12th Aug 2020
Harry and Clara Penny Wedding Photo

Harry and Clara Penny Wedding Photo

Harry and Clara Penny Wedding Photo This is one of my favorite antique stores finds, the 1915 wedding photo of Harry and Clara Penny of Tenino Washington. What makes it...

09th Jan 2020
January 9th – Today in Oregon History

January 9th – Today in Oregon History

January 9th – Today in Oregon History 1880 – The Great Gale devastates parts of Oregon and Washington with heavy snow and high speed winds.

01st Nov 2019
Mr. A. N. Morris and Family

Found Photo: A. N. Morris and Family

Found Photo: A. N. Morris and Family Or possibly A. M. Morris? I can’t tell for sure. This was a thrift store find that cost like a buck. The name...

28th Oct 2019
1949 - Kelso High School Student Council

Pacific Northwest Genealogy Resources – Washington

Pacific Northwest Genealogy Resources – Washington Book Name General 1906 – Waiilatpu -(Whitman College in Walla Walla) 1936 – Pioneer (Yearbook for Naches High School) 1946 – Tyee (Volume 47)...

10th Oct 2019
Capitols - State Who's Who for Oregon - 1953

Capitol’s Who’s Who for Oregon – 1953

Capitol’s “Who’s Who” For Oregon – 1953 – Combined with Who’s Who for the Western States The Who’s Who books are advertised as “Biographical Recording of the Leaders in Business,...

10th Oct 2019
Portrait and Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley Oregon - TItle Page

Portrait and Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley Oregon

Portrait and Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley Oregon Dating from 1903, and published by the Chapman Publishing Company is a short history of important people in Oregon history much...

02nd Sep 2019
Felix G Iman (about 1900)

Felix G. Iman – Stevenson Washington

Felix G. Iman – Stevenson Washington Traveling through Skamania County Recently, and stopping at the excellent Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, revealed a number of interesting local history connections. One of...

02nd Sep 2019
Iman Cemetery Entrance

Iman Cemetery

Iman Cemetery The Iman Cemetery is in Stevenson Washington. It was established near the North East Corner of the Iman Donation Land Claim in 1901 as the family plot of...

27th Jun 2017
USS LST-263 under way, October 19 1943, location unknown - Photo by David Kerr, US National Archives photo # 80-G-411655

USS Benton County (LST-263) (1943-1958)

USS Benton County (LST-263) was one of several Landing ships built during WWII, named after locations in the Pacific Northwest. Like the rest of the LST, it wasn’t directly named...

27th Jun 2015

Wheatridge Washington Ghost Town?

Name: Wheatridge Class: C2 GPS: 47.612325, -118.721406 ? Directions: There are three points of interest that seem to be part of Wheatridge. From Wilbur Washington head 7.8 miles south on...

Telford Washington, Central Washington Agricultural Ghost Town

Name: Telford Class: H2 GPS: 47.694141, -118.407965 Directions: Head west along US Highway 2 from Davenport Washington. At 13 miles take a left on to Telford Road. The town was...

30th May 2015
Ghost Towns of Washington

Farmer Washington

Name: Farmer Class: C2 GPS: 47.612752, -119.813885 Directions: From Wenatchee head north along US Route 2 which parallels the Columbia River. At the town of Orondo Route 2 takes a...

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