Vancouver's Centennial

"Preparations are under way for an appropriate celebration of Vancouver's centennial birth-year. The whole State of Washington should be interested as Vancouver is the oldest continuous home of white men in the State.

History of the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851

"California has had a history quite as dramatic and colorful as that of any other State in the Union. The frenzy and excitement following the great gold rush of 1849 called into being the Vigilance Committee of 1851.

The Congress-Captain Cook Falsehood

"One of the most persistent falsehoods relating to the Continental Congress declares that Congress ordered the capture of Captain James Cook… during the War for American Independence.

Newspapers of Washington Territory

"As Washington Territory was one of the last of the American frontiers, it is natural that the frontier newspaper service should be found here in the fullness of flower in the two-score years from 1850 to 1890… Some of those papers were pitifully young at the time of their deaths or absorption by a stronger rival. Still it is comforting to believe that, in the surging of the great human tide, each of them rendered service during its day, be that day brief or long.

The Pioneer Association of the State of Washington

"This issue of the Washington Historical Quarterly...is planned as a tribute to the pioneers of Washington…In the same spirit, this article has been prepared about the State organization of pioneers.