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 Into the Archives explores Washington’s history through letters, laws and lived experience, showing how democracy leaves a paper trail. Produced by TVW in collaboration with the Washington State Archives’ Legacy Washington program, the series blends narrative storytelling, archival audio and original interviews to revisit moments that shaped the Evergreen State. Each episode draws from letters, blueprints, court rulings, oral histories, photographs and film, revealing the human dramas behind defining chapters of state history. Listeners travel from territorial standoffs and constitutional debates to legendary creatures, close elections, environmental turning points and the rise of the modern tech economy.
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  • The Fire That Changed the Capitol

    The Fire That Changed the Capitol
    Apr 16 2026
    On a Saturday afternoon in 1928, smoke began pouring from the clock tower of Washington’s Old Capitol building in downtown Olympia. Within minutes, flames engulfed one of the state’s most recognizable landmarks — drawing half the town into the streets to watch it burn.In this episode of Into the Archives, we step inside that moment: the fire, the frantic effort to save irreplaceable government records, and the turning point it marked in Washington’s history.It is a story of firefighters racing from Tacoma, volunteers carrying the state’s records out by hand, and how the loss of the eight-sided clock tower reshaped Olympia’s skyline — and its sense of time.Despite the destruction, government never stopped. The fire accelerated a transition already underway — from a cramped downtown seat of power to the modern Capitol campus up the hill.A story about loss, resilience, and the fragile nature of history itself.

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    15 min
  • The Pig War of 1859

    The Pig War of 1859
    Mar 10 2026
    The Pig War - Talking It Out at the BorderA pig in a potato patch nearly sparked a war. In 1859, American settler Lyman Cutlar shot a Hudson’s Bay Company hog on San Juan Island, igniting a sovereignty dispute between the United States and one of the British colonies that would become Canada. British warships soon appeared offshore as tensions rose. In this episode of Into the Archives, historian Ed Echtle and archivist Ben Helle join TVW's Paul Taylor to explore the Pig War — set against the Fraser River gold rush, rising nationalism and the looming American Civil War — and why a crisis on the U.S.–Canada border ended in restraint instead of battle.Show Notes:John Dwyer, The San Juan Pig (1978) - https://pnwfolklore.org/PigWar.html

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    20 min
  • The Sasquatch File

    The Sasquatch File
    Feb 14 2026
    A government file labeled “Sasquatch.” A fake law citation. A taped strand of “hair.” In this episode of Into the Archives, the Washington State Archives reveal how a legendary forest being found its way into official state records. Through archivists, historians and Indigenous perspectives, the story moves from Coast Salish traditions to the 1967 Patterson-Gimlin film and the rise of American Bigfoot culture. Along the way are hoaxes, laws, festivals and environmental anxieties — all preserved on paper. The episode doesn’t ask whether Sasquatch exists. It asks what happens when mystery collides with government, pop culture and Indigenous knowledge — and what those records say about the people who created them.Sources for this episode:* Oregon Public Broadcasting* Bigfoot Field Research Organization* Salish Sasquatch* Skamania County Sasquatch Protection* The Lore Lodge* Wild Assault

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    18 min
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