Greek-American Historical Museum of Washington State

Central Washington

NICHOLAS GEORGE LOLOS – HIS LIFE and TIMES
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Nicholas George Lolos
Central Washington Diner Eastern Washington Greece Immigrant Making a Living Nationality Peloponese Restaurant Type of Work Washington State

Greek lmmigrant…Beloved Local American Citizen

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Where in the World is Quincy?
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Andreanna Raptis Zafiropoulos
Athens Central Washington daughters Education Everett First Generation Keeping Community Saint Demetrios

Andreanna Raptis Zafiropoulos has always wanted to write the history of Greeks in Washington State. However, when she left Everett for Quincy, she had no idea that her desire would be realized.

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It Really Did Take a Village
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Manda Bekris
Central Washington Exhibits First Generation Making a Home Peloponese Restaurant Saint Demetrios Seattle

While the town of Manson, Washington, was reminiscent of her parents’ homes in Greece, hers was the only Greek family in the area.

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Remembering the Forgotten
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Tony Adeline, Cleo Adeline Rumpakis, and Kathy Adeline
Central Washington daughters Exhibits Ionian Islands Keeping Community Restaurant Yakima

Combine the administrative, educational and organizational talents of three siblings and you have the history of Greeks in the Yakima Valley of Washington State.

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Was Her Mother a Gypsy?
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Helen Demson
Central Washington Exhibits Keeping Community Peloponese

It was in the early 1940s when the county sheriff received a call reporting a gypsy begging for money in downtown Yakima, Washington.

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One Hundred Pies for Apple Days
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Anna Valison
Central Washington Evia Immigrant Making a Home

Cashmere, with its apple orchards and factories was a change from the coffee shops and small churches that had been typical in Anna’s Greek village of Vitalo. Although she spoke no English it was not difficult for her to adjust to life in Cashmere, Washington.

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