Podcast #126-S5 April 3, 1860: The first rider was to leave St. Joseph at 5:00 pm. However, the mail had been slowed up in Chicago for transfer to Hannibal, Missouri. A train was stripped down with no passenger cars at Hannibal. Once the mail arrived there, the train rolled across the state at a record…
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Forks Timber Museum
Podcast #125-S5 In the late 1870’s, non-Indian settlers of Forks Prairie came by way of rivers and trails from the Pacific and the Strait of Juan de Fuca, as the overland route from the east was nearly impenetrable forest. Trails were the main means of travel for early settlers along the coast and in the…
Archie McPhee’s Rubber Chicken Museum
Podcast #124-S5 Visit the world-famous Rubber Chicken Museum located in the Archie McPhee store in Seattle, Washington. As the home to the world’s largest rubber chicken and the world’s smallest rubber chicken, you’ll stand slack-jawed in awe in front of our display of plastic poultry. Open since 2018, this museum has set the rubber chicken…
John’s Beachcombing Museum
Podcast #123-S5 See the treasures the ocean brings to our shores!’Treasure’ from around the world! Since 1976 the beachcombing museum has built up its exhibits until today where tons of items have been collected off of beaches both local and distant and put on display. Email: dabeach@centurylink.net Phone: 360-640-0320 Address:143 Andersonville Avenue, Forks, Washington, United…
International Mermaid Museum
Podcast #122-S5 The International Mermaid Museum is dedicated to teaching ocean ecology from seashore to sea floor immersed in mermaid mythology unifying oceanic cultures. Three quarters of the world is covered with water. Yet the undersea experience is largely unavailable for most to explore. This exhibition offers unique insights into life between the seashore and…