Seattle's Ravenna Neighborhood - Hardcover

FormatBook

Language English

ISBN-13 / SKU 9781531630164

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by Ann Wendell (Author)

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 25cents 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 i

Number of Pages: 130

Dimensions: 0.38 x 9.61 x 6.69 IN

Publication Date: May 02, 2007

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