Saturday, April 17, 2021

 Born in Washington

Harry Lillis Crosby Jr. was born in Tacoma on May 3, 1903. Harry's neighbor nicknamed him "Bingo from Bingville" after a comic feature in their local newspaper, The Bingville Bugle. Eventually, Bingo was shortened to Bing. Bing died on October 14, 1977.





Robert William Barker was born in Darrington on December 12, 1923. Bob spent most of his early years on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Bob is 1/8 Sioux Indian.




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