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A Collection Of 59 Thorp Washington School Newspapers Between 1923 And 1933, Guy C. Smith

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Collected by 1932 Thorp High School graduate Annice L Ross, this book is a collection of the Thorp Bumblebee newspaper published by the Thorp schools.

To The Land Of Unlimited Opportunities: Finkbeiner And Gaiser Stories, Carol Finkbeiner Steinhauer

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To the Land of Unlimited Opportunities tell the storiies of the Finkbeiner and Gaiser families from the late 1700's until today.

To the Land of Unlimited Opportunities, ends with the deaths of John and Lydia Finkbeiner. This hardly ends our story. Their seven sons and daughters-in-law gave them thirty-two grandchildren, all but two reached adulthood. Sadly, their only daughter Esther passed away as a young adult in 1926. Five of the seven sons of John and Lydia became ministers of the gospel while two remained on the land and increased the size of the farm over the years. For many …

Skiing During World War Ii: Army Mountain Troops First Train On Mount Rainier, Military Personnel Learn To Ski On Snoqualmie Pass, John W. Lundin

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Relatively little has been written about the army’s experimentation with mountain troops before the U.S. entered WW II in December 1941. Beginning in late 1940, men from existing army units were stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington, and trained to ski and in winter warfare on Mt. Rainier. This article discusses that training and civilian efforts to provide winter recreation opportunities for military personnel.

Ski Lifts, Inc. Bring Tows To The Northwest, John W. Lundin

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In the fall of 1937, Ski Lifts, Inc., owned by James Parker, Chauncey Griggs and others, built rope tows at Snoqualmie Summit, Mount Rainier and Mount Baker, bringing the latest in ski technology to the northwest. Those lifts transformed local skiing, as skiers no longer had to hike up hills with skins on their skis for a short run down, but could ride to the top and take what seemed like unlimited runs throughout the day.

Winter Sports At The University Of Washington: 1934 - 1950, John W. Lundin

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An Excerpt from Early Skiing on Snoqualmie Pass Written for the Husky Winter Sports Club. Skiing at the University of Washington goes back to January 1934, when the University of Washington Ski Club formed with a membership of 100 men and women. The club developed a race course at Paradise on Mt. Rainier, rented a cabin at Paradise for the season, and formed a ski team that trained at Paradise and Snoqualmie Summit. The University Book Store ran a bus to Paradise on weekends in 1934, and in 1936, rented ski equipment and offered a bus service from Seattle to …

Skiing At Martin The Northern Pacific Stop At Stampede Pass, John W. Lundin

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Martin is a stop on the Northern Pacific Railroad at the east portal of its tunnel under Stampede Pass, going through the Cascade Mountains, named for the nearby Martin Creek. Since the 1920s, Northwest skiers took the Northern Pacific Railroad to Martin to take advantage of the deep snow that fell there. The story of skiing at Martin is virtually unknown these days, and Martin is one of the Lost Ski Areas of Washington.

Mountaineers Patrol Races At Snoqualmie Pass: A Grand Tradition Revisited, John W. Lundin

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In February 2014, the Mountaineers recreated one of the club’s grand traditions by holding the first Patrol Race since 1941, an 18.5 mile cross-country event along the crest of the Cascades between its two lodges, Snoqualmie Lodge and Meany Ski Hut at Martin near Stampede Pass. The race was variously reported to be 18, 18.5 or 20 miles long. From 1930 to 1941, three man patrol teams competed in the event that was based on military patrol races which were common in Europe. Initially the race was just for club members, but beginning in 1936, Open Patrol Races were held …

Early Skiing On Snoqualmie Pass: The Opening Of The Milwaukee Ski Bowl In The Winter Of 1938 Changed Local Skiing, John W. Lundin

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The late 1930s were exciting times for Pacific Northwest skiers. The opening of the country’s first destination ski resort in Sun Valley, Idaho in 1936, by the Union Pacific Railroad, where the chair lift was invented and first installed, changed the ski industry forever and the area attracted skiers from all over the world. Seattle newspapers regularly reported on local skiers traveling by train to Sun Valley to enjoy the attractions if this international resort.

Western Washington skiing was organized around private ski clubs, and ski racing competitions were held most weekends in many areas accessible by car, including Mount …

Seattle’S Municipal Ski Park At Snoqualmie Summit 1934-1940, John W. Lundin

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The Seattle Park Board opened its Municipal Ski Park at Snoqualmie Summit in January 1934, on U.S. Forest Service land, and operated it as a park facility through the ski season of 1940. This was likely the only municipally owned and operated ski area in the country at the time. The Ski Park was made possible by the availability of federal funds under programs adopted by the Roosevelt Administration to put people back to work in the Great Depression, and reflects how skiing had grown in popularity in the Northwest by the early 1930s.

