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University of Washington Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
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B Street tells intimate stories about the street of shops, restaurants, bars, and brothels where the workmen who built the Grand Coulee Dam spent their recreational hours and wages. From the beginning, B Street was the place to play and let off steam for the white workingmen who had faced the hard times of the Depression. It was a raucous playground that denied blacks and most dark-skinned Indians access to the frivolity, good times, and pretty ladies...
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[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
©2018
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English
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In the early 71th century, when horses were first introduced to Northwest America, young Indian men took pleasure in finding ways to compete with one other. It was then that Indian Relay Racing was born. When Indian tribes lost their homelands and were forced to life on reservations the interest in horse racing waned. Later, the Suicide Races of the Omak Stampede in Washington state appeared and became world famous. These races were preceded decades...
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