The Unsung Paradise of Quilcene
An 1888 letter to the editor paints a portrait of a Jefferson County community so healthy, local doctors had nothing to do.
“There has been but one visit to this community by a physician in five years.”
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An 1888 letter to the editor paints a portrait of a Jefferson County community so healthy, local doctors had nothing to do.
“There has been but one visit to this community by a physician in five years.”
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