Junius Rochester, whose family has shaped the city for many generations, is an award-winning Northwest historian and author of numerous books about Seattle and other places.
Historian Bernard DeVoto described this real estate deal (the purchase of western land from Napoleon) as "one of the most important events in world history."Â America doubled its size at the stroke of a pen.
Chief William Meredith moved against Considine's practice of having girls cadge drinks from customers. Parlaying his considerable political influence, Considine managed to force Meredith's resignation.
The Northern Pacific intended its Tacoma hotel to be one of the world's grand chateaux. After a fire, it was converted to Stadium High School with its grand athletic field.
About the famous "Waiting for the Interurban" in Fremont, Rich suggested that his somber, patiently-waiting passengers represent a kind of protest "of what automobiles have done to our urban scene."
Yesterday's Port Ludlow was an important Chemakum Native village and burial site. Later it became one of the Pacific Northwest's largest sawmills. Today it has evolved into a luxury resort.
After leaving the confluence of the Snake and Columbia Rivers in October 1805, near today's Pasco, Washington, the intrepid explorers marveled at "the number of dead salmon on the shores and floating in the river."
There is an abandoned U.S. Army fort, one of two in our state (the other is Fort Walla Walla) that were constructed to "protect" white settlers in the 1850s and 1860s. Its name is Fort Simcoe.