Blazing the way, by Emily Denny
Blazing the Way: Or, true stories, songs and sketches of Puget Sound and other pioneers. By Emily Inez Denny. Seattle: Rainier Printing Company, Inc. 1909. I enjoyed noticing on page 33 of this… Continue reading
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Lines by a klootchman
From the Steilacoom (Washington Territory) Puget Sound Herald, Friday, October 14, 1859, front page I reckon. This one’s what was in early 1960s pop music called an “answer song” 🙂 (If you don’t… Continue reading
Caroline Leighton, Life at Puget Sound
“Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon, and California, 1865-1881″ Boston: Lee and Shepard / New York: Charles T. Dillingham, 1884 The title and subtitle tell you… Continue reading
Potlatch Club ball invitation
The Daily Morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) Tuesday, March 27, 1888, column 3. I invite your interpretations of this text! Most of it’s quite clear. Some is new to me. — Dave Potlatch Club Ball.… Continue reading
Cruisings in the Cascades
Looking through an antiquarian bookseller’s website, I spied a neat-sounding book that was new to me. They wanted a shocking price, but Google Books had it as a free ebook 🙂 Turns out… Continue reading
A trip to Metaline
To paraphrase Daniel Johnston, have you been to Metaline? If you had visited that mining camp on the BC border in Washington’s first year of statehood, you might have found Chinook Jargon useful.… Continue reading
Bella Coola Courier, May 31, 1913
The Bella Coola [BC] Courier, May 31, 1913: This newspaper issue carries a vivid full-front-page narrative of Empire Day celebrations at the Indian reserve in Bella Coola, British Columbia. Lots of interesting 100-year-old… Continue reading
‘Stick Indian’ shows ‘As It Happens’ how we roll…the tape
While doing other chores, my ears pricked up this evening hearing CBC Radio’s ‘As It Happens’ program. The host was saying ‘We contacted Sylvia Minthorn’ about something or other–and I thought, well now,… Continue reading
Taylor Ikt, Taylor Mokst, Taylor Klone and Taylor Lakit
In the [Port] Alberni [BC] Advocate of February 27th, 1914, on page 2, column 1, is an item titled “Kew Flagstaff”. Alberni Advocate 02 27 1914 – Taylor Ikt Mokst Klone Lakit It deals… Continue reading
From Copenhagen to Okanogan, part 1
Part 1 of a multi-part blog post… “From Copenhagen to Okanogan” by U[lrich] E[nglehardt] Fries, 2nd printing published 1951 by Caxton Printers of Caldwell, Idaho. It’s one of my favorite books for quotations… Continue reading