Looking Back’s theme for 2025 features Thurston County area photographers, artists, and their subjects. This photograph by Olympia photographer Alonzo Bixby Woodard is of James Tilton Pickett, the son of Confederate General George Pickett, and Sâkis Tiigang, a Haida woman. This photograph was taken when James was attending Union Academy in Olympia. James later attended art school and was a talented painter. Image selected and captioned by Deborah Ross on behalf of the Olympia Historical Society and Bigelow House Museum, https://olympiahistory.org.