{"id":16558,"date":"2025-07-28T14:32:46","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T21:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/?post_type=book&#038;p=16558"},"modified":"2025-07-28T14:35:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T21:35:47","slug":"panakanic-an-oral-and-natural-history-since-1878","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/book\/panakanic-an-oral-and-natural-history-since-1878\/","title":{"rendered":"Panakanic: an oral and natural history since 1878"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16551 wp-img alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fall-2023-Panakanic-cover-378x528.jpg\" alt=\"Book Cover art Panakanic\" width=\"182\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fall-2023-Panakanic-cover-378x528.jpg 378w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fall-2023-Panakanic-cover-591x825.jpg 591w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fall-2023-Panakanic-cover-768x1073.jpg 768w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fall-2023-Panakanic-cover-1099x1536.jpg 1099w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fall-2023-Panakanic-cover-1466x2048.jpg 1466w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fall-2023-Panakanic-cover-375x524.jpg 375w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fall-2023-Panakanic-cover-1200x1676.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fall-2023-Panakanic-cover-scaled.jpg 1832w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 182px) 100vw, 182px\" \/>The Panakanic Prairie is a vernally moist meadow amongst the coniferous forests north of White Salmon, Washington that turns blue each May with the flowers of camas (<em>Camassia quamash<\/em>).\u00a0 It has a rich human history, including that of the Klickitat people.\u00a0 From the 1880s through much of the 20<sup>th<\/sup> century, it was the home and ranch of the Markgraf family.<\/p>\n<p>Joy Markgraf has gathered the stories of this special place and published them in \u201cPanakanic: An Oral and Natural History Since 1878\u201d.\u00a0 In addition to the history, her interests are primarily to protect the animals, plants, and fungi that have outlasted the mostly abandoned settlements.\u00a0 She includes a detailed appendices of observed species, some with her own illustrations. \u00a0Her reasons for these efforts?\u00a0 \u201cSpecial wild places need to be protected so we can experience the wonders and spirit they embody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reviewed by: Brian Thompson on August 22, 2023<\/p>\n<p>Excerpted from the Fall 2023 issue of the <em>Arboretum Bulletin<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Panakanic Prairie is a vernally moist meadow amongst the coniferous forests north of White Salmon, Washington that turns blue each May with the flowers of camas (Camassia quamash).\u00a0 It has a rich human history, including that of the Klickitat people.\u00a0 From the 1880s through much of the 20th century, it was the home and ranch of the Markgraf family. Joy Markgraf has gathered the stories of this special place and published them in \u201cPanakanic: An Oral and Natural History&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/book\/panakanic-an-oral-and-natural-history-since-1878\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Panakanic: an oral and natural history since 1878<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","keyword":[],"class_list":["post-16558","book","type-book","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book\/16558"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/book"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword?post=16558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}