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Four early newspapers added to historic collection

Four early newspapers added to historic collection

(Image courtesy of Washington State Library) Today’s newspapers are moving to digital platforms, and thanks to the work of the Washington State Library and the Chronicling America program, so are many newspapers from the past. The Washington State Library is nearing completion of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP), digitizing more than 300,000 pages of historic newspapers with a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and Library of Congress. Early editions of the Northwest Enterprise (from Anacortes),…

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Yakima Herald – During the year of Statehood

Yakima Herald – During the year of Statehood

From the desk of Marlys Rudeen The year is 1889 and Washington Territory is on its way to becoming Washington State. There’s a great deal of enthusiasm for the process, and a great deal of regional competition as a constitutional convention is held along with fierce debate about which city should be the capital of the new state. While all this is going on the residents of Yakima are also devouring news from back East, local comings and goings and,…

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An Odd Story About the Odds

An Odd Story About the Odds

Random News from the Newspapers on Microfilm Collection: An Odd Story About the Odds From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: This tale of coincidence caught my eye as I was perusing through the Yakima Herald. It can be found on page 3 of the May 30, 1889 issue, less than six months before Washington became a state: The Strange Story of Dick See “The story of the arrest of Richard See,…

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