The Motherlode Download starts next week! Check out this sneak peak with Sophia Kaufman and spread the word! Youreka! Podcast Productions--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andreaandersin/message

Jennie Curry & Yosemite Firefalls (From the Vault)

Oct 3rd, 2023 16m 9s

this week, I am posting an old episode that was subscription only. I’m sorry. I caught the ‘vid. Back to regular programming next week! In Yosemite, for thousands of years before the discovery of gold, Native Americans traveled through and in

To-tu-ya & the Mariposa War - Yosemite

Sep 19th, 2023 46m 14s

Welcome back to Queens of the Mines. This is Season 4. Yosemite. This season of Queens of the Mines explores the making of Yosemite National Park and true stories of women who were there along the way, and women that were there before.In this

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation - FROM THE VAULT

Sep 18th, 2023 16m 40s

“This is Queens of the Mines, where we discuss untold stories from the twisted roots of California. Today, we’ll be talking about Indian Boarding Schools in the US and California. We are in a time where historians and the public are no longer d

Trailer

Yosemite - Season 4

Aug 24th, 2023 51s

Have you ever experienced the breathtaking California wilderness? Yosemite National Park is known for its giant waterfalls and granite cliffs. Boasting Giant sequoia groves, grand valley, and lakes and streams. Yosemite receives over 3.5 millio

Season Finale LIVE at The National Exchange Hotel

May 7th, 2023 39m 47s

Julia Cathrine Monnin Ducray. Born Julia Monnin, her family was from Switzerland and they had emigrated to Pennsylvania. Living next to them in Pennsylvania, was the Ducray family. The Ducray’s had boarded a steamship in France in 1839. The jo

Luzena Wilson- Part 2 of 2 FROM THE VAULT

May 6th, 2023 20m 46s

Last Time in Luzena Wilson’s Story it was late December 1849.Luzena was serving up to 200 boarders a week in Sacramento and charging each twenty five dollars. Customers were happy to pay the high price tag for a meal prepared by Luzena Wilson

Luzena Wilson - Part 1 of 2 FROM THE VAULT

May 6th, 2023 29m 40s

Queens of the Mines features the authentic stories of gold rush women who blossomed from the camouflaged, twisted roots of California. In the next episodes, we will hear the story of The Queen of Devotion in the California Gold Mines. Much if t

Ah Toy Part 3 of 3 FROM THE VAULT

Apr 26th, 2023 27m 50s

Queens of the Mines features the authentic stories of gold rush women who blossomed from the camouflaged, twisted roots of California. In Ah Toy’s final episode, we will finish the story of the true pioneer of San Francisco’s Chinatown, Ah Toy

Ah Toy - Part 2 of 3 FROM THE VAULT

Apr 26th, 2023 24m 33s

Queens of the Mines features the authentic stories of gold rush women who blossomed from the camouflaged, twisted roots of California. In Chapter Three, we will continue the story of the true pioneer of San Francisco’s Chinatown, Ah Toy, whose

Ah Toy -Part 1 of 3 - FROM THE VAULT

Apr 26th, 2023 28m 17s

Queens of the Mines features the authentic stories of gold rush women who blossomed from the camouflaged, twisted roots of California. These are true stories, with some of my own fabrication of descriptive details. In Chapter Three, we will hea

Louise A Boyd

Apr 23rd, 2023 25m 45s

John Franklin and Louise Cook were a wealthy couple in California, living off the fortune they earned during the gold rush. Their daughter Louise Arner Boyd was born in San Rafael on September 16, 1887. Louise was offered every advantage imagin

Know Their Names - FROM THE VAULT

Apr 19th, 2023 28m 6s

Support Queens of the Mines with a tip!Venmo- @queensoftheminesCashApp $queensoftheminesPaypal [email protected] of the Mines is a historical, non-fiction collection of the stories of Gold Rush California’s top ten women

Lotta Crabtree - FROM THE VAULT

Apr 12th, 2023 40m 11s

Support Queens of the Mines with a tip!Venmo- @queensoftheminesCashApp $queensoftheminesPaypal [email protected] Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andreaandersin/message

Adah Issacs Menken

Apr 9th, 2023 30m 52s

When Adah Isaacs Menken was a young woman she described herself. “I have always believed myself to be possessed of two souls, one that lives on the surface of life, pleasing and pleased; the other as deep and as unfathomable as the ocean; a m

Charley Parkhurst - The Brave Stage Driver Part 2 of 2 FROM THE VAULT

Apr 7th, 2023 23m 12s

In Vermont in 1812, Mary and Ebenezer Parkhurst, a young couple, had three children, Maria, Charlotte, and Charles. After the sudden death of one of the children, the couple abandoned the other two. They were sent to an orphanage in Lebanon, Ne

Charley Parkhurst - The Brave Stage Driver - Part 1 of 2 FROM THE VAULT

Apr 7th, 2023 21m 31s

Queens of the Mines features the authentic stories of gold rush women who blossomed from the camouflaged, twisted roots of California. In this episode, we are taking a different approach than we have been doing. Today, we will meet one of Cali

Juana Briones - The Founding Mother of San Francisco FROM THE VAULT

Apr 7th, 2023 15m 15s

Support Queens of the Mines with a tip!Venmo- @queensoftheminesCashApp $queensoftheminesPaypal [email protected] is the story of a Mexican-American pioneer, healer, trailblazer, businesswoman and landowner. Her name is Doñ

Indentured Servitude in Sonora FROM THE VAULT

Apr 5th, 2023 17m 11s

Support Queens of the Mines with a tip!Venmo- @queensoftheminesCashApp $queensoftheminesPaypal [email protected] february of 1850, Sonora was known as the Sonorain camp, then named Stewart, then to Sonora. The History of

Mary Ellen Pleasant - FROM THE VAULT

Mar 22nd, 2023 34m 1s

Queens of the Mines features the authentic stories of gold rush women who blossomed from the camouflaged, twisted roots of California. She was one of the richest and most powerful people in California, and she was a black woman. Known as the “

Flo, The Ghost of The Jamestown National Hotel FROM THE VAULT

Mar 21st, 2023 20m 41s

“We‘re all ghosts. We all carry, inside us, people who came before us.”― Liam Callanan, The Cloud AtlasThis bonus episode is based on the true story and occurrences from The National Hotel, that began with a love story, and ended in murder,

Bonus

Jennie Curry & Yosemite Firefalls

Mar 20th, 2023 16m 9s

In Yosemite, for thousands of years before the discovery of gold, Native Americans traveled through and inhabited the area that the Sierra Nevada’s melting snow spills dramatically over rocky cliffs on the walls into the Valley. Waterfalls that

The Occupation of Alcatraz - FROM THE VAULT

Mar 15th, 2023 26m 53s

Support Queens of the Mines with a tip!Venmo- @queensoftheminesCashApp $queensoftheminesPaypal [email protected] famed Alcatraz prison on Alcatraz Island was in operation from 1934 to 1963. For most, the thought of Alcatraz

Freda Ehmann

Mar 12th, 2023 22m 48s

Olives, technically classified as a fruit, is a powerful fruit. It would benefit most people to eat around 5-10 olives a day. A rich source of powerful stuff,antioxidants, minerals and vitamins and 80 percent of the calories in an olive come fr

International Women’s Day - FROM THE VAULT

Mar 8th, 2023 30m 26s

Happy International Women’s Day! Stories of important women from California history!--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andreaandersin/message