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Historic photo of the original bikers

It’s finally here; the week that Book-It Repertory Theatre’s Two Wheels North dramatic readings premiere at Nordic Heritage Museum on Friday at 7pm.

Sponsored by Heritage 4Culture and Site-Specific, nine other performances around the county will follow this fall. On Sunday, the…

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This spring, when I picked up, Two Wheels North, I didn’t know what to expect. The book chronicles the real-life adventures of two young men attempting to bike up the West Coast to the A-Y-P. I soon discovered that it…

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The Viking boat, Nordic Spirit, will be launched this Sunday, August 30 at Salmon Bay, and will sail full of Vikings up the Ship Canal to Fishermen’s Terminal in commemoration of Norway Day at the A-Y-P. Read more about the…

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gold dust vaudeville revue

Klondike Kate gave most of her gold rush fortune to Alexander Pantages, who used it to open his theaters in Seattle around the time of the AYPE.

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august_wheels_northNews from the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Centennial Celebration

The riders participating in the Wheels North bike ride from Santa Rosa, California, to the UW Campus will be arriving today at 6pm. This ride is reenacting a similar adventure that happened one-hundred years ago…

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