COVID Quarantine Camelcast – Episode 6 – Gold Rush in the Golden State

by BHM Offices | Sep 25, 2020 | Benicia History, California History, News & Notes, Podcast

Listen to the sixth episode of the Benicia Historical Museum’s COVID Quarantine Camelcast!Hosted by Benicia resident and BHS graduate Dean Putong, our podcast provides a “camel’s eye view” of Benicia’s unique history. In Gold Rush in the Golden State, Dean and...

COVID Quarantine Camelcast – Episode 5 – Rezanov and Concepción

by BHM Offices | Sep 11, 2020 | Benicia History, California History, News & Notes, Podcast

The fifth episode of the Benicia Historical Museum’s COVID Quarantine Camelcast is now live! Our 2020 summer intern and podcast host Dean Putong has returned to Yale for his senior year, but he recorded several episodes of our COVID Quarantine Camelcast with Executive...

COVID Quarantine Camelcast – Episode 4 – Matthew Turner

by BHM Offices | Aug 28, 2020 | Benicia History, California History, News & Notes, Podcast

The fourth episode of the Benicia Historical Museum’s COVID Quarantine Camelcast is now live! Hosted by Benicia resident and BHS graduate Dean Putong, our podcast provides a “camel’s eye view” of Benicia’s unique history.   In Matthew Turner: Benicia’s...

COVID Quarantine Camelcast – Episode 3 – California’s Place in the Civil War

by BHM Offices | Aug 14, 2020 | Benicia History, California History, News & Notes, Podcast

The third episode of the Benicia Historical Museum’s COVID Quarantine Camelcast is now live! Hosted by Benicia resident and BHS graduate Dean Putong, our podcast provides a “camel’s eye view” of Benicia’s unique history.   In The War Within the State Meets...

COVID Quarantine Camelcast – Episode 2 – Manifest Destiny, or “Do You Have a Flag?”

by BHM Offices | Jul 31, 2020 | Benicia History, California History, News & Notes, Podcast

The second episode of the Benicia Historical Museum’s COVID Quarantine Camelcast is now available! Hosted by Benicia resident and BHS graduate Dean Putong, our podcast provides a “camel’s eye view” of Benicia’s unique history.   In this episode, Dean and...

Today in History: July 23 – Former President Ulysses S. Grant Dies

by BHM Offices | Jul 23, 2020 | Benicia Arsenal History, Benicia History, News & Notes

On July 23, 1885, just after completing his memoirs, Civil War hero and former president Ulysses S. Grant died of throat cancer.  A brief biography of Grant can be found on the History Chanel Website at...