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Docs, photos of first WA territorial prison top Archives poll

Docs, photos of first WA territorial prison top Archives poll

Seatco Prison, near present-day Bucoda. (Photo courtesy Washington State Archives) Nowadays, it seems like anything about prison is hot. First, there’s the TV series “Orange Is the New Black.” And, OK, now you have documents about Washington’s first territorial prison capturing the June edition of the Archives Treasures poll. Is that a trend or what? The docs and photos related to the Seatco Prison near present-day Bucoda took first place with 57 percent, easily defeating State Ferries schedule pamphlets (30…

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Archives Treasure #2: First WA territorial prison

Archives Treasure #2: First WA territorial prison

Undated photo of Seatco Prison. (Photo courtesy of Washington State Archives) Most of us are familiar with some of the corrections centers in our state: Monroe, Walla Walla and Purdy, to name a few. But what was Washington’s first territorial prison? It was located south of Olympia near present-day Bucoda. The documents related to the Seatco Prison make up the second Archives Treasure for June. The state Corrections Department has a convict record database covering 1877 to 1888. The datebase…

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