History
History Forum meeting Jan. 2
OYSTERVILLE — The Long Beach Peninsula has long been a place of both inspiration and sanctuary for artists ...
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A Look back in Time
December Happenings in History Dec. 19, 1732 — Benjamin Franklin first published Poor Richard’s Almanac, containing weather predictions, ...
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Saints or Sinners? Characters of Pacific County: ‘Roses in December,’ a teacher recalls pioneer villages
Ida (Venter) Sparks 1867-1964 Author’s Note: It isn’t often that we get an opportunity to “hear” from one ...
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Perils of lighthouse keeping: From toxic metal to lightning, a job took its toll
For hundreds of years, lighthouse keepers were essential to ensuring maritime safety across the United States, tending to ...
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“This Nest of Dangers”: As crab season nears, remembering the Triumph-Mermaid disaster
It is a fact of fishing life that those who go out to catch Dungeness crab must do ...
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Georgetown: Indian village in NW Pacific County
In 1855, Shoalwater Bay chiefs refused to sign the Chehalis River Treaty, believing it gave them too small ...
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Saints or Sinners? Characters of Pacific County: Chief Charley: Staunch defender of his people
Chief George Allen Charley 1864 – 1935 George Allen Charley was born in 1864 in Bruceport — a ...
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Learned About Lincoln
Learned About Lincoln The following is an excerpt from Bertha Allison Tompkin’s book, Frontier Schoolteacher. The incident she ...
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This Nest of Dangers: The elegant Erria goes up in flames
Five days before Christmas 1951, at 2:30 in the morning, Astorians awoke to find an elegant vessel out ...
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In memory of Charley and Deane Nelson: A love story
Editor’s Note: The following was written some years ago as a tribute to Charley and Deane Nelson, pioneer ...