Today was the day that could I have cloned myself, I surely would have done so. Maggie was having a book party to celebrate some of those who "starred" in her latest book, The Container Victory Garden -- especially the artists and the...
It's not every day you get to visit with a legend! And it's hardly ever that you have your picture taken with one! But, in Pacific County there is no doubt whatsoever that Ray Hicks is a legend and yesterday we finally had our picture taken...
I had to chuckle a bit at someone's remark about our house a few days ago. I had written something on my blog about Oysterville needing a museum and a reader responded, "I thought your home was the Oysterville Historical Museum." It's not the...
When I ran out of reading material the other day – temporarily, until my book arrives at the library – I decided I would take a look at some the old Sou'westers… but which one? The first issue was published in 1966 and for years the Pacific County...
The following paragraphs are excerpts from a letter written on March 26, 1972 by Clarence Dolan to Katy Kimura who was then the Mayor of South Bend: I was born at Willapa in 1885. I well remember when the waterfront was lined up with saw mills and...
Every year about this time, the Pacific County Historical Society (headquarters: South Bend) holds its annual meeting in Naselle. The gathering is always timed to coincide with the American Legion Auxiliary Smorgasbord – a fabulous array of main...
The package felt like it might contain a book – a heavy book – and had been mailed to me Par Avion from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It was from Robert Danielson – a name that sounds familiar, though I don’t think I know him. Within the carefully...
Here on the Peninsula, when we talk about one approach versus another, we usually aren’t talking golf strategies or planning a sales campaign. We’re talking beach approaches – the traditional ingress/egress roadways to and from the ocean beach. At...
I’m always taken aback when someone tells me they’ve never been to the Pacific County Historical Society Museum in South Bend. Especially if the ‘someone’ purports to be a history buff! Admittedly, these are usually people who live in “South...
My publicist (PUBLICIST??? I have a publicist???) contacted me last week and said that I have a July 6th book-signing date scheduled at Pacific County Historical Society. Wow! Since most book marketing opportunities in the past have usually been...
In 1900, the South Bend Journal published a 32-page supplement called the “Pacific County Edition.” It is a treasure-trove of information about the each of the communities in our County at the turn of the last century – at least "important" in...
I’ve sung the praises of the Sou’wester many times over the years. When I’m getting background information on almost any aspect of Pacific County history, I search its pages first. Begun in 1966 by Ruth Dixon, the magazine was, for many years,...