Early Days Of Skiing In The Northwest: Organized Skiing Began In Cle Elum, John W. Lundin

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This article documents early skiing in the Cle Elum area. From 1921 until 1933 the Summit Ski Club (later called Cle Elum Ski Club) held ski jumping competitions. This article also discuses the development of the Northern Pacific Railroad and discovery of coal and subsequent mining operations in upper Kittitas county.

The article's many historic pictures and memorabilia of the Cle Elum Ski Club are courtesy of the Cecelia Maybo family. These materials are now part of the Archives and Special Collections of the James E. Brooks Library at Central Washington University. The article also discusses the Ellensburg Ski Club …

Ellensburg Ski Club, John W. Lundin

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In 1921, the Cle Elum Ski Club was formed by local residents, led by John “Syke” Bresko, opening what has been called the first organized ski area west of Denver, “a skiers paradise,” that attracted between 100 - 400 locals every weekend. The Club sponsored ski races, jumping competitions, carnivals, and special contests from 1924 until 1933, attracting spectators and competitors from all over the Northwest. Northern Pacific trains provided access to Cle Elum from Seattle, Ellensburg and Yakima, and Norwegian jumpers dominated the events. Sports fans from Ellensburg attended the Cle Elum tournaments from its early years.

Sigurd Hall - Ski Racer & Mountaineer Northwest Four-Way Ski Champion A Life Tragically Ended Too Soon In The Silver Skis Race On Mt. Rainier In 1940, John W. Lundin

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Sigurd Hall was one of the Northwest’s best ski racers and mountaineers when he met his untimely death in the Silver Skis Race on Mount Rainier on April 13, 1940. Born in Norway in 1910 as Sigurd Hoel, Sigurd immigrated to the United States in 1929, to earn money to support his family, intending to stay for five years. However, stayed in this country, became a U.S. citizen in 1935, and made his skiing and mountaineering reputation in Washington State.

Sigurd Hall was first mentioned as a ski racer in the Seattle Times in 1937. Hall was a member of …

Frontiersmen Settlers & Cattle Rustlers: Pease Stories, Carol Steinhauer

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Carol Steinhauer traces the Pease family back through nine generations. Frontiersmen Settlers & Catle Rustlers: Pease Stories includes photographs, historical details, and family legends.

Liberty's Last Post Office: A Story Of A Gold Mining Camp In Washington State, Wesley C. Engstrom

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There was once a large center of activity in the Swauk Basin of upper Kittitas County. The place is called Liberty. Liberty was once the most action packed place in Kittitas County. At least it was for a while after gold was discovered in Swauk Creek. Like many gold camps the place boomed and ebbed over the years. Unlike some other places it never quite went completely bust. It came close, and fortunately for some it didn’t. It still exists today as a living ghost town.

The Liberty story has been told before in various ways. This telling of the …

My Slovak Family: Madash Stories, From Old Country To New, Carol Steinhauer

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Carol Steinhauer, a long-time resident of Bothell, Washington, is a devoted student of family history. This book gives the Madash family history as they immigrated from Slovakia to Roslyn Washington. Previously she has written Frontiersmen, Settlers, and Rustlers: the Pease Story (2014) about her maternal grandfather’s family. It is archived in the Ellensburg Library and the University of Washington Library (Pacific Northwest Special Collection). She lives with Loren Steinhauer, her husband of forty-eight years. They have two sons, two daughters-in-law, and three grandchildren. Besides family history, her interests are gardening and reading.

Whispers From The Grave: Stories Of The Evans Family And Other Early Settlers On Swauk Prairie, Wesley C. Engstrom, Mary Lou Dills

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In 1882 Jesse James Evans and his family were one of the last pioneers to follow the Oregon trail by Wagon, pulled by mules, intending to settle in the Puget Sound area. Instead they ended up joining a half-dozen or so early settlers on Swauk Prairie in Kittitas County. They sent word back to Missouri to neighbors and relatives and eventually most of the early settlers on Swauk Prairie were connected in some way to the Evans.

This book was written because an Evans family historian, Mary Lou Dills, and a local Swauk historian, Wesley Engstrom, just happened to meet …

Spirit Of Liberty: History Of A Gold Mining Camp And Its School, Wesley C. Engstrom

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This book presents the history of a school in a mining camp of the late 1800's with emphasis on preserving names of early pioneers involved in creating the school. To put the school itself in proper perspective the history of the development of the gold mines is included as well as the history of Liberty, Washington.

Redskin 1955, Cle Elum High School

Roslyn High School Yearbooks

1955 yearbook for Cle Elum High School, Cle Elum Washington.

The Mountaineer Of 1949, Easton High School

Roslyn High School Yearbooks

1949 yearbook for Easton High School, Easton Washington.

