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Rites of Passage

A Memoir of the Sixties in Seattle

By Walt Crowley

Hope on the Hill

The First Century of Seattle Children's Hospital

By Walt Crowley and David W. Wilma

In the spring of 1898, a 5-year-old Seattle boy named Willis Clise suffered and eventually died of what was called "inflammatory rheumatism." There was no treatment,and no doctor west of Philadelphia who specialized in childhood...

Moving Washington Timeline

The First Century of the Washington State Department of Transportation, 1905-2005

By Walt Crowley, Kit Oldham, and Historylink Staff

From wagon trails to interstate highways, this book retraces how the leaders and employees of the Washington State Department of Transportation and their predecessors helped to shape Washington’s transportation system during a century of technological...

Power for the People

A History of Seattle City Light

By David W. Wilma and Walt Crowley

Since before Seattle voters decided in 1902 to build their own lighting plant, City Light has been a source of fierce civic pride for its independence from "foreign" corporations, its impressive public works projects, and...