By Mark Derricott, Editor It is not often that the present so starkly meets the past, but it is actually happening this year. Two relatively recent developments have compellingly confirmed this development. Most of you are familiar with the first: our own Deborah Ross’s book, Konrad and Albertina, which reconstructs the lives of several individuals…
By: Allen Miller with assistance from Professor Emeritus Norman J. Johnston, Ralph Munro, and Leavitt White A century ago, on both coasts of America, the curtain of history was about to go up on a transcontinental drama still being played out today. In the West the setting could be found on a bluff above the…
Mark Foutch, President, Olympia Historical Society Your Olympia Historical Society is enjoying an interesting and productive year. We’ve had some new members join OHS and lots of current members renewing. And so far there’s enough cash in our tiny treasury to cover expenses. In February those attending our first General Membership meeting of 2011 heard…
