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In this searing and beautifully written memoir, Marine Lieutenant and CNN Op-Ed contributor Mike Scotti charts a course from the front lines of Iraq back home to New York, showing how sometimes the hardest battle is the one after the war. Sometimes the hardest battle is the one after the war. As...

In February 1910, a monstrous blizzard centered on Washington State hit the Northwest, breaking records. The world stopped - but nowhere was the danger more terrifying than near a tiny town called Wellington, perched high in the Cascade Mountains, where a desperate situation evolved minute by minute: two trainloads of cold, hungry passengers and their crews found themselves marooned without escape, their railcars gradually being buried in the rising drifts.

The Cascades Female Factory Audio Experience provides an overview of the history of the site as well as the stories of the women and children that spent time here. Most of the structures and buildings that made up the Cascades Female Factory have been removed or lost with time. Today, you can take your time as you wander through the space and listen to true tales of the courage, resourcefulness and resilience of the women lived, worked and aspired to a better life outside these same walls. The audio experience fills in the space between then and now.

The official podcast companion to Mossback’s Northwest, a video series about Pacific Northwest history from Cascade PBS. Mossback features stories that were left on the cutting room floor, along with critical analysis from co-host Knute Berger. Hosted by Knute Berger and Stephen Hegg

L'expérience audio en français de la Cascades Female Factory / de la prison pour femmes de Cascades (same as above) vous permet d'apprendre à connaître cet endroit ainsi que les histoires des femmes et des enfants qui y ont passé du temps. La plupart des structures et des bâtiments qui formaient ensemble la prison pour femmes de Cascades ont été démolis ou perdus au fil du temps. Vous pouvez aujourd'hui prendre le temps de vous balader dans cet espace et d'écouter les véritables récits du courage, de la débrouillardise et de la résilience des femmes qui ont vécu, travaillé et ...