The second in a series of academically researched history and first person narratives, Magnolia: Making More Memories was nominated for the Virginia Folkens Award and the Clarion Award. If you experienced joy reading Magnolia: Memories & Milestones, you will definitely not want to miss purchasing Magnolia: Making More Memories, now in a limited edition available for purchase. New memories, more history, new archival photos, and new stories make this a worthy addition in updating your Magnolia history collection.
The book is a chorus of voices telling Magnolia history in the decades of 1920-1940. Steam locomotives at Interbay, the West Point Lighthouse, the effects of World War II here on Magnolia and over there for one Magnolia family shape this collection written by 34 Magnolians. Photo essays and archival photos make this second in a series of Magnolia history a beautiful coffee table book with style and significance for every Magnolia resident.
What they’re saying about ‘Magnolia: Memories and Milestones:
“This Volume II is even better than Magnolia: Memories & Milestones, the prize-winning Volume I of 2000 still widely considered the best-presented neighborhood history in Seattle. Here, clever essays concentrate on years spanning two world wars. “Bad Judgment in Cebu” is the venerable Hal Will’s wise and funny recounting of Army life in the Philippines. Also, Will contributes his essay “Early Railroad Days: Interbay,” including nostalgic photos by Will himself of local steam locomotive days. Monica Wooton, the neighborhood’s demiurge for heritage, is also a pleasure to read. Her “One Flash White, One Flash Red: Magnolia’s Guiding Light” is a brilliant recounting of both the storms and silences that mark the history of the now 125-year-old West Point Lighthouse. Magnolia: Making More Memories is carefully and wonderfully illustrated. It was a transcendental jolt to see Asahel Curtis’ 1909 panorama of Magnolia’s Pleasant Valley. Barbara Wade Gates’ grandmother Ellenora Epley moved to the Valley in 1907. Wade Gates took me by the hand with her essay, “Valley Girl,” to explore Curtis’ uncanny and yet lovely 1900s Valley through the decades as it matured into the 1940s.”
-Paul Dorpat, historian, writer Seattle Times’ Pacific Magazine, “Then and Now”
“Drawing on local writer and sources, Magnolia: Making More Memories is smartly written and beautifully presented. I wonder how many city neighborhoods around the country could produce a history book of such high standard and disciplines passion. Magnolia: Making More Memories belongs in the hands of anyone who cares about Magnolia.
-Mike Dillon, publisher, Magnolia/Queen Anne News
This volume opens more doors into the community secrets. It does important work in making accessible the exciting story of the archaeological investigations at West Point. The public little realizes the extent to which these finds enhanced our view of Native American and Puget Sound history. And, of course, learning more about the mystery houses of the Boulevard is a wonderful bonus! Don’t think this book is just about Magnolia. It is an invaluable book for anyone interested not only in local history but in the history of Seattle and the region.
-Mimi Sheridan, local historian
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