PORT ANGELES — Little-known facts and stories about Victoria will be presented at the Clallam County Historical Society’s next History Tales presentation Sunday.
Ross Crockford, editor of Monday Magazine in the city across the Strait of Juan de Fuca in British Columbia, will speak at 2:30 p.m. in the Port Angeles City Council chambers at 321 E. Fifth St.
Crockford, who writes the “Unknown City” column in Monday Magazine, will talk about the “quirky” aspects of Victoria.
He will give an overview of Victoria’s development and concerns from its founding that still bedevil it today.
He also will speak about Victoria’s history as a tourist destination and describe some of the odd characters who have passed through and form much of the local mythology.
Crockford is a former trial lawyer who turned to journalism in the 1990s when he started working at The Prague Post, an English-language newspaper in Eastern Europe.
In 1998, he became the editor of Victoria’s Monday Magazine. In 2006, he wrote Victoria: The Unknown City, launching his column.
History Tales is free and open to the public.
For more information, phone the historical society at 360-452-2662.
