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COLUMBIA: Fall 1988; Vol. 2, No. 3
Table of Contents
History Commentary 2
How much do we care?
By John McClelland, Jr.
Glory Days of Vaudeville 3
Tum-of-the-century Seattle was a hotbed of the liveliest of stage arts.
By Nancy Allison Wright
The Hawaiian Connection 10
Our ties to the islands began two centuries ago, and continue today.
By J. Richard Nokes
The Long Wait for Statehood 18
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Statehood was slow-very slow-in coming to Washington and Idaho.
By Merle Wells
Timber History in Watercolors 24
Robert Chamberlain's paintings, now on display at the
Society museum, show the colorful early history of Northwest logging.
The Year U. S. Grant Spent in Washington 26
An excerpt from a new biography.
By Charles G. Ellington
Washington Lights Up 33
Electricity's debut in the Northwest
was charged with controversy and challenge.
By Robert C. Wing
Original Governor's Mansion 40
In the Northwest's first historic preservation fight, preservation lost.
By Norman Johnston
Columbia Reviews 46
Recent books of interest on Northwest history.
Edited by Dr. Robert C. Carriker
History Album 48
Fill 'er up at the Teapot Dome.
When History Was News 49
Captain Kendrick reports on island discoveries,
Indian attacks and the fur trade.
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