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Historic Washington women: Adele Ferguson and Nancy Evans

Historic Washington women: Adele Ferguson and Nancy Evans

One was so well-known (and feared) by lawmakers and others around the Capitol Campus that you could refer to her by just her first name. The other became the youngest first lady in state history, and is credited with resurrecting a “drafty old” Governor’s Mansion. They are legendary Bremerton Sun reporter and columnist Adele Ferguson and beloved former first lady Nancy Evans, wife of three-term Gov. Dan Evans. Both women were subjects of Legacy Washington biographies and oral histories written…

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50 years after his first inaugural, Oly honors Dan Evans

50 years after his first inaugural, Oly honors Dan Evans

Dan Evans receives an ovation in the House chamber when he is sworn in as governor in January 1965. (Photos courtesy of Washington State Archives)   Fifty years after his first inaugural, Dan Evans received a warm welcome Wednesday at the Capitol where he once wielded power as a House leader and the state’s only governor elected to three consecutive terms.  Leaders from both parties honored Republican Evans for his work as state legislator, governor, Evergreen State College president, U.S….

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When Nixon visited Seattle in ’68

When Nixon visited Seattle in ’68

Photo courtesy Washington State Archives 1968 was an unforgettable year: Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy were assassinated in a two-month span; the Vietnam War dominated the news and sparked bitter debate and protests, especially on college campuses; Woodstock took place (oops, that was in 1969); and astronauts flew around the moon at Christmastime (the lunar landing took place the following July). That year also was notable because it was when Republican Richard Nixon defeated Democrat Hubert Humphrey in…

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