Docs, photos of first WA territorial prison top Archives poll

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Seatco Prison, near present-day Bucoda. (Photo courtesy Washington State Archives)

Nowadays, it seems like anything about prison is hot. First, there’s the TV series “Orange Is the New Black.” And, OK, now you have documents about Washington’s first territorial prison capturing the June edition of the Archives Treasures poll. Is that a trend or what? The docs and photos related to the Seatco Prison near present-day Bucoda took first place with 57 percent, easily defeating State Ferries schedule pamphlets (30 percent) and photos of the Spafford murals being removed from the House Gallery (13 percent). We’ll begin the June Library Jewels series later this week, so be watching.
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