Mysterious Pacific Northwest

Mysterious Pacific Northwest
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The pacific Northwest is home to some of the most beautiful places but also a mysterious dark history. From Big Foot to haunted cemeteries, serial killers, ship graveyards and notorious murders, each week your hosts Jen and Sarah will feature tales from the darkest places and people of the PNW.

  1. The Long Road to Oregon: Reflection

    2d ago

    The Long Road to Oregon: Reflection

    For the final episode of The Long Road to Oregon, we’re taking a step back. After following the trail through its stories, its people, and everything it carried with it, this episode is a reflection—on the series, the history, and what stayed with us after spending so much time on that road. It’s also a look back on two years of the show, how our storytelling has evolved, and what comes next. Thank you for being here with us through this series. Now streaming on all major podcast apps. #thelongroadtooregon #historypodcast #pnwhistory #oregontrail #pnwpodcast #twoyears #podcastcommunity Book list:  The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey — Rinker Buck https://www.amazon.com/dp/1476756474 The Oregon Trail: An American Saga — David Dary https://www.amazon.com/dp/0806136485 The Indifferent Stars Above — Daniel James Brown (Donner Party, essential) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0061348112 Across the Great Divide — Laton McCartney https://www.amazon.com/dp/0743249563 Westward Expansion: A History of the American Frontier — Ray Allen Billington https://www.amazon.com/dp/0826319812 Frontier Regulars: The U.S. Army and the Indian — Robert M. Utley https://www.amazon.com/dp/0252068828 Covered Wagon Women: Diaries and Letters (1840–1849) — Kenneth L. Holmes https://www.amazon.com/dp/0803272701 Women’s Diaries of the Westward Journey — Lillian Schlissel https://www.amazon.com/dp/0805211769 Surviving the Oregon Trail, 1852 — Mary Ann & Willis Boatman https://www.amazon.com/dp/0874222388

    31 min
  2. The Long Road to Oregon: Where the trail ends

    3d ago

    The Long Road to Oregon: Where the trail ends

    For the final episode of The Long Road to Oregon, we step back from the trail itself and look at what was left behind. Not just the miles traveled—but the lives changed along the way. The families who made it, the ones who didn’t, and the places that grew from a journey that was never as simple as it’s often remembered. This episode reflects on the road west—what it required, what it cost, and what still remains. Now streaming on all major podcast apps. #thelongroadtooregon #oregontrail #pnwhistory #historypodcast #americanhistory #westwardexpansion #pnwpodcast Book list:  The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey — Rinker Buck https://www.amazon.com/dp/1476756474 The Oregon Trail: An American Saga — David Dary https://www.amazon.com/dp/0806136485 The Indifferent Stars Above — Daniel James Brown (Donner Party, essential) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0061348112 Across the Great Divide — Laton McCartney https://www.amazon.com/dp/0743249563 Westward Expansion: A History of the American Frontier — Ray Allen Billington https://www.amazon.com/dp/0826319812 Frontier Regulars: The U.S. Army and the Indian — Robert M. Utley https://www.amazon.com/dp/0252068828 Covered Wagon Women: Diaries and Letters (1840–1849) — Kenneth L. Holmes https://www.amazon.com/dp/0803272701 Women’s Diaries of the Westward Journey — Lillian Schlissel https://www.amazon.com/dp/0805211769 Surviving the Oregon Trail, 1852 — Mary Ann & Willis Boatman https://www.amazon.com/dp/0874222388

    7 min
  3. The Long Road to Oregon: The Denny party

    4d ago

    The Long Road to Oregon: The Denny party

    The journey beyond the trail with the Denny Party—families who didn’t stop in Oregon, but continued north in search of something more.From a difficult landing at Alki Point to the first uncertain days of settlement across Elliott Bay, this episode explores what it meant to arrive… and realize the journey wasn’t over.This is the story of early Seattle—its beginnings, its challenges, and the people who chose to stay.Now streaming on all major podcast apps.#thelongroadtooregon #pnwhistory #seattlehistory #dennyparty #oregontrail #historypodcast #pacificnorthwest #americanhistorySources:https://www.historylink.org/file/426https://www.historylink.org/file/1009https://www.historylink.org/file/212https://www.historylink.org/file/790https://www.seattle.gov/cityarchives/exhibits-and-education/digital-document-libraries/denny-partyhttps://www.seattle.gov/cityarchives/exhibits-and-education/seattle-historyhttps://www.nps.gov/articles/denny-party.htmhttps://www.history.com/topics/us-states/seattle-washingtonhttps://www.britannica.com/place/Seattle-Washingtonhttps://www.duwamishtribe.org/historyhttps://suquamish.nsn.us/home/about-us/history/https://www.washingtonhistory.org/research/collections/https://www.historylink.org/file/2952https://www.historylink.org/file/410https://www.historylink.org/file/401https://www.seattlepi.com/local/seattle-history/article/Seattle-history-Denny-Party-Alki-Point-1851-12521850.phphttps://www.pacificnwmag.com/the-denny-party-and-the-founding-of-seattle/

