Seattle's Ravenna NeighborhoodArcadia Publishing, 2007 - 127 pages For centuries, Native American tribes lived peacefully along the trout-filled stream in a ravine that would later become part of northeastern Seattle. In 1887, the Reverend Beck disembarked from the Seattle Lake Shore & Eastern Railroad and, in this same area, bought 300 lushly forested acres that he turned into a township and park, both called Ravenna. The town was only three and a half miles from the city center and soon boasted a flour mill and a finishing school. The park itself, with its giant trees, mineral springs, fountains, and music pavilion, soon became a major attraction and well worth the 25 admission. Eventually the timber was harvested and the school replaced by the university. Today the park remains a haven of serenity and the stream once again runs through it. |
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Contents
Acknowledgments | 6 |
War Wobblies and New Schools | 33 |
Hooverville Taverns and Keeping Clam | 57 |
The War Television and Floating Bridges | 77 |
The Beatles Bomb Shelters | 97 |
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