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May 25, 2013

11 Years After 9/11

September 11, 2012 by Carol Yates Wilkerson

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I’m not in the habit of getting up early in the morning. I don’t know what made me get up early the morning of September 11, 2001 either. Maybe it was my husband getting ready for work and making enough noise to creep in to my unconscious state. In any case, it was not my [...]

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1983 Article By Mike Contris – Olympian Newspaper Columnist

August 27, 2012 by Carol Yates Wilkerson

Mike Appreciated My Dad’s Remembrances Of Old Bordeaux, WA This may be a repeat post, but I couldn’t find a previous one in my blogs, so I’m sharing the article by former Olympia, WA columnist Mike Contris again. As you can see it was first published in 1983. The reason I’m sharing it is because [...]

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Railroad Service From Bordeaux To Seattle Connected With Chicago, Milwaukee, St Paul and Pacific Line

December 28, 2011 by Carol Yates Wilkerson

Washington State Railroads and Lumber Mills Today, I received an interesting vintage postcard from a new friend who had found it on Ebay. Postmarked 10 May 1915, it was a confirmation from the Mumby Lumber and Shingle Company of Bordeaux, Washington sent to George F. Nilder (or Hilder), a representative of the Chicago, Milwaukee and [...]