Category : The Seventies - 1971-1980
McKenna: The Former Logging Town Which Refused to Die, 1970’s
The Big Lumbering Boom Ended, But Many Residents Decided it Still Was a Good Place to Live
By Alice Staples
When the 20th Century was in its teens, the booming little logging town of McKenna, nestled on the Nisqually River 25 miles southwest of Tacoma was a “jumping, jiving community where the lights never went out,” old-timers [...]
Usual & Accustomed Places VI – The Boldt Decision
PART VI – THE BOLDT DECISION (1974-1978)
The most important and controversial court decision that resulted from fishing disputes in the Northwest is what is now commonly referred to as the Boldt Decision. Although the subject of later appeals and court cases, the Boldt Decision is now the document that guides the state, Indians, and federal [...]