The Mountaineer Of 1948, Easton High School

Roslyn High School Yearbooks

1948 yearbook for Easton High School, Easton Washington.

Flight, Vol. 2, No. 9, Central Washington College Of Education

Flight

Flight was a student newspaper published bi-weekly by The Ellensburg Capital Printing Co., Ellensburg, Washington, for the Army Air Forces Students of the 314th College Training Detachment in cooperation with facilities of the United States Army Air Forces Public Relations. The 314th C.T.D. was activated February 19, 1943. On May 1, 1944 the 314th C.T.D. was disbanded and subsequently reactivated as the 3058th AAF Base Unit.

Flight, Vol. 2, No. 7, Central Washington College Of Education

Flight

Flight was a student newspaper published bi-weekly by The Ellensburg Capital Printing Co., Ellensburg, Washington, for the Army Air Forces Students of the 314th College Training Detachment in cooperation with facilities of the United States Army Air Forces Public Relations. The 314th C.T.D. was activated February 19, 1943. On May 1, 1944 the 314th C.T.D. was disbanded and subsequently reactivated as the 3058th AAF Base Unit.

Flight, Vol. 2, No. 6, Central Washington College Of Education

Flight

Flight was a student newspaper published bi-weekly by The Ellensburg Capital Printing Co., Ellensburg, Washington, for the Army Air Forces Students of the 314th College Training Detachment in cooperation with facilities of the United States Army Air Forces Public Relations. The 314th C.T.D. was activated February 19, 1943. On May 1, 1944 the 314th C.T.D. was disbanded and subsequently reactivated as the 3058th AAF Base Unit.

Flight, Vol. 1, No. 20, Central Washington College Of Education

Flight

Flight was a student newspaper published bi-weekly by The Ellensburg Capital Printing Co., Ellensburg, Washington, for the Army Air Forces Students of the 314th College Training Detachment in cooperation with facilities of the United States Army Air Forces Public Relations. The 314th C.T.D. was activated February 19, 1943. On May 1, 1944 the 314th C.T.D. was disbanded and subsequently reactivated as the 3058th AAF Base Unit.

Flight, Vol. 1, No. 18, Central Washington College Of Education

Flight

Flight was a student newspaper published bi-weekly by The Ellensburg Capital Printing Co., Ellensburg, Washington, for the Army Air Forces Students of the 314th College Training Detachment in cooperation with facilities of the United States Army Air Forces Public Relations. The 314th C.T.D. was activated February 19, 1943. On May 1, 1944 the 314th C.T.D. was disbanded and subsequently reactivated as the 3058th AAF Base Unit.

The 1944 Redskin, Cle Elum High School

Roslyn High School Yearbooks

1944 yearbook for Cle Elum High School, Cle Elum Washington.

Flight, Vol. 1, No. 17, Central Washington College Of Education

Flight

Flight was a student newspaper published bi-weekly by The Ellensburg Capital Printing Co., Ellensburg, Washington, for the Army Air Forces Students of the 314th College Training Detachment in cooperation with facilities of the United States Army Air Forces Public Relations. The 314th C.T.D. was activated February 19, 1943. On May 1, 1944 the 314th C.T.D. was disbanded and subsequently reactivated as the 3058th AAF Base Unit.

Flight, Vol. 1, No. 16, Central Washington College Of Education

Flight

Flight was a student newspaper published bi-weekly by The Ellensburg Capital Printing Co., Ellensburg, Washington, for the Army Air Forces Students of the 314th College Training Detachment in cooperation with facilities of the United States Army Air Forces Public Relations. The 314th C.T.D. was activated February 19, 1943. On May 1, 1944 the 314th C.T.D. was disbanded and subsequently reactivated as the 3058th AAF Base Unit.

Flight, Vol. 1, No. 15, Central Washington College Of Education

Flight

Flight was a student newspaper published bi-weekly by The Ellensburg Capital Printing Co., Ellensburg, Washington, for the Army Air Forces Students of the 314th College Training Detachment in cooperation with facilities of the United States Army Air Forces Public Relations. The 314th C.T.D. was activated February 19, 1943. On May 1, 1944 the 314th C.T.D. was disbanded and subsequently reactivated as the 3058th AAF Base Unit.

Flight, Vol. 1, No. 14, Central Washington College Of Education

Flight

Flight was a student newspaper published bi-weekly by The Ellensburg Capital Printing Co., Ellensburg, Washington, for the Army Air Forces Students of the 314th College Training Detachment in cooperation with facilities of the United States Army Air Forces Public Relations. The 314th C.T.D. was activated February 19, 1943. On May 1, 1944 the 314th C.T.D. was disbanded and subsequently reactivated as the 3058th AAF Base Unit.