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On November 3, 1970, Washington voters approved Referendum 20, which legalized abortion in the early months of pregnancy. Fifteen other states had liberalized their abortion laws by that time, but Was...
This is an interview with Governor Daniel J. Evans (1925-2024) concerning Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct. The interview was conducted in January 2012 by Dominic Black.
The Alpine Lakes Wilderness covers more than 414,000 acres within the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie and Okanogan-Wenatchee national forests in the northern Cascade Mountains of Washington. The wilderness inc...
Located where the Nisqually River empties into southern Puget Sound on the Pierce-Thurston county border, the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge protects the river's estuary, providing...
The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) was created in 1937 as a temporary agency with a limited mission: to market and distribute electricity from Bonneville Dam, on the Columbia River. Its support...
On August 5, 1968, Washington Governor Dan Evans delivered the keynote address at the Republican National Convention in Miami Beach, Florida. Evans, then 42 and a relative newcomer to national politic...
Daniel J. Evans (1925-2024) served three terms as governor of Washington, as a United States senator, and as president of The Evergreen State College. He and his wife Nancy Evans (1933-2024) were acti...
As a political species, the Republican environmentalist has become as endangered as the spotted owl. Washington state still has, however, one of the country’s greatest conservation advocates in ...
Dan and Nancy Evans devoted more than half a century to public service, in and out of political office, with a level of commitment matched by few of their fellow citizens. As a three-term governor of ...
Established under President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 29, 1938, Olympic National Park has obtained global renown as a natural reserve. The park, encompassing 922,650 acres on the Olympic Peninsula...
The Washington State Conference for Women, held in Ellensburg in July 1977, was an attempt to bring women together to talk about common problems and develop strategies for solving them. Instead, it be...
On May 24, 2002, Walt Crowley delivered the following historical "primer" on Washington state politics to the Western States Caucus of the Democratic National Committee held in Seattle. The talk revie...
Founded in 1989, the Washington Wildlife and Recreation Coalition is an award-winning non-profit citizens coalition whose members represent a diverse group of more than 270 community organizations inc...
On November 3, 1964, Senator Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson (1912-1983) and President Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973) win landslide victories, and Democratic challengers defeat four Republican U.S. Representa...
On August 5, 1968, Washington Governor Daniel J. Evans (1925-2024) gives the keynote address at the Republican National Convention in Miami, Florida. Evans, 42, is chosen to give the address to repres...
On July 23, 1969, Governor Dan Evans (1925-2024) announces plans to make Washington the nation's leader in nuclear energy development. The governor's Office of Nuclear Energy Development describes a m...
On February 12, 1970, the Washington State Senate votes to authorize the formation of a new Washington State Department of Ecology (DOE). It will be formed largely by consolidating four other state ag...
On September 2, 1972, the final section of the North Cascades Highway (State Route 20) opens, completing a project nearly 80 years in the making. The road was originally begun in the 1890s with plans ...
On November 7, 1972, Republican Governor Daniel J. Evans (1925-2024) defeats former governor Albert D. Rosellini (b. 1910) to win an unprecedented third consecutive term. President Richard M. Nixon (1...
On March 22, 1973, the Washington State Senate ratifies the federal Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) by a vote of 29 to 19. Although it was approved by the U.S. Congress in March 1972, the ERA must be rat...
On October 17, 1986, Congress designates the Columbia River Gorge, which stretches 80 miles from the Deschutes River to the Sandy River, as a National Scenic Area. Some 277,000 acres of land on both s...