August 20, 2024
TOP: Bessie, at right, with her sister, June
BOTTOM (top row, left-right): Sister June, Uncle Tom, Bessie (bottom row): Lois and John Charawell (Bessie's mother and father)
Stories this photo appears in:
Life of Bessie - Part I
She was unabashedly curious, wonderfully fearless, loved deeply and was deeply loved. This multi-part blog series (courtesy of Washington State Parks) will explore her life in Western Washington from the turn of the 20th century through the great wars and into the 1970s