This is the time of year where our thoughts turn to family and celebration. As we ask our neighbor to feed the cat, stop the mail for a week, pack our cars for a trip over the mountains, or head towards the airport it’s easy to forget the challenges of travel in the early days of our state’s history. With winter travel in mind we’ve compiled photographs from the collection; pictures of snowy travel by sleigh, train and automobile. So…
It might not exactly qualify as Snowmageddon. It even might not be sticking enough to make a snowball. But it’s snowing at the Capitol. The wintry white flakes started falling from the sky after 10 a.m. on New Year’s Eve, more than enough snow to terrify “First Snowflake Freakout Lady” from one of those funny PEMCO ”Northwest Profile” radio ads. Whether it lasts until Tuesday’s arrival of 2013 remains to be seen.
The new year started off with a bang. On 1/11/11 we hosted Library Snapshot Day at the Washington Corrections Center for Women. The day really highlighted who we are and what we do everyday. Inmates had their photos taken in the library and were told how their friends and families could access their pictures on Facebook. Jump to March and the hot issue became library expansion. Laura and I met with our Associate Supt to talk about expanding the library…
From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: This entertaining bit of creative thinking was covered by the Leavenworth Echo, March 25, 1904, page 3: WEDNESDAY’S FIRE SECOND THIS YEAR G.S. Merriam’s House and J.H. Mitchell’s Household Goods a Total Loss SNOW BALLS SAVED THE HOUSE Mrs. H.A. Anderson’s Lodging House Saved by Heroic Work “As if to show how utterly this town is at the mercy of the elements, and…
Snow is still falling on the Capitol Campus this morning, providing a light dusting on the dome of the Legislative Building.
Winter weather is on its way. Or so says the National Weather Service: Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Seattle WA 3:58 pm PST Sun Nov 14 2010 A change to much colder conditions is possible Friday into next weekend… Cold air is expected to develop over western Canada during the upcoming week. There are strong indications that changes in the wind flow aloft toward the end of the week will allow some of this colder air over western Canada…