The Resident Historian Podcast

History of the last decade 

All over the map

Santa does so much more than just bring toys to kiddies around the world, he also hosts an evening news program on North Pole Newsradio called "North Pole Evening News."

On the final broadcast of the season before Christmas, Santa and the elves give the headlines, traffic, weather, sports and a few holiday songs, too.

Feliks Banel joined Seattle's Morning News to provide updates on some recent historical stories throughout the Puget Sound region, including the teardown of a significant Everett gazebo, Historic Fort Vancouver and more.

Banel also teases the upcoming Holiday Magic festivities on KIRO Newsradio 97.3 FM.

MOHAI's WTO Exhibit

Fort Vancouver Bicentennial

On this week’s edition of All Over The Map for Seattle’s Morning News, we visited a pocket park on Mercer Island along the shores of Lake Washington. It was here where a "rich and creamy" reminder of the island’s history was recently discovered by a pair of divers.

Franklin Landing is a tiny street-end park on the west side of Mercer Island, essentially opposite Seward Park over on the Seattle side of Lake Washington. A dock at this location was a key piece of the "Mosquito Fleet" transportation infrastructure from the late 19th century to 1940, when the first Lake Washington Floating Bridge (which crossed Mercer Island) opened to vehicle traffic.

KIRO Newsradio was joined early Friday by Matt McCauley. He’s known to many as "Mr. Lake Washington History;" McCauley is an author, historian, underwater explorer and a good friend of Seattle’s Morning News.

It was 26 years ago this month when the iconic ferryboat Kalakala returned to the Seattle waterfront – after a long exile serving as a cannery in Alaska – to a glorious welcome home.

The story of the vessel’s unlikely resurrection in November 1998 went downhill from there, of course, and the Kalakala was ultimately scrapped.

However, thanks to two Seattle men, the spirit of the beloved streamlined vessel now lives on in song.

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