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Seattle native Benjamin Lukoff is a freelance writer and editor. He's been interested in local history since the age of six, when his father bought him 'Pig-Tail Days in Old Seattle' at the MOHAI gift shop.

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Washington state turns 120 on November 11, 2009

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Via the Seattle PostGlobe — Washington state turns 120 on November 11, 2009, and the blog of the Office of the Secretary of State has posted a...
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Seattle's boulevard street signs are turning brown

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My latest piece in Crosscut.com is on the recent addition of white-on-brown street signs to Seattle's inventory. They are meant to mark our network of...
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October is Washington State Archives Month

I just got an e-mail from the Washington State Historical Society and Museum announcing that this October is the third annual Archives Month in the...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer archives tossed? and other bad news in the world of local history

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My latest piece at Crosscut.com is on how, according to a story in the last print edition of the Seattle P-I, "documents and sacred records that...
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Did Seattle mayor Greg Nickels sink the schooner Wawona? Joe Follansbee thinks so

As noted the other day, Seattle's historic schooner Wawona will soon be no more, and left South Lake Union for good yesterday.Today on Crosscut.com,...
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Historical photos replaced by advertising on Washington State Ferries

Chuck Taylor notes on Seattle Post-Times that the historical photos of their respective namesakes that used to hang on the walls of Washington State...
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Washington's oral history Legacy Project launches with profile of Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic

Last August, I noted the creation of Washington state's Legacy Project, being run by oral historian and veteran journalist John C. Hughes. The Seattle...
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Governor proposes merger of Washington State History Museum and Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture

Washington State History Museum, Tacoma. Photo by Flickr user romulusnr under Creative Commons license The Seattle Times is reporting that Governor...
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King County Fair saved from budget axe, to have a 146th year after all

I noted last month that the King County Fair was in danger of being shut down after 145 years because of the $93,000,000 Ron Sims needed to cut from...
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Marriage equality in Washington state

Seattle was one of the many cities across the country which held a protest on November 15 against the passage of California's Propsition 8 and for...
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