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Discover Fascinating History Stories with Feliks Banel

Pacific Northwest History

seattle founder's day...
Feliks Banel

Should we commemorate Seattle Founder’s Day?

The occasion of Seattle Founders’ Day used to be celebrated more regularly by the city and other local institutions.
6 months ago
Image: A rifle squad aboard the US Coast Guard Cutter SORREL fires a salute to the dead of Flight 2...
Feliks Banel

‘Unsolved Histories’ Episode 7: Flight 293 families question the ‘Leave no one behind’ promise

In Episode 7 of 'Unsolved Histories,' Feliks Banel untangles what many Flight 293 families feel is an empty promise to "Leave No One Behind."
6 months ago
Camp Long West Seattle...
Steve Coogan

City agency: Camp Long lodge in Seattle was vandalized before fire

One of the primary buildings at the historic Camp Long in the West Seattle neighborhood of Seattle caught fire Monday night.
6 months ago
Image: Patti Moran and her husband James Wonsettler had to keep their marriage and her pregnancy a ...
Feliks Banel

‘Unsolved Histories’ Episode 6: Meeting the lost crew and examining sinister crash theories

In Episode 6 of 'Unsolved Histories,' Feliks Banel introduces the crew of Flight 293 those they left behind have tried to cope with their losses.
6 months ago
seattle backpack...
Feliks Banel

All Over The Map: Forgotten Seattle origins of the JanSport school backpack

Seattle-based entrepreneur and inventor of the modern backpack, Murray McCory, died last month at the age of 80.
6 months ago
Umpqua River...
Feliks Banel

All Over The Map: Is Umpqua pronounced UMP-kwuh or UMP-kwah?

We take a deep and highly pedantic dive into the name of a Pacific Northwest bank that also happens to be the name of a river in Oregon.
6 months ago
Image: A map of Orcas Island...
Feliks Banel

More Washington spooky tales: 13 Steps at Maltby Cemetery, Prop Man of Orcas Island

We've been collecting your Washington spooky stories and tales about public places around Puget Sound where myths and legends have emerged.
6 months ago
Image: Richard Pouliot was a decorated Air Force fighter pilot who survived the ditching of Flight ...
Feliks Banel

‘Unsolved Histories’ Episode 5: Another Flight 293 nearly suffered a similar disaster

In Episode 5 of "Unsolved Histories,' Feliks Banel examined the amazing story of survival of the passengers and crew of the other Flight 293.
6 months ago
A 1911 map is annotated to show the general location of Fire Trail Road, a notoriously spooky and d...
Feliks Banel

All Over The Map: Searching for ghostly local myths at Fire Trail Road and Fort Casey

For Halloween 2024, we are doing ghostly local muths or stories about unexplained happenings – call it modern Puget Sound mythology.
6 months ago
Image: Northwest Airlines DC-7C N285, pictured at an airport circa 1960. This aircraft is identical...
Feliks Banel

‘Unsolved Histories’ Episode 4: One theory is friendly fire brought down Flight 293

Episode 4 of "Unsolved Histories," tries to sort fact from fiction in the scuttlebutt that spread after Flight 293 went down.
6 months ago
Images: Vintage plans for the 1924 airship mooring mast reveal the complexity required to service t...
Feliks Banel

Artifact of airship’s historic visit hidden away at Joint Base Lewis-McChord

It was 100 years ago this week when a giant U.S. Navy airship visited the Puget Sound and the Joint Base Lewis-McChord area.
6 months ago
jackson street jazz trail...
Feliks Banel

All Over The Map: Jackson Street Jazz Trail and sweet melodies among the sour notes

The Jackson Street Jazz Trail, with the annual Earshot Jazz Festival underway, doesn’t shy away from the more challenging aspects of Seattle’s history.
6 months ago
Image: Susan Francis, left, and Jody Whipkey were high school classmates in El Paso, Texas, when Jo...
Feliks Banel

‘Unsolved Histories’ Episode 3: ‘Jody has always stayed with me’ after 1963 crash

In Episode 3 of 'Unsolved Histories,' more people who lost loved ones on Flight 293 are introduced and we try to understand what happened.
6 months ago
Image: The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter SORREL took part in the recovery of debris from Flight 293 in th...
Feliks Banel

‘Unsolved Histories’ Episode 2: Finding a haunting memento after the 1963 plane crash

In Episode 2 of "Unsolved Histories," called "The Wreckage," Feliks Banel examines how and why the DC-7C airliner disappeared in 1963.
7 months ago
Image: The pond, which Forbes created by damming Juanita Creek, is shown on an 1897 USGS map. (Cour...
Feliks Banel

All Over The Map: LiDAR tech reveals ghostly causeway, phantom lake on Eastside

It turns out that LiDAR is also pretty useful for plumbing the depths of recent human history too, including a phantom lake on the Eastside.
7 months ago
mount adams...
Feliks Banel

As Mount Adams quakes, a search for its heart and soul

Seismic activity at Mount Adams – known as Washington’s forgotten mountain -- picked up in September, getting the attention of the rest of the state.
7 months ago
Image: This is a photo of the DC-7C airliner that took off from McChord Air Force Base on June 3, 1...
Feliks Banel

‘Unsolved Histories’: New podcast examines airliner that crashed after departing Tacoma

"Unsolved Histories: What Happened to Flight 293" is a podcast about three intersecting stories historian Feliks Banel has been investigating.
7 months ago
Mount Adams...
Feliks Banel

All Over The Map: Unusual seismic activity and twisted name origins of Mount Adams

Mount Adams, the long-dormant volcano in Southwest Washington, recently experienced some unusual seismic activity.
7 months ago
A Renton-made Boeing B-29 bomber, one of the company's most recognizable aircraft, took part in aro...
Feliks Banel

Feliks Banel: Summoning Boeing history to help restore the company culture

We caught up with Boeing’s in-house historian, Mike Lombardi, who shared some perspective on the past and how it just might inform the future.
7 months ago
Plaques created in the 1990s by the City of Sumner to honor longtime local families and donors will...
Feliks Banel

Corn mazes, Sumner plaques, Royer waterfront, and more updates

We have updates of recent All Over the Map stories including corn mazes, Sumner plaques, Mama's Mexican Restaurant, and more.
7 months ago
walking seattle history...
Feliks Banel

Accumulating miles and stories by walking the history of Seattle

Austin Watson easily covers 10 miles on foot a day, walking different treks to explore the history of Seattle in his retirement.
7 months ago
Image: Then-U.S. Sen. Dan Evans (R-Wash.) stands with his son Dan Jr., after he won the primary ele...
Feliks Banel

Dan Evans, former Washington governor and US senator, dies at 98

Daniel J. Evans, who served three terms as governor of Washington, has died at the age of 98. The Seattle Times broke the news Saturday.
7 months ago
Image: A crowd of 50,000 people welcomed the Douglas World Flyers back to what's now Sand Point Mag...
Feliks Banel

Feliks Banel: Celebration of Seattle around-the-world flight should become annual event

With all the excitement this year, many aviation enthusiasts hope this celebration of the 1924 around-the-world flight happens more often.
7 months ago
The one-story building at Second and Bell in downtown Seattle once housed Mama's Mexican Kitchen; e...
Feliks Banel

Toothless Seattle landmark law dooms the old Mama’s in Belltown

The one-story brick building in Belltown that once housed beloved restaurant Mama’s Mexican Kitchen will apparently soon be demolished.
7 months ago