Lay of the Land

Welcome to Invisible Histories - Episode #2In this podcast we explore lost stories of marginalized people, hidden histories of forgotten places, and generally unearth some cool, creepy and hopefully meaningful connections for people living and working in the Seattle area and beyond. In this episode we go way back in time, to share the perspective of a character that rarely gets to tell its story — the land itself — how the cemetery removal was an example of forced industrialization and this progress at all costs mentality; contextualizing the land in Georgetown, and the existing death and burial practices of the time, as well as how there was an evolution of infrastructure as Seattle became what we like to think of as modern city in the early 1900s.Unearth the history of the land around the Potter’s Field with us and explore a glimpse of the old Seattle. This formerly out-of-the-way place that held the dead from the early days of Washington Territory up through Statehood in 1887, was erased from maps and memories as Seattle entered the Modern era.Featuring Elizabeth Davis PhD and music by Kevin MacLeod in a special introduction.Subscribe and keep listening wherever you get your podcasts.Read our latest newsletter!Check out our landing pageOur Instagram account will share images from each episode, @invisiblehistoriesPNWWe are always looking for “invisible histories” of the Pacific NW so if you have a good story idea please reach out at invisiblehistoriespnw@gmail.com.Our podcast music is from Samuel Coleridge Taylor's (1875 - 1912) Funeral March, Op. 79 Nº 3 (from Othello, Incidental Music)Recorded at Works Progress Cooperative www.worksprogress.coopEdited by Elke Hautala2023Resources:Elizabeth Davis, PhD: https://ess.uw.edu/people/elizabeth-davis/Samuel Coleridge Taylor: (1875 - 1912) Funeral March, Op. 79 Nº 3 (from Othello, Incidental Music) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Coleridge-Taylor RH Thompson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_H._Thomson  The King County Indigent Remains program https://kingcounty.gov/en/dept/dph/health-safety/medical-examiner/indigent-remains-program The King County Medical Examiner's Office unidentified remains. https://kingcounty.gov/en/dept/dph/health-safety/medical-examiner/unidentified-remains Cari Simson and Elke Hautala formed Invisible Histories to visually and viscerally connect the public to experiences from the past. Their Invisible Histories podcast unearths diverse local stories and forgotten places.