Interesting, CC - I have been thinking Carolynn should use all that info she gathered in a book in an effort to recoup some of the money they spent for the court action. It seems there should be a lot of interest in this area of WA as it was somewhat different than Seattle and the initial discovery of Chehalis and Tumwater - and the coastal area. A lot has been written about Fort Walla Walla too which was a point on the original Oregon Trail. I think a Northwest publisher might be interested in such a book - Evelyn Huff and Patrice Shinabarger have a lot of info about that area too. I think it could be a book - I would hope they would include Pilchuck Julia and Jack. Norma Carroll H Clark wrote: > > Dear Mike & Carolynn, et al: > John Sloniker always come up with some real gems - sources of information > for us all. As I was reading through this material, I was thinking: > Wouldn't it be great if a fine writer such as these mentioned below could > be inspired somehow to find enough material of interest to write about > Old Snohomish, its pioneers, Indians, and its colorful history in such a > way that it would capture the minds of many people, not only of the area, > but in such a way that it would be interesting reading to anyone > interested in the old northwest and what these little towns were like and > how they grew. Chuck Rice captured much of those times in his writings > and he left us a Legacy of account of our early history. Carolynn and > her family gathered tons of material during their research. I have seen > samples of what Al Cooper has in his files on the Snohomish and > neighboring Indians of this area. > It just seems that all this material around us and now more concentrated > than ever should be the bases for a book that would be very well planned > and written and published for all to enjoy - one that any historian of NW > History would love to have among their collection. > I don't know what it would take to inspire such a competent writer to > tackle this job but > - though River Reflections by the Snoh. Hist. Society was an attempt, and > there is in the mill one that is supposed to be out by 2K or before about > Snohomish County as a sort of project history to supplement or "correct" > the Whitfield History of Snohomish County into "current thinking", there > is more out there re Snohomish! > There are writers around as we can see from the List below - a writer > that can write other than cold facts, or myths that have been handed > down, but material which has been researched and can be written in a > palatable form - one that really spurns the interest and flavor of the > place and times, and bring out the life blood of the characters and their > environment. > This is a dream I have, but wouldn't it be great if a dream such as this > were to come true! It could be done but it takes the right person with > the right kind of verve for writing and the ability to blow life into it. > The late Bob Humphreys, and his friend the late Loren Baker could do it > as they were historians of Everett. Where is someone who would do > Snohomish and make it live again? Writers like the ones listed below, > for example. > > Thanks a meg to John Sloniker for the information he brought to our > attention. > > Carroll, Snohomish. > > * * * 30 * * * > On Wed, 4 Nov 1998 10:57:19 -0800 (PST) PSRoots-D-request@rootsweb.com > writes: > > #4 Writers & NW History [John Wm Sloniker > ><johnwms@serv.net] > >X-Message: #4 > >Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 10:30:58 -0800 (PST) > >From: John Wm Sloniker <johnwms@serv.net> > >To: PSRoots-L@rootsweb.com > >Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02.9811041027170.14220-100000@itchy.serv.net> > >Subject: Writers & NW History > >Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > > > >Sorry I forgot to pass this on while fresh. -- jws > > > >Small-press publisher tops Governor's Writers Award list > > > >http://www.seattletimes.com/news/entertainment/html98/govs_090198.html > > > > by Donn Fry <dfry-new@seatimes.com> > > Seattle Times book editor > > > > Posted at 06:13 a.m. PDT; Tuesday, September 1, 1998 > > > > An 86-year-old small-press publisher who has kept alive the history > >of > >the Pacific Northwest through more than 60 years and 600 books heads > >the > >list of winners of the 1998 Governor's Writers Awards. > > > > Glen C. Adams has managed to do that while battling multiple > >sclerosis > >for more than half a century - the last 16 years from a wheelchair. > > > > "Well, I feel pretty flattered," Adams said of winning the Nancy > >Blankenship Pryor Award, a career-achievement honor for contributions > >to > >the literary culture of Washington state. "I knew Nancy Pryor, and she > > > >was sufficiently interested to stop by twice over the years and see > >what > >I was doing." > > > > A longtime librarian at the State Library in Olympia, Pryor was > >founder and developer of of the Washington/Northwest Room and the > >Washington authors' collection, and in 1966 she helped create the > >Governor's Writers Awards. She died in 1991, and the career award was > >named in her memory in 1992. > > > > Ten other Washington residents were named winners of the 32nd > >annual > >Governor's Writers Awards, which were announced today in Olympia by > >the > >co-sponsoring Washington State Library and the Washington Commission > >for > >the Humanities. Chosen from among the authors of more than 400 