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Tahoma and Its People
A magnificent active volcano, Mount Rainier ascends to 14,410 feet above sea level--the highest in Washington State. The source of five major rivers, it has more glaciers than any …
Pull Hard!
Look at what you guys have started…come back here in fifty years and you won't believe what this has grown into."--legendary Husky rowing coach Dick Erickson in 1973, to Cougar …
The Archaeology of the Bobtail Wolf Site
Excavations recovered one of the largest assemblages of artifacts known for a Folsom site. Individual contributors present their analyses of the stratigraphy, stone tools and …
Seattle's Historian and Promoter
Historians often admire the work of one another, but it is rare that one gets to write the biography of another. Seattle's Historian and Promoter: The Life of Edmond Stephen Meany …
River Earth
River Earth is a personal exploration of family and community in and around the rivers of the Pacific Northwest. In these poignant essays, John Pierce probes the lifelong impact of …
Pacific Latin America in Prehistory
A remarkable range of ancient societies and economies flourished in the environmentally diverse coastal regions of Pacific Latin America. This first ever synthesis from a Pacific …
Ranald MacDonald
Noted regional author Jo Ann Roe has written the definitive biography of Ranald MacDonald (1824-94), an Old Oregon Country resident who entered forbidden Japan in 1848 at great …
The Fur Trade Gamble
Before Hudson's Bay Company domination, two companies attempted large-scale corporate trapping and vied to command Northwest fur trade. On one side were the North West Company's …
Legacies of the Manhattan Project
The Hanford History Project held the "Legacies of the Manhattan Project at 75 Years" conference in March 2017. Its Richland, Washington, meeting venue was a stone's throw from the …
Boyhood Among the Woolies
Like many Pacific Northwest sheep herders, Sebastian Etulain emigrated from Europe's Basque country. He arrived in Yakima in May of 1921, convinced that hard work could overcome a …
River of Promise
In the many published accounts of the Lewis and Clark expedition, historians have tended to undervalue the explorers' encounter with Columbia River country. Most narratives …
The Structure of Twana Culture
This remarkable account of Washington's Twana Indians contains the most complete body of information compiled on any Native American group in the southern coast Salish region. The …