# This Can’t Be History… Or Is It? | Don Trosper on Southwest Washington’s Hidden Stories

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Podcast: [KMAS Radio](https://stenobird.com/podcast/kmas-radio-6380084)
Published: 2026-02-14T13:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://kmas.transistor.fm/episodes/this-can-t-be-history-or-is-it-don-trosper-on-southwest-washington-s-hidden-stories
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Duration seconds: 1479

## Resource

Local historian and author Don Trosper joins KMAS Radio to talk about his newest book, This Can’t Be History… Or Is It? , a collection of 100 short stories from across Southwest Washington. The conversation covers Tumwater, Thurston, Lewis, Grays Harbor, Pacific, and Mason counties, touching on early settlers, logging towns, railroads, Native trails, and the small, often overlooked moments that shaped the region. Trosper shares how he researches these stories, why short-form history works, and how places like Tumwater, the Deschutes River, and Old Highway 99 connect generations through lived experience and memory. #Tumwater #SouthwestWashington #LocalHistory #WashingtonHistory #KMASRadio

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