NARA!

National Archives Regional Facility- Pacific Alaska Region

photo courtesy of -www.archives.gov/pacific-alaska/

Yesterday, the Westsiders and I had the pleasure of getting a tour and perform research in the research center as we had previously obtained researcher ID cards. It was quite the experience to see the incredible size of the place and how many records there are for just the states of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho (w/ parts of Montana & Alaska). The area seemed bigger than a football field just full of Federal records and what not. Another thing I found interesting was that the records are only held for 10-30 years before a small 3-5% will then be trasferred to the Archives holding area. Pretty Neat. The place is great for excellent research on varying topics. I was able to look at documents from the 19th century and was exited to see how good of shape there were in. History lovers have taken good care of all those documents in order to preserve them for viewing in the 21st century! Check out the website and i do recommend giving the place a look when you get a chance!