Author Archives: Wedgwood in Seattle History
Hunter Tree Farm in Wedgwood in 2021
The Hunter family of the Olympic Peninsula farm, dating back to the 1880s, began growing Christmas trees in 1948. In the 1950s the Hunters began selling cut trees from what is now a grocery store lot at the corner of … Continue reading
Names in the Neighborhood: Rogers School
At the end of World War Two in 1945, military servicemen returned to the USA and many settled in Seattle. The population of Seattle increased by 100,000 people between 1940 and 1950 due to the influx of returnees and new … Continue reading
Names in the Neighborhood: Bryant
In northeast Seattle most of the neighborhood names are those of real estate developments such as Wedgwood, which originally was only a plat name. The builder of the Wedgwood group of houses, Albert Balch, did not deliberately set out to … Continue reading
The Trees of October in Wedgwood
Wedgwood in northeast Seattle enjoys the autumn colors of leaves in October and November. Street trees called Flame Ash will turn a deep red along 35th Ave NE. The Flame Ash street trees which line 35th Ave NE were planted … Continue reading
September in Flight: Bird Migration
As the weather gets cooler and the leaves begin to change color, birds begin their annual migration. This article reprinted from All About Birds tells, how, why and where birds migrate. “Geese winging their way south in wrinkled V-shaped flocks … Continue reading
A Headstone for Captain John M Hoyt at Last
Guest article from the Emerging Civil War blog: the story of how the unmarked grave of a Civil War veteran was discovered and honored in Seattle.
Far Beyond the Sounds of Battle: Seattle’s Civil War Legacy
This guest article by Seattle’s Civil War Legacy is reposted from the Emerging Civil War blog of June 29, 2021. A letter received in Seattle in 1863, telling of actions during the Civil War, was reprinted in the local newspaper. … Continue reading
Honoring a Civil War Veteran
Although Washington State did not send troops to the Civil War (1861-1865), after the war veterans from all over the USA chose to come to the Pacific Northwest to start new lives. Cemeteries all around the Seattle area contain graves … Continue reading
Aretha Curtis and Maple Leaf Gardens
In the years 1915 to 1945 the lives of Americans were bracketed by two world wars with an economic depression in the middle. For a few years in the 1920s, after the First World War and before the stock market … Continue reading
Laurette Stanley in Wedgwood
Laurette Augusta Young and Moses Terrell Stanley married in 1869 in Sweetland Township, Muscatine County, Iowa. Each had come to Iowa as children when their parents migrated from other states to take advantage of the rich farmlands on the expanding … Continue reading
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