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May 21, 2013

Death On The Tracks: 1903 Bordeaux Washington

September 15, 2012 by Carol Yates Wilkerson

Death On The Tracks: 1903 Bordeaux WA It was an unseasonably warm spring day in April. Blanch Philby, a mother of two toddlers was on her way to the mill to meet her husband Charles who had just been paid that day. She intended to get his paycheck and then go on to the company [...]

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Olympia Motorcycle Club Enduro circa 1938

March 2, 2009 by Carol Yates Wilkerson

Thurston County Motorcycle History Years ago I put together a shadow box for my parents of Yates memorabilia that included WWI and WWII medals for my grandfather Will Yates and my dad, William Gale Yates respectively. In that shadow box was included a little bit of Olympia Motorcycle Club history. My dad isn’t in the [...]