Although Asahel Curtis earned his living as a commercial photographer, his major focus was outside the camera lens. He had an enduring passion for Mount Rainier, climbing its spectacular heights on mu
In 1906, speaking from a homemade soapbox near Times Square, 16-year-old Elizabeth Gurley Flynn stopped traffic on a Saturday night. Broadway producer David Belasco became so impressed he wanted to pu
A nationally recognized leader in library development and automation, Maryan Reynolds worked for the Washington State Library for over 30 years. In this text, she presents a history of that library fr
Chasing dreams of a governorship, two viable and sophisticated candidates---Dino Rossi and Christine Gregoire---ran for Washington's top statewide post on November 2, 2004. The election resulted in a
Taflinger's memoir, originally written for her children, is an account of French family life and a child's, and then a girl's, growing up in that warmth and security. At age twelve, her prospects dark
In mid-1900s Washington, most orchardists grew apples for the fresh fruit trade, and had little access to markets for their low-grade leftovers. Immense piles of culls were left to rot or dumped into
This study looks at marriages between Native American Salish women and white pioneer men in Puget Sound in the 1800s, showing how these cross-cultural marriages contributed to peace between whites
"Mexican Americans/Chicana/os/Chicanx form a majority of the overall Latino population in the United States. In this collection, established and emerging Chicanx researchers diverge from the disciplin
The 22 essays in this collection were originally presentations given during the conference on Civility and Democracy in America held in Spokane, Washington in March 2011. They address the complicated
Founded in 1892, the Butte, Anaconda & Pacific Railway carried tons of copper ore just 26 miles from Butte Hill, Montana to smelters in Anaconda. In this text, Mutschler (history, Eastern Washingt
In this memoir, Seattle journalist and city council member Jean Godden describes milestones in the development of the city, from 1962 through 2016. In brief vignettes, she describes her observation
