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Today's looks at the history of the Pacific Crest Trail in Washington. www.historylink.org/File/23305

Today's travels back to 1972, when President Richard M. Nixon signed Executive Order 11670, returning the eastern slopes of Mount Adams to the Yakama Nation.

President Richard M. Nixon signs Executive Order 11670, returning the On May 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon (1913-1994) signs Executive Order 11670, which directs the Secretary of Interior to assume jurisdiction over a 21,000-acre tract of land in the Gifford Pin

Today's looks at Kazuko Monica Itoi Sone (1919-2011), one of the first writers to grapple with the psychological trauma of the incarceration of Japanese Americans like herself during World War II.

Sone, Monica (1919-2011) Kazuko Monica Itoi Sone (1919-2011) was a Japanese American writer and clinical psychologist. The author of the 1953 memoir Nisei Daughter, Sone was among the first writers to grapple with the psycho

Jennifer Ott recalls our WTO roots and some of the ways Seattle has been reshaped by engineers with HistoryLink fan Paul E. Casey on the Voices of Experience podcast this week - check it out!

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Today's looks at Japanese immigration and settlement in the Yakima Valley (1890s-1941) www.historylink.org/File/23236

's looks at images of tribal forestry in Western Washington www.historylink.org/File/23301 and Eastern Washington www.historylink.org/File/23302

The story of one Duwamish family – Jimmie and Jennie Moses, their relatives and descendants – runs for more than a century through the history of Renton, where their names are still honored. www.historylink.org/File/23289

The Moses Family of Renton: Last Duwamish People on the Black River When non-Native settlers arrived on Puget Sound in the 1850s they found bands of Native Americans in residence. Those living on the inland waterways came to be known as the Duwamish. The story of one

How do we love thee, Washington? Let us count the ways…

In Chelan for the Washington Museum Association conference and gobsmacked by the beauty!

Today's looks at the history of Mount Baker, the third tallest mountain in Washington. www.historylink.org/File/23225

Congratulations Sara and Sinthu! You exceeded our wildest expectations!

For their UW MLIS (Master of Library and Information Sciences) Capstone Project, Sara Hruska and Sinthuri Sentamilselvan took a deep dive into HistoryLink’s metadata.

Their research into our website and metadata best practices has launched us forward in a huge way, as we strategize to improve our search function and make the HistoryLink user experience better.

Thank you both!!

Today's looks back at the Wheeler Osgood Company of Tacoma, once one of the largest manufacturers of doors, window sash, ornamental wood trim, and paneling on the West Coast. https://www.historylink.org/File/23145