Posts Tagged ‘Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center’

Local historian Chris Rader chats with KOHO Morning Show host Chris Hansen about the evolution of refuse disposal in the Wenatchee. Rader also gives a preview of her recently-published book, which spans a range of topics from North Central Washington’s history.

Local historian Chris Rader, in conjunction with the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center, chats with KOHO Morning Show host Chris Hansen about some of the regions indigenous peoples of the late 19th Century, including the Wenatchi, P’squosa and Sinkiuse tribes.

Local historian Chris Rader, in conjunction with the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center, chats with KOHO Morning Show host Chris Hansen about the short-lived yet vibrant steamboat era in North Central Washington from 1891 to 1915.

Local historian Chris Rader chats with KOHO Morning Show host Chris Hansen about the limited history of Democratic representation in Washington’s 12th Legislative District, including one of its most prominent figures, Belle Reeves, who served in the 1920’s and eventually went on to become the state’s first female Secretary of State.

Local historian Chris Rader chats with KOHO Morning Show host Chris Hansen about a pair of disasters which took place in South Wenatchee’s Appleyard location, including a 1925 flash flood that claimed 16 lives and the rail yard explosion of 1974 which killed two and injured 70.

Local historian Chris Rader of the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center chats with KOHO Morning Show host Chris Hansen about the bootleggers and moonshiners of Wenatchee during the Prohibition era of the 1920’s.

Local historian Chris Rader of the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center chats with KOHO Morning Show host Chris Hansen about the Wenatchee Valley’s history with the Ku Klux Klan, including the white separatist group’s inclusion in five consecutive Washington State Apple Blossom Festival Grand Parades between 1926 and 1930.