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Longtime leader Karen Fraser profiled in new Legacy Washington exhibit

Longtime leader Karen Fraser profiled in new Legacy Washington exhibit

A profile of Karen Fraser of Olympia, who served in the Washington State Legislature for 28 years, is the latest chapter in Legacy Washington’s overview of 1968 “The Year that Rocked Washington.” The profile — part of an exhibit that will open Sept. 13 at the State Capitol — is now online. Change was in the air. Everywhere. It was the year when Vietnam, civil rights, women’s liberation, and conservation coalesced — and a year when tragedy led the 6 o’clock…

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July Archives treasure #1: N. Cascades Highway documents

July Archives treasure #1: N. Cascades Highway documents

(A 1921 photo of the Cascade wagon road near Marblemount. Part of the WSDOT Photo Collection. Photo courtesy of Washington State Archives.) Sure, a drive over Stevens Pass or Snoqualmie Pass is very scenic, but you really haven’t experienced the Cascade Range in all of its majestic glory until you’ve traveled on the North Cascades Highway. Part of State Route 20, this highway opened in September 1972, nearly 80 years after the Washington Legislature first hatched the idea for a…

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