Archives Spotlight: Weird headstones of Washington

February 23, 2018 Secretary of State's Office

The Washington State Archives comes across some strange findings, and we truly embrace the state’s oddities. You should see us around Halloween. Recently, one of our researchers came across a series of weird headstones in Washington. We suppose the families would be ok if you chuckle. Perhaps that’s what they would’ve wanted. A sample of our findings: 5 Bratty Kids Done Her In Coy B. Shillinger, who is buried at Green Hills Memorial Cemetery in Burlington, Skagit County, lived to…

Saloons Only Serve the Worst Appetites of Men

May 31, 2012 Secretary of State's Office

From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: Found at random in The Journal (Burlington, Washington), Sept. 27, 1900, page 1, top of the fold: Another Saloon “The question of another saloon in Burlington has been quite freely discussed among our citizens during the past week, since it had been reported that property had been purchased and arrangements made for the establishment of another liquor dispensary. From all that can be learned…

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