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Some insight into the life of Thomas Frost
Last week, I began planning the first full episode of the Washington, Our Home, video series and I decided the creation and exploration of the Willamette Meridian would be a good first start. To begin with, as I asked in a previous blog post, I had to learn why in the world someone in the mid-1800′s … Continue reading
Categories: Ocean, Puget Sound, Western Washington
Tags: Boston, Bureau of Land Management, Charles Wilkes, Edward Gibson, General Land Office, George Vancouver, Google, Homesteaders, Indiana, James Tilton, Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra, Kelly, Massachusettes, Meriwether Lewis, Muckleshoot Prairie, Olympia, Oregon, Oregon Territory, Oregon Trail, Pacific Ocean, Portland, Puget Sound Meridian, Robert Gray, Thomas A. Frost, Tumwater, Union Pioneer Cemetery, Vermont, Washington D.C., Washington Territory, Willamette Meridian, William Clark
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Ft. Eaton, and the Indian War of 1856
We’re leaving for Carmel, California, tomorow to spend Christmas with my inlaws. My job today, besides packing and cleaning house, was to drop the dog off at the boarding facility. Living in Lacey, we board her at Northwind Kennels, which is just a short drive southeast on the Yelm Highway from our house. On the … Continue reading
Categories: Western Washington
Tags: Charles Eaton, Chief Leschi, DuPont, Fort Eaton, Fort Nisqually, Freedom Community, Indian War of 1856, Isaac Stevens, Kala, Lacey, Land Surveyors Association of Washington, Muckleshoot, Northwind Kennels, Oregon, Point Defiance, Portland, Puget Sound, Ruston, Seattle, Tacoma, Treaty of Medicine Creek, Walla Walla, White River Massacre, Willamette Meridian, William Ives, Yelm Highway
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