Former Snohomish County Executive Gary Haakenson will share stories and photos of the March 22, 2014 disaster at Oso and the recovery. The cataclysmic landslide left 43 persons dead, rerouted State Route 530 and the Stillaguamish River, and destroyed dozens of homes and structures. It was the deadliest landslide in United States history. Coffee and...
The Stimson family is one of the more famous names in NW History. Brothers Charles Douglas and Frederick Spencer gained great wealth in the timber industry as part of the Stimson Lumber Co. Kevin Stadler Vice President of the Woodinville Heritage Society will tell the story of Frederick and Nellie Stimson, how they came to...
The City of Lynnwood turns 60 on April 23rd this year, incorporating in 1959. Join us as we look back at the history, changes and growth of Lynnwood during the past 60 years. This program will be followed by a “Visit with the Historian” at 11:30 a.m. Come meet Lynnwood’s historian, Betty Gaeng. Betty has...
The City of Lynnwood turns 60 on April 23rd this year, incorporating in 1959. Join us as we look back at the history, changes and growth of Lynnwood during the past 60 years. This program will be followed by a “Visit with the Historian” at 11:30 a.m. Come meet Lynnwood’s historian, Betty Gaeng. Betty has...
The Lynnwood-Alderwood Manor Heritage Association will welcome author C. Marin Faure who will tell the story of Kenmore Air Harbor. Kenmore Air was established in 1946 by 3 young men who had returned from World War II. Faure tells the story of early-day pilots and how by the turn of the century Kenmore Air Harbor...
Animals rarely appear in urban history books; but cows, horses, pigs, and chickens, dogs and cats, salmon and other wild creatures have played crucial roles in struggles over property and power in the changing city. They were never far from people’s minds as struggled over the land that is now Seattle, as they regulated urban...
The North Cascades National Park Service Complex celebrates it’s 50th anniversary in 2018. Author of Crown Jewell Wilderness Lauren Danner spent more than 6 years researching and writing the history of this wilderness National Park. Come learn the fascinating story of politics and the wilderness movement that shaped the creation of this National Park. Danner...
