One of the most infamous episodes in Washington State Ferry System history began with a typical run out of Anacortes, late one Sunday afternoon in October 1983.
That same collection of smells has been around for at least the past several decades. But what did Seattle smell like a hundred years ago or even two hundred years ago?
Back in the 1970s, a young couple compiled a unique marine atlas of Northwest waters. The book is still in print, and it still stands out from similar navigation books published over the years for recreational boaters in Washington and British Columbia.
Wildfire season is here, and though – knock on tinder-dry wood – the Puget Sound area has not yet seen the flames and smoke of previous summers, there’s no question that conditions could shift at any moment, as they have so many times over the decades.
The little Elephant Car Wash sign may be made an official city landmark next week – but some local businesses that didn’t have neon had memorable jingles and slogans instead, and many endure as “audio landmarks.”
When the City of Kirkland published a document last week about the Native American history of that part of King County, one local historian wasn’t very happy.
Neighbors of Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) in Parkland on Tuesday night, June 21 chalked up two victories in their continuing battle to save the old 1908 Parkland School - which PLU owns and wants to demolish.
The next time you’re approaching the international border, imagine for a moment you were bouncing along a gravel runway across the 49th parallel at the controls of your Cessna.
More than 120 years ago – long before the Ballard Locks changed the shape of Seattle’s future – an ambitious entrepreneur dug a canal from Elliott Bay to Beacon Hill in an attempt to connect Puget Sound and Lake Washington . . . or DID he?!?! Cue the “Unsolved Mysteries” music and alert Robert Stack […]
News broke late last week in Port Townsend that the community's beloved historic movie palace - the Rose Theatre - is up for sale. Since then, potential buyers have been lining up to "audition" for their chance to buy the one-of-a-kind cinema.
It doesn’t have the cachet of Route 66, and it’s not as scenic as the Pacific Coast Highway – but US 395 in the Evergreen State has its own underappreciated history and a certain amount of distinctive charm.
Everybody knows Smokey Bear is the national mascot for wildfire prevention. However, a few years before Smokey came on the national scene, Governor Clarence Martin right here in the Evergreen State launched the “Keep Washington Green” campaign in May 1940.
