Ep. 161: Northern Pacific Convention, Vote By Mail Update, Historic District Woes in Seattle, "Mountain Runners" and "Hardhat Days"

Feliks Banel's guests on this LIVE BROADCAST of CASCADE OF HISTORY include Kent Sullivan with an update on this past week’s Northern Pacific Railway Historical Association Convention in Toppenish, WA; three-term Republican former Secretary of State Sam Reed on the Supreme Court’s recent decision to halt interference in Washington’s all mail-in ballot; Heather Pihl on recent Seattle City Council actions affecting historic districts; author Todd Warger on his new book from WSU Press “The Mountain Runners: America’s First Adventure Race, 1911–1913”; and Mike Nolan, author of “Hardhat Days: My Re-Education in Seattle’s Shipyards,” also recently published by WSU Press.

For more information about this program’s guests and topics:

Northern Pacific Railway Historical Association

https://nprha.org/

BONUS EPISODE with Sam Reed about Vote-by-Mail in the Evergreen State

https://soundcloud.com/cascadeofhistory/bonus-encore-reed

Nicholas Deshais’ Seattle Times article on the Seattle City Council

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/vote-on-seattle-traffic-safety-bills-aims-at-historic-districts/

Todd Warger’s new book “The Mountain Runners: America’s First Adventure Race, 1911–1913”

https://wsupress.wsu.edu/product/the-mountain-runners/

Mike Nolan’s new book “Hardhat Days: My Re-Education in Seattle’s Shipyards”

https://wsupress.wsu.edu/product/hardhat-days/