MHS News You Need to Know After concentrating 22+ months on the publishing of the wonderful second in a series of Magnolia history books: Magnolia: Making More Memories we are back on track with MHS business as usual. Upcoming Membership Drive (We will contact current members by mail, if you would like to be a new member download the Membership Brochure under Support Us.) New Newsletter Editor Jen Ryan replaces our excellent retiring newsletter editor Dale Hogle. Newsletter will arrive in member mailboxes soon. Board Election Details will be announced in the newsletter. And The General Meeting is coming! Thursday, May 29th; 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Magnolia Lutheran Church 2414 31st Ave West A one woman show:“ A Visit from Eleanor Roosevelt” Fun History and Family Entertainment. The President and Mrs. Roosevelt were visitors to Magnolia in the years their daughter Anne Boettiger lived in Magnolia’s Lawton Wood neighborhood. See related stories and photos in Magnolia: Making More Memories and Magnolia; Memories & Milestones, the Magnolia history books. To learn more about these books and to order, see website descriptions of these acclaimed and eloquent books below. Mrs. Roosevelt, Christmas 1937

 

"Magnolia: Making More Memories"

 

"Magnolia: Memories & Milestones"

Nicolette Braumberg - UW Special Collections Photo Archive Chair

Carolyn Marr - Head Archivist, Museum of History and Industry {MOHAI}

Scott Cline - City of Seattle Chief Archivist

Eric Taylor - King County 4 Heritage and Cultural Events, Director

Wikipedia! - Encylopedia, definition, statistics and demographics of Magnolia

HistoryLink - Online history of Seattle and Washington State

Magnolia's Founder

Dr. Henry Smith takes on very large dimensions in the reflections of his loving daughter’s reminisces and a few available paragraphs of biographers. While Ione Smith Graff’s writings offer a special perspective on Smith, it is just that: a daughter’s memories of a loving and fun childhood fifty years after the fact, and a strong and understandable belief in her father and his abilities. Most sources consider him a “hero” type, quietly striving to make Seattle a better place to live. Few biographers...More...

Initiate interest in Magnolia historical studies and activities throughout the Seattle area. Inspire the Community to acquire a publicly assessable common-use collection of acquisitions and archives; dutifully cared for, those collections will use state of the art technologies and professional services. Invest in Magnolia historical research and cultural heritage to further activities for charitable, literary, and educational purposes and have a sense of enjoyment with hands-on historic projects and work. Encourage a more complete and knowledgeable sense of place through the works and projects of the Magnolia Historical Society. Join us!

Historic Sites of Magnolia

West Point Lighthouse

courtesy Virginia Baxter

Lighthouses, the guiding lights to safety, the symbol of last hope to lost seafarers, the deal breakers in matters of life and death in many a seagoing saga, have captured America’s imagination. Magnolia’s West Point Lighthouse was built in 1881 off the jutting western point...More... 

Fort Lawton

courtesy of MOHAI

Fort Lawton never lived up to the Seattle Chamber of Commerce’s hopes that the Fort would be a major military complex. For some, the fact that Fort Lawton did not become an important part of the coastal defense reduced its historical significance... More.. 

Fisherman's Terminal

courtesy Gordon Strand, Nordic Heritage Museum

The Port of Seattle constructed the base for the North Pacific Fishing Fleet in Salmon Bay. Fishermen's Terminal serves more than 700 boats a year...  More...

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