and beyond. 

In this episode, we share some important cultural information regarding Indigenous death practices of the Coast Salish people, to answer the question, 'could the Potter's Field have previously been an Indian Burial Ground' as described on Findagrave.com? We include interviews from Johnny Moses and Pamela Bond Seamoster who each share the cultural practices of their families.

We also explore how someone would end up in the Potter's Field in the early 1900s, and more information about the King County Hospital and Poor Farm, which was also host to a Tuberculosis sanitorium through 1911. We also share the stories of over 10 individuals whose remains were interred at the Duwamish Cemetery, aka the Potter's Field, including Ingo Singh, Mary Lake, James Carter, Thomas Hamilton Blanck, and a sad story of an infant secretly buried by her parents in the dead of night.

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We are always looking for “invisible histories” of the Pacific NW so if you have a good story idea please reach out at [email protected].

Our podcast music is from Samuel Coleridge Taylor's (1875 - 1912) Funeral March, Op. 79 Nº 3 (from Othello, Incidental Music)

Recorded at Works Progress Cooperative www.worksprogress.coop

Edited by Elke Hautala

2023

Episode resources:

Johnny Moses: https://johnnymoses.com/ 

Pamela Bond: https://www.4culture.org/touring_arts/pamela-chelalakem-bond-snohomish-2/ 

Sisters of Providence: https://sistersofprovidence.net/history/ 

RH Thompson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_H._Thomson 

Asahel Curtis - photo collection: https://www.washingtonhistory.org/research/collections-search/?search_term=&subjects%5B%5D=Asahel%20Curtis 

Findagrave: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/241472/duwamish-poor-farm-cemetery

Cari Simson and Elke Hautala formed Invisible Histories to visually and viscerally connect the public to experiences from the past. Their Invisible Histories podcast unearths diverse local stories and forgotten places. www.invisible-histories.com

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