Spring 2022
Putting down roots
Paying tribute to a Northwest pioneer who fled prejudice to found Washington’s first non-Indigenous American settlement » More ...
Washington pioneers
Spring 2011
Gallery: Paintings of Washington pioneers by Worth D. Griffin
Gallery: Artworks by Worth Griffin (Sketches and watercolors, including a portrait of student and colleague Clyfford Still, courtesy the Fitzsimmons family)
Read more at “An art history.” (Washington State Magazine Spring 2011)
Winter 2016
Hop King
Ezra Meeker’s Boom Years
Dennis M. Larsen ’68
WSU Press: 2016
The demands of craft brewing in the last few years, along with declining European hops production, has driven the price of hops up as much as 50 percent, creating a windfall for growers in Washington. It’s not the first time in state history that hops brought a grower financial success.
Puyallup Valley pioneer Ezra Meeker first started planting hops as a cash … » More …