Our George Washington: Stories on the Life of Centralia’s Founding Father

August 2017 marked the 200th birthday of the founder of Centralia, George Washington. This presentation will cover his life as the son of a former slave and a woman of English descent and then raised by a white couple, Anna and James Cochran, to his travels across the United States, founding Centerville (Centralia), and helping the townspeople through the Panic of 1893.