books > >published by Washington state writers during 1997, the winning writers > > > >are: > > > > -- Peter Bacho of Seattle for "Dark Blue Suit and Other Stories" > > (University of Washington Press), a short-story collection > >about > > Seattle's Filipino immigrant community. > > > > -- Bruce Barcott, a writer and editor for Seattle Weekly, for his > > book, "The Measure of a Mountain: Beauty and Terror on Mount > > Rainier" (Sasquatch). > > > > -- Teresa Bateman of Tacoma for "The Ring of Truth: An Original > > Irish Tale" (Holiday House). > > > > -- Linda Bierds, a poet who teaches at the University of > >Washington, > > for her collection, "The Profile Makers: Poems" (Henry Holt). > > > > -- Chief Lelooska, who died in 1996, an expert on Northwest Coast > > Indian art from Ariel, Cowlitz County, for "Echoes of the > >Elders: > > The Stories and Paintings of Chief Lelooska" (DK Ink). > > > > -- George B. Dyson of Bellingham for "Darwin Among the Machines: > >The > > Evolution of Global Intelligence" (Addison-Wesley). > > > > -- Edward J. Larson, a University of Georgia historian who also > >lives > > at Stanwood, for his Pulitzer Prize-winning study, "Summer for > >the > > Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate over > > Science and Religion" (Basic Books). > > > > -- Nancy Rawles, the Seattle author of the novel "Love Like Gumbo" > > > > (Fjord Press). > > > > -- Shelby Scates, a Seattle journalist, for his biographical > >study, > > "Warren G. Magnuson and the Making of the Twentieth Century" > > (University of Washington Press). > > > > -- J. William T. Youngs, an Eastern Washington University > >historian > > and author of "The Fair and the Falls: Spokane's Expo '74: > > Transforming an American Environment" (Eastern Washington > > University Press). > > > > The awards will be presented Oct. 25 during the annual Northwest > >Bookfest at Pier 48 on the Seattle waterfront. The noon ceremony will > >feature readings and comments from most of the winners, though Adams > >said > >his infirmities will likely keep him home. > > > > Adams operates Ye Galleon Press in Fairfield, a Spokane County > >community where he also farmed for a number of years. The press > >publishes > >a combination of reprints and original works that chronicle Pacific > >Northwest history. Just yesterday, Adams was binding a new paperback > >edition of "Fire Lookouts of the Northwest," a history of lookout > >stations in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana by Ray Kresek, a > >retired firefighter who lives in Spokane. > > > > Adams has been at it since 1937, when he founded the press while > >still > >a student at Eastern Washington University. He began by handsetting > >type > >and printing his books on an old letterpress machine. > > > > "That's for the birds now," he said. "We do everything almost > >exclusively by offset press, after setting it by computer." > > > > Adams was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis 51 years ago, he said, > >and > >has never had a remission - "just a slow, steady, progressive > >paralysis." > >Though he began using the wheelchair in 1982, he still helps care for > >his > >wife, Jean, who has been an invalid for a number of years. > > > > "I'm still working five days a week and still getting out books," > >he > >said. "I'm into this up to my ears." > > > > The largest market for Ye Galleon Press books is university and > >college libraries, Adams said, noting that in addition to the U.S. > >Library of Congress, his books are included in the national libraries > >of Canada, Spain, New Zealand and Australia, as well as the Vatican. > > > > "I think the standing order I'm most proud of," he added, "is Yale > >University." The Ivy League school's library has a contract to receive > > > >every book that Adams publishes - which now total 676, though that > >figure > >includes separate hardcover and paperback editions of some titles. > > > > The veteran publisher is not without other honors. In 1990, he was > >awarded an honorary doctorate by Spokane's Gonzaga University, and the > > > >previous year he was one of the original inductees into the Washington > > > >State Historical Society's Centennial Hall of Honor. > > > > Despite Ye Galleon Press' importance to historians, librarians and > >universities, Adams admitted that his little company typically runs at > > > >a loss. > > > > "We've been in the black three times, but usually it's a sad > >story," > >he said. "But I love making books, and at my age, I might as well keep > > > >on doing it." > > > > E-mail Comments to Editor : Comments@seatimes.com > > > > The Seattle Times home page > > http://www.seattletimes.com/ > > > > Seattle Times: Table of Content > > http://www.seattletimes.com/news/ > > > > The Seattle Times: Search Archive > > http://www.seattletimes.com/extra/search.html > > > > The Seattle Times: Browse by date > > http://www.seattletimes.com/todaysnews/browse.html > > > > Permission requests and information > > http://www/seatimes.com/general/info.html > > > > Copyright (c) 1998 The Seattle Times Company > > http://www.seattletimes.com/news/general/copyright.html > > > >-------------------------------- > >End of PSRoots-D Digest V98 Issue #359 > >************************************** > > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. > Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com > or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]