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Join Kate Dwyer, one of the original hosts of Nature Now, on her new show, a program of quirky and little-known vignettes of local Port Townsend history.

  • (Airdate: April 22, 2024 – An Office and a Gentleman) Behind the Scenes shooting in Port Townsend.

  • (Airdate: April 11, 2024 – Bishop Hotel) Before it was a hotel The Bishop had many lives.

  • (Airdate: April 1, 2024 – Submarines in PT Bay) Port Townsend Bay was the first place early Seattle-built subs were tested in 1912.

  • (Airdate: March 18, 2024 – Neil Young-Ragland) Port Townsend was the home port for Neil Young’s wooden yacht, Ragland for many years.

  • (Airdate: March 4, 2024 – Clam Cannery) The clam cannery canned far more than clams.

  • (Airdate: February 19, 2024 – Swan Hotel) Did You Know The Swan Hotel has nothing to do with Swans?

  • (Airdate: February 12, 2024 – St. John’s Hospital) Did You Know two nuns started the first hospital where the current one is?

  • (Airdate: February 5, 2024 – Opium in PT) Did You Know that the Opium dens on Water Street were legal?

  • (Airdate: January 29, 2024 – Hood Canal Bridge) Did you Know that part of the Hood Canal Bridge sank in 1979?

  • (Airdate: January 15, 2024 – Crimpers in PT) Port Townsend was notorious for shanghaiing in the sailing days.