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All Over The Map: KIRO Newsradio’s junior high/middle school fight song challenge
We're on a mission to collect recordings of as many Puget Sound area junior high school fight songs as possible to celebrate our alma maters.6 days ago
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Kirkland’s rich history comes to life in the annual cemetery tour
The Eastside city's origin story will come up a lot during this year's annual history tour of Kirkland Cemetery.12 days ago
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Exclusive: Grassroots preservation campaign saves Parkland School
Members of the Parkland Community Association announced Friday that the group has officially assumed ownership of historic Parkland School.19 days ago
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History only deepens community love for Kirkland’s ‘mystery cottage’
A former neighbor shared some additional history and backstory of the "mystery cottage" in Kirkland's newest public park.26 days ago
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Darth Vader, Ban Roll-On, Sinking Ship and other Seattle building nicknames
They rarely make it onto maps or on the fancy signage out front, but Seattle has its fair share of buildings with well-known nicknames.1 month ago
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History means it’s Seattle vs. Seattle this weekend in Milwaukee
Everybody knows that the Milwaukee Brewers team is really the Seattle Pilots in disguise.2 months ago
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Boeing slogan – if it’s not history, it’s a mystery
It’s also a slogan that’s been twisted around lately to express a meaning which is the opposite of what its original iteration had proudly proclaimed.2 months ago
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When Washington and Oregon used vinyl records to attract tourists
In March 1966, Pacific Northwest Bell issued something called a “Tourist Trapper Kit” with maps and brochures and a 7-inch vinyl record replete with audio enticements for visiting the Northwest.3 months ago
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‘Garbage Goat,’ ‘Governor Evidence’ mark 50 years post-Spokane Expo ’74
The 50th anniversary of Expo '74 will be celebrated in Spokane with a series of events throughout the spring and summer.3 months ago
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History hidden within NOAA’s ‘Inland Water Wind Reports’
The handful of spots along the shores of the Puget Sound, for which NOAA often gives windspeed reports, have their own history and charm.3 months ago
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The thousand-year-old origins of the name ‘Washington’
Here's a refresher on how the Pacific Northwest state came to be called "Washington," and the meaning of the famous of American surname.3 months ago
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Good news and bad news for two popular drive-in theatres
This week, we have a Double Feature of Pacific Northwest cinema history, with good news for one drive-in theatre and bad news for another.3 months ago
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Young aviator’s rediscovered photo albums are full of history, mystery
A Seattle family recently re-discovered a collection of photo albums that belonged to a great uncle who was a Navy flyer at Sand Point nearly 100 years ago.3 months ago
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Ryan House in Sumner named “Most Endangered”
The grassroots effort to save the historic Ryan House in the Pierce County community of Sumner just got a boost from the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation. The statewide advocacy group has added the threatened structure to its list of “Most Endangered Places” in Washington.4 months ago
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All Over The Map: Forgotten original ‘Unity’ name still inspires Ilwaco
Much of the documented history of Ilwaco is featured in a book by historian Lucille McDonald and published by Binfords & Mort in Portland in 1966.4 months ago
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All Over The Map: Meet me in … West Edge?
Here at "All Over The Map," we obsess over official names for places, and even more over the unofficial nicknames that stick – or don’t stick.4 months ago
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The origins of the only photo ever taken of Chief Seattle
Northwest historians agree about some basic facts about the photo, which was taken in 1865. How the photo came to be is sometimes a little more murky.4 months ago
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Seeking clues to the mystery cottage at Kirkland’s newest park
An iconic and mysterious roadside cottage in Kirkland now it has become part of the Eastside city’s newest public park.4 months ago
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‘National park on wheels’ seeks volunteers for Trails & Rails
A partnership between the National Park Service and Amtrak has placed volunteer interpretive guides on some routes for many years.4 months ago
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All Over The Map: Few clues in mysterious disappearance of ‘Wheeler & Murdoch’
The story of Seattle’s image influencing distant people through pop culture like film, literature, music and TV is an unfinished history.5 months ago
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Epic new folk song commemorates Northwest shipwreck and a sheep
An epic new folk song debuts this week to commemorate the spooky and sad legend of the SS Clallam, a passenger vessel which sank exactly 120 years ago.5 months ago
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Contented cows and udder holiday delights at historic Carnation Farms
Historic Carnation Farms has been a fixture in the Snoqualmie Valley for more than a century. The unique Northwest destination is open to the public on Saturday, Dec. 16, for a holiday market along with a history tour led by the company founder’s great-grandson.6 months ago
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The world’s largest hockey stick must find a new home
On Vancouver Island in British Columbia, a community that has been home for nearly 40 years to "the world's largest hockey stick" is getting ready to say goodbye.6 months ago
