The History Of The Evergreen State

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From 1901 until 1905, Henry G. McBride was the fourth governor of Washington state. He was first elected lieutenant governor in 1900, and when Governor John Rogers passed away in December of 1901, he was appointed governor. The majority of historians believe his tenure was stable and effectively run. His support for a powerful commission to oversee the state's railroads at a time when their owners held significant sway over the legislature is what most people remember about him, and it cost him the Republican nomination for reelection in 1904. The only governor in the state to hold the role without ever being elected, McBride unsuccessfully sought the executive's chair again in 1908 and in 1916.
Listen now to learn more about this fascinating character in the Evergreen State's political history!

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Cowlitz County's Kalama is a small city situated beside the Columbia River. By the 1850s, non-Indian settlers were moving into the region. The town had prosperity after becoming the Cowlitz County seat in 1872, but then the Northern Pacific Railway relocated its corporate headquarters from Kalama to Tacoma, causing a severe economic setback. July 16, 1890, saw the incorporation of Kalama. The Port of Kalama was founded in 1920 and subsequently went on to rank among the top five ports on the West Coast for the shipment of dry bulk cargo. Kelso became the county seat in 1922, which was yet another setback for the town. Kalama experiences frequent floods; the worst happened in 1948, when three feet of water submerged downtown shops. 
Listen now to learn more about the former County Seat of Cowlitz County!

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Did you know that the Evergreen State leads the nation in reported sightings of the legendary Bigfoot? The Evergreen State has also served as the birthplace of the term "Flying Saucer" when a reporter misquoted a pilot who spotted something very strange in the skies near Mt. Rainier, as well as the term "Men in Black." Tales of creatures lurking in our deep waters have also persisted since before settlers arrived, and have continued up until the present.
All of these and more will be discussed today in this final episode of Spooky Season.
Next week brings a return to standard episode formats, this time looking at the long history of Kalama.

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In 1892, John H. McGraw was elected as the second governor of the Evergreen State. At the age of 26, he traveled from Maine to Seattle in the 1870s and found employment as an Occidental Hotel clerk. 
His career in politics, business, and law enforcement in the Pacific Northwest began when he enlisted in Seattle's small police department. His path took him from chief of police to sheriff of King County; in 1886, he was involved in the anti-Chinese riots. 
He then pursued his legal studies and was quite quickly a Republican candidate for governor. During his tenure as governor, he backed both the Lake Washington Ship Canal Project and the University of Washington. 
He participated in the 1897 gold rush after serving as governor, then after failing to strike it rich, though his health made a drastic upturn, he went back to Seattle and entered the real estate market.
Listen now to learn more about one of Washington's most interesting governors! 

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Do you believe in ghosts? 
Western Washington is reportedly home to numerous haunted locales, from down in Vancouver at Vancouver Barracks, to Lake Quinault Lodge, to a Seattle neighborhood that witnessed a horrific plane crash that eventually drove the residents away, to the famed filming location of Rose Red, Thornewood Castle.
Chilling stories and ghostly tales await in this light-hearted and fun look at some creepy locations west of the Cascades for the 4th annual Spooky Season of the show.

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The Norwegian bark Prince Arthur was traveling in ballast from Valparaiso, Chile, to Esquimalt, British Columbia, for lumber on the stormy night of January 2nd, 1903. The ship ended up striking an offshore reef 10 miles south of Cape Alava on the sparsely populated north coast of the Olympic Peninsula, eventually broke apart, and its crew of twenty men was thrown into the choppy sea. Just two people managed to make it out alive. Twelve of the victims' bodies were found and buried in shallow graves on the shore with the assistance of the local settlers and Natives.
A granite obelisk named the Norwegian Monument will be erected in commemoration of the fallen sailors a short time later by a delegation from the Norwegian community in Seattle. The bodies would quickly be moved to a shared cemetery on the bluff overlooking the wreck site, which can be visited today, though its quite a hike in. 
This tragic incident is just one of the many that have happened on the Evergreen State coast, which has long been referred to as the "Graveyard of the Pacific."

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On the 30th of October, 1926, late on a Saturday afternoon, 14 year old Letitia Whitehall walked from her Kirkland house to the dentist's office. 
She would never return home. 
On November 14th of that year, her body was discovered in the Sammamish River close to the Inglewood Golf Club in Kenmore. She'd been sexually assaulted and then strangled to death. 
Chester Dobbs, the dentist, was put on trial and declared not guilty. No additional investigation was ever conducted, no other potential suspects were ever identified, and the case essentially vanished from the public eye.
Listen now to learn more about this terrible unsolved crime in the Evergreen State.

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Mostly located near the shore of Lake Washington, Lake Washington Boulevard is a piece of land owned by the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation that runs from the Montlake neighborhood to Seward Park. It was included by John Charles Olmsted in his 1903 plan for Seattle's park and boulevard system to capitalize on the city's natural features, such as the lake, parks with trees, and vistas of the distant mountains across the lake. 
The boulevard was built in phases, with the first phase being completed in Washington Park. The last section was inaugurated in 1917, and more than five miles were finished in time for the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, which was held on the campus of the University of Washington. 
Though the forests and clear cuts that made up the early views along the Boulevard have long since been replaced with homes and development, the natural beauty of the area is still very much evident to this day.
Listen now to learn more about the history of one of Seattle's most beautiful drives!

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My apologies about the episode header snaffu. I had it done before I started the Governor's series and totally spaced on getting it switched over when I switched episodes. All is correct now, and that episode will now be coming out in December. 

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