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Depicting modern logging in Grays Harbor and Mason counties, our exhibit displays twenty-nine of Tylczak's evocative images, plus one-hundred-and-eighty cycled on our flat-panel TV. As Simpson's bridge shows, John Tylczak has mastered the black-and-white art of the large-format camera. Inspired by legendary logging photographers B. B. Jones and Darius Kinsey, Tylczak is described by state historian John Hughes as "a gifted photographer," his works, "historically significant and artistically... more

Hi Everyone! This week I am sharing a video tutorial specifically for EZ2 users. Recall that the EZ2 is a shortened version of the historic property inventory form for non-cultural resources professionals. Hope it helps some of you! More videos are in the works! You can find the video on our website in the Tutorials section. /wisaard-and-historic-property-inventory-phase-iii-rollout Also, the rollout of E-APE has... more

Compl Early Bird Registration for the 2017 Summit Opens is now OPEN!!  We look forward to seeing you at the 10th annual Summit in beautiful Suquamish, WA.  To receive the Early Bird discount, be sure to register by the April 24 deadline; registration forms and links are now available on the Summit website. Please keep in mind all the important information and deadlines listed below.   The Preliminary... more

Does your community have a special city or town park that should be documented by the Historic American Landscape Survey? Well it's time for the 8th Annual HALS Challenge. https://www.nps.gov/hdp/competitions/HALS_Challenge.html For the 8th annual HALS Challenge, the NPS invites you to document a historic city or town park. In 2016, the National Park Service celebrated its centennial with the FIND YOUR PARK movement to spread the word about the amazing national parks and the... more

Happy Monday everyone! Time for some Wisaard fun facts! Q: Sometimes when I use the Filter Search in Wisaard I get duplicate results? What is that? What should I do? A: A duplicate result is when the same exact Resource, with the same exact identification number, appears in search results more than once. This could potentially occur when searching in any of the data categories using the Filter Search function. For example, say I wanted to find all of... more

The Olympia Historical Society and Bigelow House Museum will hold its Annual Meeting, Saturday, January 28, 2017 at the Olympia Community Center, 222 Columbia Street NW.   The program "Odd Olympia," starts at 1:30 pm with business meeting to follow.  Local historians will present the history of some of Olympia’s odd characters and events including the “Pagan Frolic,” details about Bill Greenwood and his ark and the life and work of spiritualist and suffragist Rev. Genevra Lake.   The program is... more

Hi All! I'm back after a little time away (and the blog was broken for a while so nothing got posted). Hope you are all having a wonderful new year! Q: I see a Determined Not Eligible red triangle on the map for a Property, but when I look at the Project History associated with that Property, I don't see the same info. What is the deal? A: Before we started with online survey all of the determinations were made on paper forms. These forms were all uploaded as PDFs... more

OUTREACH NOTICE The Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area is filling a permanent GS-0193-12 Archeologist in Hood River, OR. We hope to advertise the position in early winter 2017. Our goal is to have a successful candidate selected in time to transition with the current incumbent. The Columbia River Gorge is world renowned for its complex and diverse cultural history. Tribal occupation in the region is marked by ancient villages, images, legendary sites, monuments and traditional... more