History

Lives on the water: Life around the south bay was an adventure

One hundred years ago nearly everyone living in the Naselle River Valley spent a good portion of their…

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A Look Back In Time

June Happenings in History June 18, 1812 — After much debate, the U.S. Senate voted 19 to 13…

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Saints or Sinners? Characters of Pacific County: Uncle Cecil and RuthieD get hitched

My Great-Uncle Cecil, born in 1887, was the youngest of the R.H. Espy boys — 11 years younger…

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Saints or Sinners? Characters of Pacific County: Ray Hicks, a vital citizen since age 14

It must have been at the Pacific County Historical Society’s 2008 or 2009 Annual Meeting that President Steve…

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This Nest of Dangers: Changing times: The wreck of the Charles E. Falk

Historical researchers sometimes stumble into a rabbit hole and then spend a bunch of time wandering around the…

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Saints or Sinners? Characters of Pacific County: Cecelia Jane Haguet Johnson Howard

Cecelia “Jane” Haguet (pronounced “Hay-gay” by the family) was born in 1848 on her parents’ Donation Land Claim…

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Saints or Sinners? Characters of Pacific County: Isaac and Mary Ann Whealdon

Isaac Whealdon of Freeport, Ohio was an orchardist, a blacksmith, a fiddle player, and a good Quaker. Sometime…

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Saints or Sinners? Characters of Pacific County: Isaac Alonzo Clark

I’ve always thought that the historical record has given I.A. Clark a bad rap. Or maybe not bad…

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A Look Back In Time

May Happenings in History May 5, 1865: Decoration Day was first observed in the United States, with the…

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Saints or Sinners? Characters of Pacific County: Joel Munson

There seem to be a great many stories about the early days here in Pacific County that involve…

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