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BACK WHEN: The history of the Port Angeles fire truck
WE CAN BE so busy with life that we do not see treasures near us. I am reminded…
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BACK WHEN: 100 years of automobile history on the Peninsula
SOMETIMES WE FORGET just how much things change. Our surroundings are always changing. Our lives are changing. Our…
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BACK WHEN: Olympic Peninsula history shows the danger of vigilantism
SOME PEOPLE ARE known by your local community to be the sources of recent crimes. What do you…
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BACK WHEN: A guidebook to a Peninsula of days gone past
LET’S BEGIN WITH a Jeopardy question. “This book is filled with trivial information.” Answer, “What is the Hand-Book…
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BACK WHEN: Jail break on the Olympic Peninsula
THE STORIES OF life and crime can take many twists and turns. In 1922, a planned robbery at…
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BACK WHEN: Olympic Peninsula’s own world boxing champion
IT IS EASY to be amazed with the athletes who participate in the fighting sports, such as MMA…
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BACK WHEN: The dangers of starting a new life in the pioneer age
LAST MONTH I wrote about Daniel Webster Pullen and his family. By 1870, Pullen had bought a trading…
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BACK WHEN: Land disputes, lawsuits part of Peninsula history
FOR THE PIONEERS of Clallam County, life was hard. Living was difficult. Getting enough food was not easy.…
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BACK WHEN: A look back at life on the Olympic Peninsula a century ago
DO YOU EVER ponder what it would be like to be living here 100 years ago? Were those…
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BACK WHEN: Well-behaved people would make for boring history
WHY CAN’T PEOPLE work out their differences? Why do things turn towards hostility so easily?
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BACK WHEN: A rose by any name? The story of Washington place names
WHAT’S IN A name? We do live in an area with many interesting names. Some of those names…
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BACK WHEN: Washington couple responded to life’s calling
WHAT IS YOUR life’s calling? Whatever it may be, that calling makes your life meaningful. People who answer…
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BACK WHEN: Love triangles, violence in the media are not new
SOMETIMES IT SEEMS the world has gone mad. The news is filled with stories of murder and mayhem.…
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BACK WHEN: Positive impact of Greek immigrants on the Peninsula
OUR AREA HAS been influenced by many people. Those people are not simply limited to the United States…
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BACK WHEN: The history of a strange profession — sin eaters
“AND NOW, FOR something completely different.”
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BACK WHEN: Part 2: ‘Lady of the Lake’ murder mystery
LAST MONTH, I gave you Part 2 of the “Lady of the Lake” murder mystery. The mysterious body…
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BACK WHEN: Part 2: “The Lady of the Lake” murder mystery
LAST MONTH I started telling the story surrounding the “Lady of the Lake.” A woman’s body had been…
Life
BACK WHEN: The true crime story of a 1940 Peninsula murder
SOMETIMES THE TREASURES you come upon are quite interesting. A while back, I was looking through an old…
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BACK WHEN: The story of the Tonquin and Lieutenant Thorn
WHEN I WAS a young teenager, my uncle, Dr. Harlan McNutt, told me the story of the Tonquin.…
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BACK WHEN: The first church of Port Angeles
PORT ANGELES DOES not have a long history, relatively speaking.