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Saints or Sinners? Characters of Pacific County: President or carrot grower, L.D. Williams was a good man
L.D. Williams 1853 — 1944 Lewis David Williams (always called “Grandpa“ by his family and “L.D.” by everyone ...
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Julia Butler Hansen House earns national status
CATHLAMET — The Julia Butler Hansen House, the oldest house in Cathlamet and Wahkiakum County, has been listed ...
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Gordy’s sloth featured in Seattle port video: A favorite Observer story receives a fresh audience
Chinook Observer story about Gordy and his giant sloth Gordy Simmons obituary One of the most fun stories ...
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Saints or Sinners? Characters of Pacific County: Famous ‘racing sailor’ and oysterman
Hon. Peter Wallace Stuart aka Capt. Wallace Stewart 1863-1911 Peter Wallace Stewart (sometimes spelled Stuart) was born at ...
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Saints or Sinners? Characters of Pacific County: “By far the best teacher in the county’
Mrs. Brooks 1884-1925 There is precious little information available about Anna E. Brooks beyond the fact that my ...
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First world flight: Northwesterners had the right stuff
The Wright brothers, Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, Chuck Yeager — the big names of 20th-century aviation in America ...
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Saints or Sinners? Characters of Pacific County: The sheriff who sparked a Pacific County killing
Marion D. Egbert 1844 — 1916 Marion Dallas Egbert was a “law and order” man. Information about him, ...
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Remembering…
I remember Mrs. Wood. She was a friend (or perhaps more of an acquaintance) of my grandmother’s — ...
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Saints or Sinners? Characters of Pacific County: A good life overly seasoned with tragedy
Elizabeth Lambert Wood 1871 — 1962 Elizabeth was the eighth child of Clementine Miller and Joseph Lambert, both ...
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Saints or Sinners? Characters of Pacific County: Kindly couple at the heart of Oysterville
Minnie and Bert Andrews (1884-1952) (1886 -1961) In my earliest memories of Oysterville, the road out to the ...