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Federal Documents for Everyday Living - 2015 Winter Holidays
Glory of Trees
“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.” ― John Muir James Ellenwood and his co-authors have created a magnificent book, The National individual tree species atlas (Fort Collins, CO: United States Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team, [2015]) This reference volume covers each tree species in the United States and precisely where each species is likely to grow and not grow.
Dispatches from the Newport Miner, 1907-08
From the Desk of Marlys Rudeen - Former Washington Deputy State Librarian
Let’s take a look at Newport in the early part of the 20th century through the lens of the local newspaper. Front page news articles focus on the shipping, mining and lumber industries that provide the life blood for Newport and its surrounding areas, and on the railroads that allow that lifeblood to flow freely.
The lives of the residents are usually chronicled further back in the paper.
Federal Documents for Everyday Living: Thanksgiving
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