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Saints or Sinners? Characters of Pacific County: ‘Our home is not for sale’
Neilsine Frederiksen (1866-1890) As young Neilsine Lauritzen waited in New York City to board the westbound train, she…
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Saints or Sinners? Characters of Pacific County: Ed Loomis, too-often overlooked pioneer
Edwin H. Loomis (1825-1889) The Loomis name is one of the most prominent among the annals of Pacific…
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Saints or Sinners? Characters of Pacific County: Pacific County’s ‘First Lady’
Jane Adams (1821 or 1822? to 1897 or 1901?) Jane Belknap Fiester arrived in Pacific County in 1849…
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Saints or Sinners? Characters of Pacific County: The sad tale of a disturbed judge
Miles Standish Griswold Miles Standish Griswold (1821-1906) had a long and productive life, much of it spent in…
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‘This Nest of Dangers’: The horrid wreck of the Rosecrans
“Shortly after 5 o’clock on the morning of Jan. 7, 1913, during the prevalence of a heavy gale…
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Maritime writer helps preserve cannery history: Marsh created unique museum
ASTORIA — Maritime writer Peter Marsh describes himself as someone who is often “in the right place at…
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Big job: Maintaining the jetties
The Columbia River Bar is a notoriously dangerous place to navigate. Its constantly shifting sandbars and unpredictable currents…
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Saints or Sinners? Characters of Pacific County: Trees too ‘bige’ for houses
John Marshall In the late 1850s, times were “dull” back home in Rossville, Staten Island, and John Marshall…
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Saints or Sinners? Characters of Pacific County: Out of tragedy came the Kimball Kids
By the time of the 1860 Census, all but the youngest of the five Kimball children were living…
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Saints or Sinners? Characters of Pacific County: The Christmas Dinner Culprit 1902
As told by Aunt Dora:I believe the events in “the roast story” occurred during my mother’s childhood, perhaps…
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