Seattle's Ravenna Neighborhood
Ann Wendell, "Seattle's Ravenna Neighborhood"
English | ISBN: 1531630162, 0738548715 | 2007 | EPUB | 130 pages | 48 MB
English | ISBN: 1531630162, 0738548715 | 2007 | EPUB | 130 pages | 48 MB
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 25¢ 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 it.