REDMOND HISTORICAL SOCIETY

JANUARY 2012 NEWSLETTER VOL. 14 NO.1

OUR PURPOSE: To Discover, recover, Preserve, share anD celebraTe reDmonDs hisTory

WashingTons hisTory Through 400 DocumenTs

Lorraine McConaghy, author and Museum of History and Industry historian, returns on January 14 to discuss her latest book: New Land, North of the Columbiaa telling of Washington states history through 400-plus documents. Using posters, letters and other artifacts, she illustrates issues like women winning the right to vote; prohibition; unemployment during the Great Depression; building the first nuclear bombs; and even the birth of grunge music and the rise of Washingtons wine country. Please join us for this free presentation sponsored by Humanities Washington from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center. And check out the Seattle Times review of New Land at: o.seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2016728279_br13newland. html?prmid=head_main.

January general meeTing:

SATURDAY, JANUARY 14 10:30 A.M. TO 12:00 NOON Old Redmond Schoolhouse 16600 NE 80th Street
New Land by Lorraine McConaghy

History is Happening in redmond January 2012

2012
EXECUTIVE BOARD Chris Himes President Miguel Llanos Senior Vice-President Joe Townsend Vice-President Finance John Phillips Vice-President Collections Mary Hanson Secretary BOARD OF DIRECTORS Nao Hardy Rosemarie Ives Judy Aries Lang Janice LeVeck Jon Magnussen Doris Schaible Patti Simpson Ward Margaret Evers Wiese OFFICE MANAGER Monica Park ATTORNEY Charles Diesen Our finances are public record and may be viewed at the office. FREE NEWSLETTER If you don't subscribe, please sign up. Call the office at 425.885.2919 or email info@ redmondhistoricalsociety.org. State your preference of email or U.S. Mail. (We prefer email as it's inexpensive and photos show up better online.) THE REDMOND RECORDER is published nine times annually. Miguel Llanos Editor Patti Simpson Ward Art Director pattisimpsonward.com

WhaTs neW online

Redmonds Centennial celebrations are underway and a new City website100years. redmond.govshowcases upcoming events as well as key facets of our history since incorporating as a city on December 31, 1912. Centennial lapel pins ($3) and even rail spikes taken from the track that used to run through downtown are for sale as fundraisers. The spikes are presented with a Centennial image and commemorative info packaged in an elegant frame ($100 each).

Table of conTenTs
PAGE

MAJOR SPONSORS

COVER FEATURE & WHATS NEW 1 Lorraine McConaghys New Land 2 2012 RHS Officers & Board 2 Whats New Online 3 Whats New Our Collection RHS NEWS 4 Thank Yous & Cemetery Plot 5 Centennial Quilt Raffle 6 Education Hill 7 Dudley Carter 8 Order Now: Redmond Reflections, plus Books, Cards & Gift Ideas from RHS MEMBERSHIP & CONTACT INFO 9 Membership Drive & Time Capsule 10 November 2011 Meeting Attendees 11 Membership Form 12 Address & RHS Contact Info

January 2012 History is Happening in redmond

WhaTs neW in our collecTion?

NEW

WHATS

Know what the tools below are? Last year, Art Ingalls donated them, saying his great great grandparents had brought them here over the Oregon Trail in the 1850s! Ready for the answer: Ice and blacksmith tongs are pictured below.

RHS donation from Art Ingals

History is Happening in redmond January 2012

THANK YOU TO:

HELEN NASH for displaying her vintage Nativity sets at the library in December. JERRY HAMMERSBERG, JACKIE NELSON, ROY and MARGE HANSON, and board members JOE TOWNSEND, CHRIS HIMES, DORIS SCHAIBLE and JUDY LANG for staffing our booth at the Redmond Lights festival. A second round of thanks to CHRIS HIMES, who as president kept us on a steady course in 2011 and will take us into 2012 and our Centennial.

ceDar laWns cemeTery PloTs FOR SALE

The Society is selling two side-by-side plots in Redmonds Cedar Lawns Memorial Park. Donated by the Reed family, they include endowment care and are in the Garden of Christus section (225: 3 & 4). The price is $3,499 for one or $6,699 for both with the current value at $5,495 each. Cedar Lawns will handle all the necessary paperwork. If you are interested, contact us at 425.885.2919 for info.

January 2012 History is Happening in redmond

QuilT raffle aT January 14 meeTing!

