In Days Gone By

In July 2024, we published a two-part story regarding the history of Lake Ballinger and the Nile Shrine. In the previous article, we referenced that the Nile Shrine has owned land...

In an article from Aug. 23, 2024, which you can read here, we explored what life was like in Pacific Northwest logging camps in the late 1800s. This article...

Part 2 of 2 parts. You can read part 1 here. In part 1, we reviewed the history of Scriber Lake and the introduction of the Wilcox family to the...

Foreword: In July 2019, historian Betty Lou Gaeng penned an article titled Lynnwood’s Peter Schreiber and Scriber Lake for My Neighborhood News Network. Betty’s article recounted Peter Schreiber receiving a...

As explained in Part I, which you can read HERE, the following list of 21 words or phrases are some of the terms that I found unusual or rarely...

In September 2023, I wrote two articles regarding antiquated words from 1900 to 1920 which you can read HERE. Similarly in researching various subjects in the 1930s and 1940s, I...

On Saturday morning, the Meadowdale Community Club hosted an open house that drew approximately 100 interested individuals. Since the early 1950s, the Meadowdale Community Club's facilities have been utilized...

  Forms of gingerbread as we know it have been baked for centuries.  Ginger’s medicinal properties were recognized more than 5,000 years ago and ginger was often grounded and used...