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    Vashon (/ˈvæʃɒn/) is a census-designated place (CDP) in King County, Washington, United States. It covers an island alternately called Vashon Island or...
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    Kaitlin Olson (category People from Vashon, Washington)
    she was born, Olson moved with her family to Spokane, Washington then to Vashon Island, Washington in Puget Sound. Olson lived there until she was eight...
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    the full restoration of service on the Seattle–Bremerton and Fauntleroy–Vashon–Southworth routes. As mitigation for the delay in restoring the Seattle–Bremerton...
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  • "Editorial: The Beachcomber's election endorsements". Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber. October 31, 2024. Retrieved October 31, 2024....
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    Sumac (band) (category Musical groups from Washington (state))
    Yacyshyn (Baptists), Seattle, Washington-based Brian Cook (Russian Circles, Botch, ex-These Arms Are Snakes) and Vashon, Washington-based Aaron Turner (Mamiffer...
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    K2 Sports (category Vashon, Washington)
    medalist. Founded in 1962 by brothers Bill and Don Kirschner on Vashon Island, Washington, K2 is known for pioneering fiberglass ski technology, which made...
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  • Louis, Missouri Vashon, Washington, the community on Vashon Island. Vashon-Maury Island Community Council, representatives of Vashon and Maury Islands...
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    Austin Post (photographer) (category People from Vashon, Washington)
    named Bradford Washburn as a photographic influence. He lived on Vashon Island, Washington. Post, Austin; Don Richardson; Wendell V. Tangborn; F. L. Rosselot...
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    Betty MacDonald (category People from Vashon, Washington)
    April 24, 1942 she married Donald C. MacDonald (1910–1975) and moved to Vashon Island, where she wrote most of her books. MacDonald rose to fame when her...
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    Pete Droge (category People from Vashon, Washington)
    from Vashon Island in Washington State's Puget Sound. Droge was born in Eugene, Oregon. He was adopted and his family relocated to Seattle, Washington, and...
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    Ratzenberger lived in London for 10 years. Since 1994, he has lived in Vashon, Washington. Ratzenberger married Georgia Stiny in 1984; during their 20-year...
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    located within Vashon, Washington, in King County, Washington, on the west side of Vashon Island on Colvos Passage. It is known as one of Vashon's walk-in communities...
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    Plateau Vashon Island Cedar River Green/Duwamish River Elliott Bay Greenwater River Issaquah Creek Lake Sammamish Lake Union Lake Washington Lake Youngs...
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    The Vashon Glaciation, Vashon Stadial or Vashon Stade is a local term for the most recent period of very cold climate in which during its peak, glaciers...
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  • Pacific Research Laboratories (category Vashon, Washington)
    135 employees as of April 2016 and is the largest manufacturer in Vashon, Washington. It is locally referred to as "The Bone Factory." PRL has capabilities...
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    unincorporated community in King County, Washington. It is a historic waterfront residential area on Vashon Island. The town of Burton sits at the isthmus...
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    Gene Amondson (category People from Vashon, Washington)
    establishing himself as a preacher and artist in the community of Vashon Island, Washington, Amondson began touring the nation reenacting Billy Sunday sermons...
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  • Edith Derby Williams (category People from Vashon, Washington)
    Later she founded the Vashon Island Health Center. For forty years, she was the Republican Committeewoman for the state of Washington. In 1975, Williams...
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    Washington, United States. It is located 13 miles (21 km) due west of West Seattle and is connected to Seattle and Vashon Island via the Washington State...
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    Vashon Hardware Store, now known as The Hardware Store Restaurant, is a commercial building in Vashon, Washington. Built in 1890, it was added to the...
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    Jim Woodring (category People from Vashon, Washington)
    Award at the 2008 San Diego Comic-Con, and he was awarded an Artist Trust/Washington State Arts Commission Fellowship in the fall of 2008. In November 2014...
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  • James Plihal (category People from Vashon, Washington)
    the men's single sculls. Plihal was born June 19, 1996. He graduated from Vashon Island High School in 2014, then from Northeastern University in 2018 with...
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  • Glen Acres is a community on Vashon Island located about two miles north of the town of Vashon. There was a post office at Glen Acres in 1917. The area...
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    melting retreat of the Vashon Glaciation eroded the land, creating a drumlin field of hundreds of aligned drumlin hills. Lake Washington and Lake Sammamish...
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    Point Defiance–Tahlequah ferry (category Vashon, Washington)
    Tahlequah, Washington, on the southern tip of Vashon Island. Since 1951 the only ferries employed on the route have belonged to the Washington state ferry...
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  • The Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber is a newspaper based in Vashon in the U.S. state of Washington. It covers local news, sports, business, and community...
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    Karen Cushman (category People from Vashon, Washington)
    resigning in 1996 to write full-time. She lives and writes on Vashon Island, Washington. Catherine, Called Birdy (1994) The Midwife's Apprentice (1995)...
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    Helmer and Selma Steen House (category National Register of Historic Places in King County, Washington)
    The Helmer and Selma Steen House is a private home in Vashon, Washington. Built in 1911, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000...
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    The Vashon Ranger R7 is an American light-sport aircraft designed and produced by Vashon Aircraft of Woodinville, Washington. It was formally introduced...
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    Vashon Island High School (VHS) is a public high school located on Vashon Island, Washington. Vashon Island High School, a part of the Vashon Island School...
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