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History Ink Board of Trustees (2010):

  • Marie McCaffrey (President and Executive Director), co-founder of History Ink / HistoryLink.org, graphic designer and book publication manager, Seattle Public Library board member.
  • Paul Dorpat (First Vice President), historian, Seattle Times columnist, author of Seattle, Now and Then and co-author of Building Washington: A History of Washington State Public Works among other books, and recipient of the Pacific Northwest History Award.
  • Shari Gross, President, Gross & Associates, specializing in government and business affairs for Puget Sound maritime and fishery clients with interests in Alaska.
  • Pam Heath (Treasurer), principal of Jensen Heath, a communication skills consultancy, and formerly with Microsoft's Strategic Prototyping group.
  • Peter Jackson, a former gubernatorial speechwriter.  Jackson is finishing his second term as a Commissioner with the Washington Commission for National and Community Service. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Washington Wilderness Coalition and the North Cascades Institute. He's also a founding member of the Board of Governors and a twenty-five year veteran of the Henry M. Jackson Foundation in Seattle.
  • Patrick Jones, principal of Jones Strategic consulting firm and former director of the Washington Public Ports Association
  • Hubert G. Locke (Trustee Emeritus, non-voting), author, ethicist, and Dean Emeritus, Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington.
  • Dorothy H. Mann, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, University of Washington Institute for Public Affairs and Management, and former Chair, Group Health Cooperative.
  • Ralph Munro, member of the federal "Carter-Baker" Commission on Election Reform, five-term Secretary of the State of Washington (1981-2001), and longtime advocate for historical preservation, archeology, and conservation in Washington state.
  • Penny Peabody, Chair, Board Trustee of the Museum of History & Industry, former president (1985-1990) of the Seattle-King County Economic Development Council, and former Chair (1990-1992) of the Municipality of Metropolitan King County Council.
  • Norman B. Rice, former President, Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle, and former Mayor of Seattle.
  • Bob Royer, manager of the Seattle office of Gallatin Public Affairs with 25 years of experience in public affairs and communications in western Washington, advising clients such as the Bonneville Power Administration and Seattle City Light and serving six years as Seattle's Deputy Mayor.
  • Randy Schnabel, retired naval officer and teacher with 34 years experience teaching high school social studies in Shoreline District; founder, 13-year coordinator, and 2006-2007 Chair, Washington State History Day contest for middle and high school students.
  • Quintard Taylor, Ph.D., history professor, University of Washington, and author of In Search of the Racial Frontier and The Forging of a Black Community among other books.
  • Chris Smith Towne (Secretary), environmental policy consultant, and former Member of the Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board.
  • James Tupper Jr., attorney at Tupper|Mack|Brower and former Member, Washington State Pollution Control Hearings Board.
  • Bill Youngs, History Department Chair at Eastern Washington University, American History Professor and author of The Fair and the Falls: Spokane’s Expo ’74, the winner of the 1996 Washington State Governor’s Writers Award, among other books.

HistoryLink Senior Staff (2007-2009):

  • Marie McCaffrey, Executive Director (www.crowleyassoc.com)
  • Tom Brown, Associate Director
  • Priscilla Long, Senior Editor
  • Elise Fogel, Office Manager
  • Steven Leith, Site Administrator/Technologist
  • Marie McCaffrey, Art Director (www.crowleyassoc.com)
  • Laura Arksey, Paula Becker, Peter Blecha, Frank Chesley, Phil Dougherty, Mary Henry, Jim Kershner, Greg Lange, Kit Oldham, Margaret Riddle, Alan J. Stein, and Cassandra Tate, Ph.D., Staff Historians
  • Chris Goodman, Consulting Technologist

Staff Emeritus

  • Chris Goodman, Site Administrator (1999-2004)
  • Steven Leith, Technologist (1998-2004)
  • Heather MacIntosh, Deputy Director (1999-2002)
  • David W. Wilma, Deputy Director (2003-2007)

Contributing HistoryLink Editors (1998-2009):

  • Mildred Andrews, Women's History
  • Laura Arksey, Northeast Washington History
  • Paula Becker, Infrastructure and Social History
  • Peter Blecha, Music and Popular Culture
  • Frank Chesley, Political and Media History
  • Ann Colford, Northeast Washington History
  • Phil Dougherty, Washington Counties History
  • David Eskenazi, Baseball and Sports History
  • Louis Fiset, Seattle Neighborhood History
  • Eric Flom, Theater and Film History
  • Gonzales Guzman, Hispanic American History
  • Mary T. Henry, African American Community History
  • Christie Hill, Gay & Lesbian History
  • Emily Lieb, Metropolitan History
  • Cynthia Mejia-Giudici, Filipino Community History
  • Laura McCarty, Community and Economic History
  • Daryl McClary, Crime and Law Enforcement History
  • Lee Micklin, Jewish Community History
  • Janet Oakley, Northwest Washington History
  • John Pastier, Architectural History
  • Anthony Pomata, Aviation History
  • Margaret Riddle, Everett and Snohomish County History
  • Ross K. Rieder, Labor History
  • Junius Rochester, Religious and Social History
  • Oscar Rosales Castañeda, Hispanic American History
  • Elizabeth Salas, Hispanic American and Women's History
  • Antonio Sanchez, Ph.D., Hispanic American History
  • Shelby Scates, Political History
  • David Takami, Asian American Community History
  • Barbara Thomas, Northwest Art History
  • Heather Trescases, Religious and Social History
  • Kenneth G. "Greg" Watson, Native American History

