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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24IJ_the-bridge-of-the-gods_Stevenson-WA.html
The rocks project into the river in many places and have the appearance of having fallen from the high hills...
This part of the river resembles a pond partly drained leaving many stumps bare both in & out of the water...
We can plainly hear the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22D4_emil-fredreksen-memorial_Seattle-WA.html
Medal of Honor Recipient Emil Fredreksen 1/5/1867-6/24/1950. Emil Fredreksen was the recipient of extremely rare peacetime Medal of Honor for his extraordinary heroism during the boiler explosion on July 21, 1905 aboard the USS Bennington (Gunboat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21TN_old-oregon-trail-memorial_Walla-Walla-WA.html
Dedicated to the travelers on Old Oregon Trail 1832-1843 when it passed thru
Walla Walla Valley. Robert Newell and Joe Meek brought wagons to Fort Walla Walla in 1840. White, Lovejoy & Hastings led the first emigrants in 1842. Whitman, Applegate …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21HE_she-nah-nam_Olympia-WA.html
1 1/4 miles north-west
is a bronze tablet
placed by
Sacajawea Chapter D.A.R.
marking site where
Governor Stevens
held council with Nisqually,
Puyallup and Squaxon Indians,
December 24-26, 1854.
This stone erected by
Washington S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y4R_earl-layman-street-clock_Seattle-WA.html
Originally the Young's Credit Jewelers Clock c. 1907 located at 4th and Pike. Donated to Historic Seattle by the Dean Black family. Placed here in dedication to Earl Drais Layman City of Seattle Historic Preservation Officer 1974 - 1982, in apprec…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y4O_japanese-american-remembrance-garden_Seattle-WA.html
Left Marker:
This is Sacred Land. Before World War II a community of Japanese and Japanese Americans lived on what is now south campus. In 1942, approximately 120,000 were incarcerated and held behind barbed wire for three or more years without…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y4N_chrysler-building_Seattle-WA.html
The Washborn-Haines Company built this structure to showcase their preeminent Chrysler auto dealership, so special that Walter Chrysler himself came out for the opening on November 29, 1925. This building continued to house automobile sales and se…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y33_pantages-house-historical_Seattle-WA.html
Built in 1907 for
Alexander Pantages
Vaudeville Impressario
Founder of Over
200 Theaters
Nationwide
Designated a Seattle Historic Landmark in 2004
Restored in 2005 by Capitol Hill Housing
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y32_broadway-high-school-historical_Seattle-WA.html
On this site stood Seattle's first High School. Opened in 1902 as Seattle High School, in 1904 it was named Broadway High School until its closing in 1946. Broadway set high standards for education and racial harmony. This plaque is presented by B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XVA_fort-chehalis-historical_Westport-WA.html
This tablet was placed by
Robert Gray Chapter
Daughters
of the
American Revolution
June 1929
to mark the site of Fort Chehalis
which was established in 1860
for the protection of
white settlers