NEWS

RHS

Well be announcing the winner at our January 14 meetingas well as selling the last tickets just before picking the lucky one, so theres still time to try your luck. Tickets ($2 each) can be bought at that meeting or beforehand at our office. Call 425.885.2919 for more information.

History is Happening in redmond January 2012

NEWS

RHS

WilDlife hill before eDucaTion hill

Patsy Rosenbach was recently interviewed about her childhood by Bob Yoder for his redmondblog.org. Last month, she described her early school years. Belows her description of Redmond and life around todays Education Hill. What did Redmond look like? Nothing like today! There were mostly wood and brick buildings and nothing more than two stories. There were no street lights in town. There were party lines on the telephone. Volunteer fire department. Everyone worked for a living. I grew up in very humble circumstancesprobably more so than most of my classmates, but I didnt know I was poor. I just did what I had to do. I worked from the time I was a sixth grader. I know little or nothing of Redmond High Schoolthat was in the boonies. It was constructed well after my graduation. It was probably housed on part of the grounds of one of my classmates that lived in a log house on the property with no running water. Her mother hauled jugs of water up the hill in her Model A or T from her friends or family down on the flats for her family of five children and two adults. I used to walk up the hill (a long way from my house!) to her house for visits, knowing there was wild life along the waydeer, bear, maybe more. Im sure I never walked there alone. (Wouldnt have been that brave!) It was a different time and a different atmosphere.

This 1960 aerial photo shows downtown Redmond at bottom, Redmond Junior High at top left, the Nike missile base at top right and mostly forested area elsewhere on todays Education Hill.

January 2012 History is Happening in redmond

geTTing To KnoW DuDley carTer

NEWS

RHS

Even if you dont recognize the name, if you live in Redmond youve likely walked or driven past one of Dudley Carters wood sculptures inspired by the Northwest Native culture. Carter is no longer with us (he died in 1992 just before he turned 101), but he is Redmonds most-renowned artist, having lived and worked here for the second half of his life. Carters family loaned the Society an exhibit of photos, some showing Carters work and others showing him at work, along with captions in his own words describing his technique. Well be displaying the exhibit in various parts of the city throughout the Centennial and the first space is pictured below in the lobby of Redmond Regional Library. Half of the photos are on display there through mid January, at which time the second half will be rotated in. Its worth a tripa one-stop education about Redmonds artiste clbre!

History is Happening in redmond January 2012

NOW

ORDER

Redmond Reflections $15 *

(INCLUDES TAX)

SHIPPING & HANDLING: Please add $5.00 shipping & handling surchage for
any order that you would like mailed.

ORDERING INFO*:
NAME ______________________________________________________ PHONE NUMBER______________________ # OF BOOKS ORDERED_______ AMOUNT ENCLOSED (CHECK PLEASE) _$_________________________________

SHIPPING INFO:
NAME ___________________________________________________________________________________________ STREET ADDRESS _________________________________________________________________________________ CITY STATE ZIP _________________________________________________________________________________

NOTE: Redmond Reflections is also available at the REDMOND HISTORICAL SOCIETY

OFFICE at the Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center. (Hours of operation on page 12)

greaT gifT iDeas for hisTory lovers

Need something special for someone who appreciates our history? These are available at our Society office:

Artwork of the historic Clise Mansion at Marymoor Park, Flying Kites at the Clise Mansion is the work of fine artist Patti Simpson Ward. See more images of Eastside settings on pattisimpsonward.com).

GREETING CARDS, MAGNETS & NOTE CARDS featuring artwork by local artists: PATTI SIMPSON WARD DORISJEAN COLVIN TERRI GORDON PAT DUGAN
OUR TOWN A history of Redmond, by Nancy Way Our VIEW OF HISTORY DVD

January 2012 History is Happening in redmond

membershiP Drive reneWals Too!

We dont like bringing this up, but the fact is our membership revenue is far below previous years, and most of that is because renewals are way down. So if you havent renewed, or joined for that matter, but appreciate our efforts to preserve Redmonds heritage please consider doing so soon. That revenue is a key component of the funds that allow us to keep the office open for history business. Thanks from your friendly volunteer board at Redmond Historical Society!