    10 min
  4. Bonus: The Long Road to Oregon- The version we played

    May 25

    Bonus: The Long Road to Oregon- The version we played

    For this episode of The Long Road to Oregon, we’re looking at a version of the trail many of us remember a little differently. Before the research, before the real stories—for a lot of us, it started with The Oregon Trail. Decisions, supplies, river crossings… and the message we all remember. This episode looks at what the game got right, what it left out, and how that version compares to the reality behind it. Now streaming on all major podcast apps. #thelongroadtooregon #oregontrail #historypodcast #pnwhistory #nostalgia #edutainment #pnwpodcast Sources:  https://www.computerhistory.org/tdih/oregon-trail/ https://www.oregontrail.com/history/ https://www.mnhs.org/education/resources/the-oregon-trail-game https://www.pbs.org/video/oregon-trail-game-history/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/how-oregon-trail-game-became-classroom-staple-180962833/ https://www.theverge.com/2017/4/14/15291674/oregon-trail-game-history-education-minnesota https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Oregon-Trail-computer-game https://www.died-of-dysentery.com/stories/history-of-the-game.html https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/03/science/03trail.html https://www.gamehistory.org/oregon-trail/ https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/71204/brief-history-oregon-trail-game https://www.wired.com/2014/07/oregon-trail/

    13 min
  5. The Long Road to Oregon: The Donner Party

    May 22

    The Long Road to Oregon: The Donner Party

    For this episode of The Long Road to Oregon, we follow one of the most infamous stories of the overland journey—the Donner Party. What began as a hopeful crossing turned into a fight for survival in the Sierra Nevada, where early snow, starvation, and impossible choices reshaped every life in the camp. This episode traces the full story—from the decision to take the Hastings Cutoff to the winter that held them in the mountains, told through firsthand accounts and historical record. Now streaming on all major podcast apps. #thelongroadtooregon #donnerparty #oregontrail #pnwhistory #historypodcast #westwardexpansion #americanhistory #truehistory Sources: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/donner-history/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/donner-primary-sources/ https://www.nps.gov/places/donner-memorial-state-park.htm https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/the-donner-party.htm https://www.history.com/topics/westward-expansion/donner-party https://www.britannica.com/topic/Donner-Party https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/donner_party/ https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ca-donnerparty/ https://www.utahhumanities.org/stories/items/show/96 https://www.truckeehistory.org/donner-party https://www.sierranevadageotourism.org/entries/donner-party/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/donner-reed-diary/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/donner-breen-diary/ https://www.library.ucdavis.edu/special-collections/donner-party/ https://digitalcollections.library.unlv.edu/donner-party

    24 min
  6. The Long Road to Oregon: The Whitman Mission

    May 20

    The Long Road to Oregon: The Whitman Mission

    For the next episode of The Long Road to Oregon, we follow the story of the Whitman Mission—a place many emigrants passed through at the end of the trail, and where rising tension, disease, and cultural misunderstanding came to a breaking point in 1847. This episode looks beyond a single version of the story, tracing what led to that moment and what followed—through firsthand accounts, historical context, and the realities of a region already deeply lived in. Now streaming on all major podcast apps. #thelongroadtooregon #pnwhistory #oregontrail #historypodcast #americanhistory #nativehistory #pnwpodcast Sources: https://www.nps.gov/whmi/learn/historyculture/index.htm https://www.nps.gov/articles/whitman-mission.htm https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/whitman_massacre/ https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/cayuse_war/ https://www.historylink.org/file/5296 https://www.historylink.org/file/5297 https://www.britannica.com/event/Whitman-Massacre https://www.loc.gov/item/2006679053/ https://www.loc.gov/collections/oregon-trail-miscellany/articles-and-essays/whitman-mission/ https://www.whitman.edu/whitman-mission-history https://www.nps.gov/whmi/learn/historyculture/cayuse.htm https://www.nps.gov/whmi/learn/historyculture/measles.htm https://www.oregonhistoryproject.org/articles/historical-records/whitman-massacre/ https://www.wsna.org/whitman-mission-history https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/whitman-massacre https://www.historylink.org/File/5192

