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Pharmacist, Physician, Postmaster, Mayor – The Influential Gibson Brothers (issaquahhistorymuseums.com) You may be familiar with the nationally-known Gibson Girl of the 1890s, but what do you know about the Gibson Brothers of that same era? In 1889 when two mild-mannered, educated brothers arrived in the Pacific Northwest and settled in the town of Gilman (now Issaquah, Washington), little did they know how influential they would become in their newfound community, and for how long.

Potlatch, Idaho (Wikipedia) Potlatch is a city in the northwest United States, located in north central Idaho in Latah County, about six miles (10 km) east of the border with Washington. On the Palouse north of Moscow, it is served by State Highway 6, and bordered on the northeast by the small community of Onaway. As of the 2020 census, Potlatch had a population of 763.

Ginkgo biloba (Wikipedia) Ginkgo biloba, commonly known as ginkgo or gingko (/ˈɡɪŋkoʊ, ˈɡɪŋkɡoʊ/ GINK-oh, -⁠goh), also known as the maidenhair tree, is a species of gymnosperm tree native to East Asia. It is the last living species in the order Ginkgoales, which first appeared over 290 million years ago. Fossils very similar to the living species, belonging to the genus Ginkgo, extend back to the Middle Jurassic epoch approximately 170 million years ago. The tree was cultivated early in human history and remains commonly planted.