MEMBERSHIP

our lifeTime members

Eric Anderson John Anderson Barbara Neal Beeson Brad Best Marjorie Stensland Costello John Couch Liz Carlson Coward Frank Garbarino Edward L. Hagen Lucille B. Hansen-Bellings Wayne Hansen Naomi Hardy Patricia Weiss Jovag Barbara Weiss Joyce Glenn Lampaert Roy Lampaert Judy Aries Lang Miguel Llanos Jon Magnussen Clare Amo Marr Daryl Martin Allison Reed Morris Charles Reed Frances Spray Reed Vivian Robinson Laurie Rockenbeck Margy Rockenbeck William Rockenbeck Fred Springsteel Fred Stray Doris Bauer Schaible Arlyn Vallene Don Watts Rose Weiss Joanne Westlund Margaret Evers Wiese James Windle

cenTennial Time caPsule?

The City turns 100 in 2012 and among the ideas for celebrations is creating a time capsule for the 200th anniversary! What would you want folks to know about us 100 years from now? Send ideas via email to Miguel. [email protected] or via US Mail to Redmond Historical Society, c/o Miguel Llanos, 16600 NE 80th St, Redmond, WA 98052.

History is Happening in redmond January 2012

MEMBERSHIP

november 2011 general meeTing

Were you at our November meeting? These folks were! First time attendees are noted in BOLD CAPS. Ruth Adams Ray Adams Eric Anderson Sharon Freeman Ballisty Elsie Bartley David Bartley Jim Coward Liz Carlson Coward URSULA CRAIG ROBERTA DEBRULER PHIL DOUGHERTY AMY DUKES TRACY EMMANUEL Tony Emmanuel Joyce Fowler GARY FREEMAN SUZY FREEMAN Lillian Garland Frank Gwerder Charlotte Everson Hahnlen Suzanne Hall Tom Hall Thomas E Hansen Mary Hanson Chris Himes Duane Isackson LLOYD ISACKSON Rosemarie Ives Pat Weiss Jovag Elaine Keeley Cheryl Kenyon Bruce Kenyon Judy Aries Lang LILLIAN LATHRUM Janice LeVeck Gene Magnuson Cheryl Magnuson Rosemarie Matthes JAN MAYER Larry E Miller Lorraine Mills Carol Mills Mary Montgomery Richard Morris Alexa Munoz Helen Bengtson Nash Robert Nelson Monica Park John Phillips Virginia Porter Pickett Brian Ranck Patsy Cook Rosenbach David Rossiter Julianne Rossiter Anne Salmi Doris Schaible Judith Simpson Beryl Standley Fran Stray Fred Stray Faye Sween Harvey Tollfeldt Anne M Tollfeldt Jerry Torell Joe Townsend Carol Trapp Judy Gilbert Turner Arlyn Bjerke Vallene Juanita Verschuyl Bill Way Nancy Way LORRAINE WEEKS Margaret Evers Wiese DANA WILSON AMANDA YAO

10

January 2012 History is Happening in redmond

MEMBERSHIP

Join The reDmonD hisTorical socieTy

To Discover, Recover, Preserve, Share and Celebrate Redmonds History RENEWING MEMBERS, PLEASE SEND IN YOUR 2012 DUES!

LEVELS OF MEMBERSHIP (Check one only.)

$5.00 $20.00 $35.00 $200.00 $250.00 $1,000.00 _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ TRAILBLAZER (Student) PIONEER (Individual) HOMESTEADER (Family) ENTREPRENEUR (Supporter) CORPORATE (Business) HISTORY MAKER (Lifetime)

ALL CONTRIBUTIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE. PLEASE MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO: REDMOND HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Fill out the form below, cut if out and mail it with your check to:
Redmond Historical Society Attn: Membership ORSCC, Room 106 16600 NE 80th Street Redmond, WA 98052
NAME If FAMILY MEMBERSHIP, OTHER NAMES TO BE INCLUDED PHONE NUMBER EMAIL ADDRESS STREET ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP BIRTHDAY(S) NEWSLETTER DELIVERY (CHECK ONE): _______ EMAIL ________ U.S. MAIL

History is Happening in redmond January 2012

11

reDmonD hisTorical socieTy

16600 NE 80th Street, Room 106 Redmond, WA 98052

PHONE WEB SITE EMAIL HOURS

425.885.2919 redmondhistoricalsociety.org [email protected] Monday, Wednesday and Thursday: 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and by appointment

January 2012 History is Happening in redmond