Columbia Conversations is a podcast that highlights authors, historians, archivists and others working to preserve and share the history of Washington state and the Pacific Northwest.On this episode, host Feliks Banel presents a rare oral history recording of George Youst, describing a cross-country trip to Centralia, Washington by covered wagon in 1903-1904. The interview was recorded in 1967 by George's son Lionel Youst.For more information or to subscribe to COLUMBIA Magazine:www.washingtonhistory.orgColumbia Conversations is a production of COLUMBIA Magazine, a publication of the Washington State Historical Society.