# Archie Satterfield

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{{Short description|American journalist}}
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| name         = Archie Satterfield
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| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1933|06|18}}
| birth_place  = [Howards Ridge, Missouri](/source/Howards_Ridge%2C_Missouri)
| death_date   = {{Death date and age|2011|11|21|1933|06|18}}
| death_place  = [Bellingham, Washington](/source/Bellingham%2C_Washington)
| occupation   = Author, journalist
| nationality  = American
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'''Archie Satterfield''' (June 18, 1933 – November 21, 2011) was a [Seattle](/source/Seattle)-based author and journalist.

Satterfield was born and raised in the [Missouri Ozarks](/source/Missouri_Ozarks).  He joined the [American Navy](/source/American_Navy) in 1952 and later graduated with an English degree from the [University of Washington](/source/University_of_Washington).  He worked as a journalist for various newspapers, including ''[Seaside Signal](/source/Seaside_Signal)'', ''[Longview Daily News](/source/Longview_Daily_News)'', ''[Seattle Times](/source/Seattle_Times)'', and the ''[Seattle Post-Intelligencer](/source/Seattle_Post-Intelligencer)'', before starting his own magazine, ''[Northwest Edition](/source/Northwest_Edition)'', in 1980.<ref name="obituary" /><ref name="quad" />  In 1987 he became a full-time freelance writer, penning corporate histories for [Alaska Airlines](/source/Alaska_Airlines), [Crescent Foods](/source/Crescent_Foods), [Darigold](/source/Darigold), and [Tillamook Cheese](/source/Tillamook_Cheese).  He also authored 40 books on history and travel, many of which covered [Alaska](/source/Alaska) and the [Pacific Northwest](/source/Pacific_Northwest).<ref name="obituary" />

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<ref name="quad">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Northwest magazine begins publication |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1026&dat=19851114&id=0wQlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IRIGAAAAIBAJ&pg=3698,2208000 |newspaper=Quad-City Herald |date=November 14, 1985 |access-date=November 19, 2014 }}</ref>
<ref name="obituary">{{cite news |author-first=Susan |author-last=Gilmore |title=Obituary: Archie Satterfield, author, former journalist |url=http://seattletimes.com/html/obituaries/2016889610_satterfieldobit30m.html |newspaper=[Seattle Times](/source/Seattle_Times) |date=November 29, 2011 |access-date=November 19, 2014 }}</ref>
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Category:University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences alumni
Category:Journalists from Washington (state)
Category:Writers from Washington (state)
Category:1933 births
Category:2011 deaths
Category:The Seattle Times people

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