    12 min
  7. The Long Road to Oregon: Sovereign Lands- The Native Peoples of the Oregon Trail

    May 18

    The Long Road to Oregon: Sovereign Lands- The Native Peoples of the Oregon Trail

    This episode of The Long Road to Oregon, we’re tracing the trail through the homelands of the sovereign nations who lived along its length—Otoe-Missouria, Pawnee, Sioux, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Shoshone, Nez Perce, Cayuse, Umatilla, Walla Walla, Chinookan peoples, and many more. This episode honors their history, their endurance, and the world emigrants entered long before the trail had a name. Sovereign Lands: The Native Peoples of the Oregon Trail, is out now everywhere you listen to Podcasts! #thelongroadtooregon #oregontrail #pnwhistory #historypodcast #indigenoushistory #nativehistory #oregonhistory #pnwpodcast Sources: https://www.oregontrailcenter.org/indians https://historicoregoncity.org/2019/04/02/disrupting-the-natives/ https://pacificu.libguides.com/c.php?g=1050460&p=7794169 https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/death-on-trails.htm https://pacificu.libguides.com/c.php?g=1050460&p=7636236 https://www.historylink.org/file/10365 https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/war-on-the-oregon-california-trails.htm https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/oregon_trail/ https://www.human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/History/State_and_Local_History/Oregons_History%3A_People_of_the_Northwest_in_the_Land_of_Eden/01%3A_Chapters/1.04%3A_Native_Americans_in_the_Land_of_Eden-_An_Elegy_of_Early_Statehood https://oregontrail101.com/native.html https://www.legendsofamerica.com/indians-emigrants/ https://ndnhistoryresearch.com/2023/12/14/integrating-tribal-perspectives-into-an-oregon-trail-history/ https://www.obbg.org/blog/2023/08/the-oregon-trail-and-indigenous-people-heritage/ https://ctuir.org/about/brief-history-of-ctuir/ https://www.oregontrailcenter.org/indians https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/oregon_trail/ https://www.oregontrail101.com/native.html https://www.historyonthenet.com/american-old-west-in-depth https://www.oregonhistoryproject.org/narratives/this-land-oregon/the-first-peoples/the-first-peoples/ https://online.ucpress.edu/ch/article/99/3/53/189887/Retracing-The-Oregon-Trail https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/war-on-the-oregon-california-trails.htm https://www.ndnhistoryresearch.com/2023/12/14/integrating-tribal-perspectives-into-an-oregon-trail-history/ https://www.eugenecascadescoast.org/blog/post/native-peoples/ https://www.history.com/articles/oregon-trail

    18 min
  8. The Long Road to Oregon: Women of the Oregon Trail- Hands that carried the West

    May 15

    The Long Road to Oregon: Women of the Oregon Trail- Hands that carried the West

    For this of The Long Road to Oregon, we’re following the women who walked the trail long before it became history. The women who delivered children between river crossings, drove wagons when tragedy struck, held families together through sickness, storms, loss, and miles of dust. Their stories, woven through diaries and memories, shaped the trail just as deeply as any wagon wheel. Women of the Oregon Trail: The Hands That Carried the West is out nowhere everywhere you stream Podcasts! #thelongroadtooregon #oregontrail #pnwpodcast #historypodcast #pnwhistory #oregonhistory #womenofthetrail #americanhistory Sources: The Oregon Trail Was Filled with Hardship and Surprises, these 16 Facts Prove It - History Collection Matilda and Elizabeth Sager, the Oregon Trail (U.S. National Park Service) Portland Center Stage | Portland Center Stage https://www.nps.gov/oreg/learn/historyculture/womenonthetrail.htm https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/women_in_oregon_history/ https://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/resources/archives/two/women.htm https://www.loc.gov/item/2007664658/ https://www.fwhistory.com/portfolio/women-on-the-oregon-trail/ https://www.jstor.org/stable/4308423 https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/owh/id/47577 https://www.octa-trails.org/women-of-the-trail https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Oregon_Trail:_Women_on_the_Trail https://www.historynet.com/oregon-trail/ https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6dj8fx6 https://www.oregonhistoryproject.org/articles/abigail-scott-duniway/#.XxpfcyhKiUk https://www.sos.oregon.gov/archives/exhibits/duniway https://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/resources/archives/two/sager.htm

    14 min
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The pacific Northwest is home to some of the most beautiful places but also a mysterious dark history. From Big Foot to haunted cemeteries, serial killers, ship graveyards and notorious murders, each week your hosts Jen and Sarah will feature tales from the darkest places and people of the PNW.

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    Mysterious Pacific Northwest
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    183
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