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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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Love in Bucoda

Love in Bucoda

Territorial Era Love Story, Bucoda 1889 This one is a nice spin on an old story, but the backstory is even more unusual. This was found at random in the Centralia Daily News, August 6, 1889: THE BOY WON  In Spite of the Difficulties Placed in His Pathway  He Saw, He Loved, He Conquered, and is Rewarded, by Securing the Prize He Most Coveted.  “For a few years past there existed a feeling of warm attachment between Eli Bannse and…

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