Episodios

  • The Pig War of 1859

    The Pig War of 1859
    Mar 10 2026
    The Pig War - Talking It Out at the BorderA pig in a potato patch nearly sparked a war. In 1859, American settler Lyman Cutlar shot a Hudson’s Bay Company hog on San Juan Island, igniting a sovereignty dispute between the United States and one of the British colonies that would become Canada. British warships soon appeared offshore as tensions rose. In this episode of Into the Archives, historian Ed Echtle and archivist Ben Helle join TVW's Paul Taylor to explore the Pig War — set against the Fraser River gold rush, rising nationalism and the looming American Civil War — and why a crisis on the U.S.–Canada border ended in restraint instead of battle.Show Notes:John Dwyer, The San Juan Pig (1978) - https://pnwfolklore.org/PigWar.html

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    20 m
  • The Sasquatch File

    The Sasquatch File
    Feb 14 2026
    A government file labeled “Sasquatch.” A fake law citation. A taped strand of “hair.” In this episode of Into the Archives, the Washington State Archives reveal how a legendary forest being found its way into official state records. Through archivists, historians and Indigenous perspectives, the story moves from Coast Salish traditions to the 1967 Patterson-Gimlin film and the rise of American Bigfoot culture. Along the way are hoaxes, laws, festivals and environmental anxieties — all preserved on paper. The episode doesn’t ask whether Sasquatch exists. It asks what happens when mystery collides with government, pop culture and Indigenous knowledge — and what those records say about the people who created them.Sources for this episode:* Oregon Public Broadcasting* Bigfoot Field Research Organization* Salish Sasquatch* Skamania County Sasquatch Protection* The Lore Lodge* Wild Assault

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    18 m
  • Underground Archives Doubles as a Fallout Shelter

    Underground Archives Doubles as a Fallout Shelter
    Jan 7 2026
    Rachel La Corte's 2013 story about the state archives doubling as a fallout shelterOSOS Legacy Washington's websiteJohn C. Hughes's interview on TVW's Inside Olympia

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    20 m