Junius Rochester

Locally, the debate over Smith's book became so acrimonious (shades of today's attack on "woke" academies) that several state legislators in 1915 introduced an amendment to a University Appropriations Bill abolishing Smith's department.

Upon entering the University of Washington Anderson's natural speed and athletic ability impressed the famous track and field coach Clarence S. "Hec" Edmondson. 

Allegedly based on several characters from his hometown of Weston, Oregon -- the fictional town in Oregon Detour was called "Creston" -- the book caused something of a scandal in Oregon.

When the plan was underway, $200,000 was to be delivered within five days. The police and F.B.I. were of course notified.

A sudden substitution of the name of Washington replaced "Columbia" in Congress, and the name of the new territory stuck.

In time, the great western lands and waters attracted Nordics to familiar professions: dairying, logging, fishing, mining, and village businesses. During the late 1880s Scandinavians found their way to the Pacific Northwest.

Rich Berner served as the first head of the University of Washington Archives and Manuscripts Division.

An 1853 edition of the Columbian, the newspaper of record at that time, reported that "fourteen sawmills" were in operation on Puget Sound, most of them run by waterpower from nearby streams and rivers.

By the early 1920s Alonzo Victor Lewis's fame was recognized throughout the Pacific Northwest and beyond.  His mostly somber herculean statues loomed in many parks, nooks and street-corners. 

The Denny-Terry-Lander deeds stipulated that the 10-acre site downtown on Universty Street was to be dedicated forever to educational purposes.  That stipulation was met.