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Saints or Sinners? Characters of Pacific County: Mr. Stupp: Impudence and ignorance so glaring and profound

From 1863 when it was created until 1957 when it consolidated with Ocean Park School District, Oysterville School…

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Saints or Sinners? Characters of Pacific County: Peter Jordan’s career got off to an explosive start

Peter Jordan arrived in South Bend in 1875. He was 15 and he had come from Ohio to…

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‘This Nest of Dangers’: The chaos of shanghaiing

“Shanghaiing” was the rowdy art of providing sailors for a wind ship, the souls needed to move the…

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Saints or Sinners? Characters of Pacific County: Lum You, sympathetic story of a hanged man

Many Chinese were living in Pacific County at the turn of the 20th century. They provided the work…

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Saints or Sinners? Characters of Pacific County: Bridget Tanger, a Willapa widow

As the cross-country train approached San Francisco in the early 1860s, Bridget Tanger, late of County Mayo, Ireland,…

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Fort Columbia Part 2: Enemies beware! This river is mined

The most interesting part of the history of Fort Columbia was learning about the submarine mines. I really…

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Saints or Sinners? Characters of Pacific County: Dr. Johnson and Mother Nippers

The late Bud Goulter (1927-2022) was a life-long resident of Oysterville and was proud that he could trace…

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Saints or Sinners? Characters of Pacific County: The mysterious disappearance of Territorial Sheriff Charles Green

Apparently, it was difficult for the Pacific County Commissioners to keep a sheriff in office during the territorial…

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Saints or Sinners? Characters of Pacific County: Annie Stout, a black sheep ancestor

My friend Faye Beaver (1884-1988) was proud of her forebears. She spoke highly of her great-grandparents, Philip and…

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Fort Columbia Part 1: Defense installation carved into Chinook Point

As a kid, I spent a lot of time exploring North Head, Fort Canby and Cape Disappointment. My…

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