COVID Quarantine Camelcast – Season 2, Episode 1 – Rancho Suscol

by BHM Offices | Feb 12, 2021 | Benicia History, California History, News & Notes, Podcast

The Benicia Historical Museum’s COVID Quarantine Camelcast returns for a second season! Providing a “camel’s eye view” of Benicia’s unique history. Season 2 of the COVID Quarantine Camelcast kicks of with the first of several episodes examining the history of Rancho...

Brendan Riley’s Solano Chronicles: Unusual History of Benicia’s Camel Barns

by BHM Offices | Feb 2, 2021 | Benicia Arsenal History, Benicia History, California History, News & Notes

Solano Chronicles, Jan. 31, 2021 By Brendan Riley The U.S. Army’s experiment in using camels to haul supplies in the 1850s and 1860s has been described in scores, if not hundreds, of research papers, government reports, newspaper columns, books and even a couple of...

COVID Quarantine Camelcast – Episode 11 – Lincoln’s Last Read and the Benicia Connection

by BHM Offices | Dec 18, 2020 | Benicia History, California History, News & Notes, Podcast

The 11th episode of the Benicia Historical Museum’s COVID Quarantine Camelcast is available now! Providing a “camel’s eye view” of Benicia’s unique history. In the final Camelcast episode of 2020, Executive Director Elizabeth d’Huart is joined once again by...

COVID Quarantine Camelcast – Episode 9 – A Capital Capitol

by BHM Offices | Nov 6, 2020 | Benicia History, California History, News & Notes, Podcast

Listen to the ninth episode of the Benicia Historical Museum’s COVID Quarantine Camelcast! Providing a “camel’s eye view” of Benicia’s unique history. In A Capital Capitol, Executive Director Elizabeth d’Huart and Museum Research Historian Dr. Jim Lessenger...

COVID Quarantine Camelcast – Episode 7 – Benicia’s Early VIPs

by BHM Offices | Oct 9, 2020 | Benicia History, California History, News & Notes, Podcast

Listen to the seventh 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 the final episode recorded prior to...

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...