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A Valley’s Loss of Innocence

Posted on December 9, 2019 by jpkenna

When my wife and two young daughters and I moved into valley of the South Fork of the Nooksack River in the early 80s, we thought we’d bought into a little slice of heaven. This was rural Western Washington state … Continue reading →

Posted in farming, history, nostalgia, rural life, social criticism | Tagged Acme Washington, Bellingham Wash., DNA sampling, Mandy Stavik, Nooksack River, South Fork Valley, Stavik murder, unsolved crime, Whatcom County | 1 Comment

A Day Trip to New Whatcom

Posted on January 22, 2015 by jpkenna

In May of 1898, 16-year-0ld Mike Scanlon travels west from New Jersey to meet up the with his brother Jimmy in Skagway, Alaska, to work on building the White Pass & Yukon Railway. The brief war taking place in … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Populism, Socialism, Utopian Movement, writing | Tagged Bellingham Wash., Brotherhood of Co-operative Commonwealth, Chuckanut Bay, Fairhaven Wash., Klondike gold rush, New Whatcom Wash., Panic of 1893, Puget Sound, San Juan Islands, Skagway Alaska, Spanish-American War, Utopian colonies, White Pass & Yukon Railway, Yukon | Leave a comment

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