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A portrait of that one-eyed genocidal pirate, Robert Gray, "discovering" the harbor that now bears his name. Found in the Grays Harbor County Courthouse, Montesano, Washington. Personally, I would like us to rename this chunk of land "Sasquatch County." The so-called Sasquatch myth is more credible than the bunk we have been fed about Robert Gray.

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Isaac Stevens, Washington's first territorial governor, is pictured stealing land from the Natives of Grays Harbor in the 1850s at a site that is now the city of Cosmopolis. Yes, we actually have a city called Cosmopolis here. Locals call it "Causy." This scene is in the Grays Harbor County Courthouse, Montesano, Washington, which the locals call "Monte." Monte is a most pleasant city.

Stevens has a controversial place in Washington history generated in part by his shabby treatment of the Indian population. After he left our corner of the world, he was killed in action at the first Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War while serving in the Union Army.

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Superior Courtroom, Grays Harbor County Courthouse, Montesano, Washington

It seems like I get a summons for jury selection once a year. But this time I was actually selected to sit on the jury. It was a criminal case and the trial lasted only a day. A fascinating experience.

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Grays Harbor County Courthouse

Montesano, Washington

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Montesano, Washington

Morty Comix # 2485

Morty Comix # 2485 was left as a bookmark in a tome that is part of the Law Library collection, Grays Harbor County Courthouse, Montesano, Washington

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The backside of the Grays Harbor County Courthouse

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Grays Harbor County Courthouse, Montesano, Washington

I have been called for jury selection here more times than I can remember, but they never pick me. It used to be we all had to watch a video with Raymond Burr explaining the process.

This is the building where the IWW members accused of conspiracy in the Centralia Massacre case were tried in 1920.