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La Conner, 98257
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August 2017

Candace Wellman at Seaport Books

August 17, 2017 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Seaport Books, 106 First Street
La Conner, 98257
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Come meet Candace Wellman, author of Peace Weavers: Uniting the Salish Coast through Cross-Cultural Marriages, and learn about the peace-weaving alliances that played a crucial role in regional settlement. The four intermarried women she profiles left a lasting legacy in their Puget Sound communities.

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May 2019

Candace Wellman at Seaport Books

May 16, 2019 @ 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Seaport Books, 106 First Street
La Conner, 98257
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Meet Candace Wellman, author of Peace Weavers: Uniting the Salish Coast Through Cross-Cultural Marriages and Interwoven Lives: Indigenous Mothers of Salish Coast Communities. While helping researchers at the Washington State Archives, Wellman discovered that 80-90 percent of all marriages in Whatcom County’s early decades were cross-cultural. The husbands included nearly every community founder and official, yet history authors mentioned only white women as founding mothers. She became determined to illuminate the hidden history surrounding these relationships. Over twenty plus years, and working with…

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June 2023

Candace Wellman to share story of scandalous Washington Territory Supreme Court Justice at Seaport Books

June 29, 2023 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Seaport Books, 106 First Street
La Conner, 98257
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Appointed to Washington Territory’s District and Supreme Courts in 1857 despite being under indictment for murder and only marginally qualified for the position, Edmund C. Fitzhugh’s biography offers unique insights into the people, personalities, politics, and practices of the territory and the 19th century American West. Author Candace Wellman spent more than two decades researching Fitzhugh’s life and contributions—both good and bad—to Pacific Northwest history. Although the court system played a large part in the region’s future, Man of Treacherous Charm is the first…

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