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A Look Back In Time: Laurel’s dramatic wreck draws gasps
June Happenings in History June 3, 1937 — The Duke of Windsor married Wallis Warfield Simpson in Monts, ...
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A Look Back In Time: Recalling times of Vaudeville, steamers and Camp Morehead
May Happenings in History May 5, 1865: Decoration Day was first observed in the U.S., with the tradition ...
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A Look Back In Time: Fritters and shipwrecks
April Happenings in History April 3, 1860 – In the American West, the Pony Express service began as the ...
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‘This Nest of Dangers’ : The Sea King disaster: Day of ‘extraordinary heroism’ and blunders
U.S. Coast Guard at Cape Disappointment In January 1991 a ceremony was planned for Cape Disappointment, marking the ...
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Editor’s Notebook: News nuggets from the 1870s recorded in newsprint
Knowing gold nuggets when you see them is the mark of a skilled historian, and there’s no better ...
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April 2 History Forum features ‘Show and Tell’
Grandpa’s shaving mug? Great Aunt Susie’s corset? The pitcher and basin that were in the guest bedroom at ...
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‘This Nest of Dangers’: ‘Hell-for-stout’ vessels to the rescue
U.S. Coast Guard at Cape Disappointment, Part 1 After the awful sinking of four boats and the death ...
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April 2 History Forum features ‘Show and Tell’
Grandpa’s shaving mug? Great Aunt Susie’s corset? The pitcher and basin that were in the guest bedroom at ...
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‘This Nest of Dangers’: ‘Hell-for-stout’ vessels to the rescue
U.S. Coast Guard at Cape Disappointment, Part 1 After the awful sinking of four boats and the death ...
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This Nest of Dangers: 1941 and a world war — Vaslav Vorovsky delivered lard to our beach
Two notable shipwrecks bracketed 1941 at the mouth of the Columbia River. The first involved a Russian ship ...