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Ellensburg, One By One
On the eve of the second World War in 1941, Ellensburg city engineer and amateur photographer Fred L. Breckon began a multi-year pursuit documenting men and women of his town through his camera's lens. An astoundingly ambitious project, Breckon made many of these photographs during his lunch break on the sidewalks of downtown Ellensburg.
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New digital collection: Prosser Heritage
2011/2012 Washington Rural Heritage Grants Awarded
"This glorious natal day" - Independence Day in the Washington Territory
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Lyman Cutlar Shoots A Boar
On June 15, 1859, Lyman Cutlar, an American settler on San Juan Island, shot a pig he found rummaging through his vegetable garden. That pig happened to belong to the British settlers of Hudson's Bay Company, and they were none too pleased to hear the news. Tensions were already riding high, and this squabble ignited a 10-year dispute aptly named the Pig War.
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