HistoryLink Authors

Washington State Advisory Board (2003-2009):

  • U.S. Senator Patty Murray
  • U.S. Representative Norm Dicks
  • Governor Albert D. Rosellini, 1957-1965
  • Governor Daniel J. Evans, 1965-1977
  • Governor John Spellman, 1981-1985
  • Governor Booth Gardner, 1985-1993
  • Governor Mike Lowry, 1993-1997
  • Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction Terry Bergeson
  • Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed
  • Washington State Senator Don Carlson, Vancouver
  • Washington State Senator Ken Jacobsen, Seattle
  • Washington State Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles, Seattle
  • Washington State Senator Margarita Prentice, Seattle
  • Washington State Representative John McCoy
  • Rick Bender, President, Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO
  • Allyson Brooks, Ph.D., Washington State Historic Preservation Officer
  • Stimson Bullitt, author and attorney
  • John Carlson
  • Martha Choe, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Brewster C. Denny, founding Dean, Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington
  • Prof. John Findlay, Ph.D., Chair, University of Washington Department of History
  • Jerry Handfield, Washington State Archivist
  • Prof. Leon Leeds, Ph.D., anthropologist, Bellevue Community College
  • Charles LeWarne, Ph.D., historian and author
  • John McClelland Jr., author, historian, and former publisher
  • Bryce Nelson, Ph.D., Director, Instructional Technologies and Libraries, Seattle Public Schools
  • David Nicandri, Executive Director, Washington State Historical Society & Museum
  • Garry Schalliol, Executive Director, Washington State Heritage Resource Center
  • Richard Shenkman, historian, author, and publisher, HistoryNewsNetwork.Net
  • Prof. Quintard Taylor Jr., Ph.D., historian and author, University of Washington
  • Mary Thompson, President, Washington Trust for Historic Preservation
  • Jan Walsh, Acting Washington State Librarian
  • Howard Zinn, Ph.D., historian and author, A People’s History of the United States

Seattle-King County Advisory Board (1998-2009):

  • Richard C. Berner, historian and former archivist, University of Washington
  • Margot Blacker, preservationist and former member, Bellevue City Council
  • David Brewster, founding publisher, Seattle Weekly
  • Kenneth Bunting, Executive Editor, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  • Ron Chew, Director, Wing Luke Asian Museum
  • Cheryl Chow, educator and former Seattle City Council Member
  • Brewster C. Denny, founding dean, Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington
  • Horace Foxall Jr., architect and historic preservation manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • Robert Gogerty, consultant and former Deputy Mayor, Seattle
  • Robert S. Gruhn, attorney and former chair, King County Landmarks and Heritage Commission
  • C. David Hughbanks, Director, Sand Point-Magnuson Parks, and former president, PONCHO
  • Deborah Jacobs, Seattle City Librarian
  • Leon L. Leeds, Ph.D., instructor of Anthropology (Archaeology) and Webmaster of Distance Education, Bellevue Community College; former Chair, King County Landmarks and Heritage Commission.
  • Margaret Levi, former Harry Bridges Chair in Labor Studies, University of Washington
  • Lorraine McConaghy, historian and curator, Museum of History and Industry
  • Murray Morgan (1916-2000), historian and author, Skid Road and Puget's Sound
  • Liz Stroup, former Seattle City Librarian
  • Fr. William J. Sullivan, SJ, Chancellor and former president, Seattle University
  • Mary Thompson, President, Washington State Trust for Historic Preservation
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Gale blows railroad cars into Elliott Bay on February 9, 1882.

Fort Lawton is established on February 9, 1900.

Dockton beginnings: Dockton Post Office opens on February 9, 1903.

Governor Hart signs a new state Administrative Code making significant but short-lived changes in Highway Department organization on February 9, 1921.

Two USO clubs open in Tacoma on February 9, 1942.

First Boeing 727 trijet takes off from Renton Airport on its maiden flight on February 9, 1963.

Boeing 747 takes maiden flight on February 9, 1969.

The old Lowell Paper Mill's smokestack is ceremoniously dynamited, ending an era, on February 9, 1974.

Chinatown Gate is dedicated in Seattle on February 9, 2008.

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Kenneth Milette of Newport is sentenced in federal court for illegally possessing and selling Indian artifacts on December 17, 2008.

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