bethany robison · @bethanyrobison
204 followers · 350 posts · Server mstdn.social#OnThisDay in 1917, Paradise Inn on Mount Rainier opened
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bethany robison · @bethanyrobison
204 followers · 351 posts · Server mstdn.social50 years ago today, Walter Carr opened #ElliottBayBooks in #Seattle
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bethany robison · @bethanyrobison
202 followers · 336 posts · Server mstdn.social100 years ago today, The Seattle Times fired E. B. White. The future essayist blamed himself
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bethany robison · @bethanyrobison
202 followers · 336 posts · Server mstdn.social#OnThisDay in 1890, African American families in the Puget Sound region first celebrated #Juneteenth
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bethany robison · @bethanyrobison
202 followers · 329 posts · Server mstdn.social#OnThisDay in 1969, the Seattle City Council voted unanimously for urban renewal of the Pike Place Public Market and nearby buildings. All but a small portion of the Market was to be demolished for new garages, offices and, residential towers.
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bethany robison · @bethanyrobison
203 followers · 329 posts · Server mstdn.social#OnThisDay in 1859, the Pig War erupted on San Juan Island between the US and Great Britain
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bethany robison · @bethanyrobison
203 followers · 311 posts · Server mstdn.socialThree years ago today, an estimated 60,000 participated in a March of Silence in Seattle to protest police brutality and institutional racism
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bethany robison · @bethanyrobison
200 followers · 301 posts · Server mstdn.socialOne year ago today, Black Arts Legacies, a digital archive exploring the history, diversity, and impact of Seattle Black artists, debuted
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bethany robison · @bethanyrobison
199 followers · 295 posts · Server mstdn.social#OnThisDay in 1910, African Americans Samuel and Susie Stone won a legal battle for the right to live in Seattle's exclusive Mount Baker District
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bethany robison · @bethanyrobison
199 followers · 289 posts · Server mstdn.social#OnThisDay in 1866, Chief Seattle died.
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bethany robison · @bethanyrobison
199 followers · 288 posts · Server mstdn.social#OnThisDay in 1889, the Great #Seattle Fire destroyed much of the city's commercial core and waterfront
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bethany robison · @bethanyrobison
199 followers · 280 posts · Server mstdn.social#OnThisDay in 1996, the Seattle SuperSonics won the Western Conference Championship, and earned a trip to the NBA Finals.
RIP Sonics 💚💛
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bethany robison · @bethanyrobison
197 followers · 411 posts · Server mstdn.social#OnThisDay in 2008, UW held a graduation ceremony to honor 450 Japanese American (known as Nikkei) students who were forced to leave the UW for internment camps during World War II
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bethany robison · @bethanyrobison
197 followers · 408 posts · Server mstdn.social#OnThisDay in 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted
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bethany robison · @bethanyrobison
197 followers · 407 posts · Server mstdn.social#OnThisDay in 1872, ice cream was sold for the first time in #Seattle and King County
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bethany robison · @bethanyrobison
196 followers · 357 posts · Server mstdn.social#OnThisDay in 1922, women were elected for the first time to the Seattle City Council. One of them - Bertha Landes - would later be elected mayor
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bethany robison · @bethanyrobison
195 followers · 348 posts · Server mstdn.social#OnThisDay in 1965, a 6.5 magnitude earthquake rattled Western Washington
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bethany robison · @bethanyrobison
195 followers · 344 posts · Server mstdn.social#OnThisDay in 1968, over 3,000 people gathered in Duvall to hear what a piano dropped from the sky sounded like.
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bethany robison · @bethanyrobison
195 followers · 335 posts · Server mstdn.social#OnThisDay in 1968, the #Seattle Totems defeated the #Portland Buckaroos in "the wildest #hockey game ever perpetrated."
"Spite on Skates, Malice on Ice"
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bethany robison · @bethanyrobison
195 followers · 332 posts · Server mstdn.social#OnThisDay in 1962, the Century 21 World's Fair opened in #Seattle
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