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Vols. for -1962 include Cashmere, Chelan and East Wenatchee; 1963-1974 include Cashmere and East Wenatchee.

After catching her husband cheating on her, craft-brew expert Sloan Krause leaves the family business to work for a hip, new nano-brewery, only to discover a competitor dead in the fermenting tub, clutching a secret recipe. Sloan Krause has spent her life in Leavenworth, Washington becoming an expert in brewing craft beer, but when she walks in on her husband Mac screwing the barmaid she decides to strike out on her own. Breaking away from the Krause...

In my opinion a Western story is any story or tale which takes place "west of the Mississippi" at any time-from early days until today. In spite of the development of sophisticated argricultural techniques and processing methods, and the high technology nature of many of its industries, Grant County cannot be anything other than a part of the American West. From days of rule by Native Americans until the present, great and wondrous events have...

Winning Hearts...Winning Wings is the story of the first nonstop transpacific flight by Clyde Pangborn. Clyde Edward Pangborn, also known as "Upside-Down Pangborn," was an American aviator and barnstormer who performed aerial stunts in the 1920s. In 1931 Pangborn and co-pilot Hugh Herndon Jr. flew their plane, Miss Veedol, on the first non-stop flight across the Pacific Ocean. "When the history of aciation is written, if there is any place in it for...

Diana Hottell moved to the Methow Valley in 1972, thereby taking on the most engrossing endeavor of her life. Being totally unprepared for the Methow was perhaps an advantage. When she began writing feature stories for the Methow Valley News, she wrote with an augmented appreciation for the lives of those she interviewed. She observed, "This book is a quiet read for times when we need to remember that the human race still possesses at least a few...

Wenatchee’s Dark Past is a non-fiction book looking at racial minorities in the Wenatchee, Washington area. The struggles of Indians, Asians, Blacks, and Latinos are reviewed in chronological and topical order. A thorough manuscript, with over 1400 citations, this book would make a great supplemental textbook for classes on Washington state history or race relations. Highlights from the book include: Indians helped the White settlers survive the...

"Life and events in the upper Methow Valley." -- Back cover