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The Harbor Area Podcast episodes
- Episode 12. The Pike
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This episode touches lightly on the bathhouse and then transitions into more of the attractions that were available at The Pike.
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16 min - Episode 11. The Plunge and the Dance Hall at The Pike
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In this episode, I talk more about the bathhouse which is also known as The Plunge and that Dance Hall. I talk about the significance of both types of entertainment and the significance both played in the early days of The Pike.
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11 min - Episode 10. Long Beach
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In this episode I talk about the City of Long Beach and brush lightly across its history as a seaside resort.
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6 min - 22 min
- Episode 8. Phineas Banning Part 4.
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Hey folks this is episode 8. In this fourth and final episode, Michael Sanborn, and I reflect on what Phineas Banning would think of the modern day ports. We also talk about the museum, some of its latest installations.
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19 min - Episode 7. Phineas Banning Part 3.
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Hey folks in part three, we're going to talk about Phineas spanning politics, how his family continued the family business. Catalina island and how the Banning's operated the island for nearly 30 decades.
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16 min - Episode 6. Phineas Banning Part 2.
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Hey folks in this next episode Michael Sanborn and I talk about Phineas Banning serving in the United States military, building the Los Angeles railroad in just under one year, his work on the Los Angeles Harbor, and about Banning also running for the California state senate.
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11 min - Episode 5. Phineas Banning Part 1.
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In this episode I interview Michael Sanborn, the Director of the Banning Museum. We will dive into the life of Phineas Banning including his family structure, personality, and some of his early accomplishments which include the establishment of a transportation empire, including his stagecoach lines and ultimately a Railroad in Southern California.
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20 min - Episode 4. The Gold Rush
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I this episode I will talk about California in the late 1840s and 1850s - also known as the time of the gold rush. You could consider this episode more of a tickler for episode five, where I will dive into the life of Phineas Banning the founder of Wilmington, California, his contributions to Wilmington and San Pedro, including the economy of goods movement.
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7 min - Episode 1. The Indigenous People of the Harbor Area
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This episode is about the indigenous people of the Harbor Area and the Los Angeles region - the Tongva. In the first part of the episode, I present some very light research on the subject area. In the second part of the episode, I interview Isaac Michael Ybarra - a local artist, historian, and member of the Tongva community.
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34 min
About The Harbor Area Podcast
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It's all about coastal living in here, folks. There is so much history and happenings all around us and we should talk about it. The Harbor Area Podcast is born out of a true fascination with the…
area (San Pedro, Long Beach, and Wilmington, California). Join me for a dose of research, with a dallop of fun. A new episode will publish monthly.