Windy City Historians Podcast

This is not your Grandad's podcast - WCH Podcast is on and about Chicago history for anyone curious about the Windy City!

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Episode 5: Missing at Death’s Door

Posted July 25, 201901:02:28

Our examination of René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle continues in this episode, as we follow the progress of the 1976-77 La Salle II Expedition,...

Episode 4: La Salle and the Voyageurs

Posted June 28, 201900:56:03

The name La Salle is ubiquitous throughout the United States, with streets, parks, towns, universities, parishes, schools and even counties named ...

Episode 3: Urbs in Horto?

Posted May 31, 201900:57:58

Released Friday, May 31, 2019 - What's in a name? "Urbs in Horto" or as translated from Latin "City in the Garden" is the motto on the seal of the...

Episode 2: The Place Called Chicagoua

Posted February 20, 201901:08:14

Listening to the first episode you learned the ground-breaking, new story of Chicago's discovery and who truly was the first European to pass through...

Episode 1: Who Was First?

Posted February 4, 201901:01:41

Released Friday, March 29, 2019 - On the 344 Anniversary of Father Marquette getting flooded out of his winter camp in 1675, at the place the Indians...