Showing posts with label McCleary Museum. Show all posts
Showing posts with label McCleary Museum. Show all posts

Monday, May 27, 2013

Public, Subscription and Academic Libraries in Washington Territory, 1853-1889.

This paper was hammered out on a manual typewriter before the Internet existed. It was probably produced for some class at the UW, but I cannot recall the details. This document currently resides in the McCleary Museum files.




















Friday, September 16, 2011

Moonshine: How It Works




A diagram I drew under my Dad's expert supervision about how to make moonshine. He built an authentic still as a display for the McCleary Museum many years ago. He's gone but his exhibit is still with us to this day. Illegal booze was a very big part of the history of McCleary, Washington.

The Willis family were involved in the trade both in Dickenson County, Virginia and Pacific County, Washington. Dad served as a lookout for his older brothers in Virginia.

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Henry McCleary : a Centennial Scrapbook, 1898-1998















































Charles Fattig and I put together this collection of material for the McCleary Historical Society in 1998. Only 55 copies were printed. Henry McCleary a Centennial Scrapbook