Historical Sites
Historic inn revived
With spirited history, restored Stanwood Hotel reopens
Date: 05/23/2012 | Local News
Snohomish War Memorial to get temporary home
SNOHOMISH -- A monument honoring fallen soldiers from the Snohomish area is being relocated.
Date: 05/18/2012 | Local News
Rename Ebey Slough?
Some call Ebey a bad guy; others say it's not really a slough
Date: 05/16/2012 | Local News
Take Mom for a free cruise Saturday on historic boats
Go sailing: If you are still splashing about for last-minute Mother's Day ideas, why not take her out to Cama Beach State Park on Camano Island for a scenic ride on a historic vessel.And the price is right: free.
Date: 05/11/2012 | Life
Three keys to Silvana
Town's historic general store, tavern, gas station for sale
Date: 05/07/2012 | Local News
Today's gardeners can learn from 18th-century practices
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- Wesley Greene has been a gardener with Colonial Williamsburg for more than 30 years. In 1996, he helped start the Colonial Garden where he and fellow gardener Don McKelvey dress in colonial attire and grow plants appropriate to that time, using 18th-century tools and...
Date: 05/03/2012 | Home and Garden
Memories of the future
Stories from the Seattle World's Fair on its 50th anniversary
Date: 04/20/2012 | Local News
Pompeii, Naples give glimpse of Roman history
The ancient city of Pompeii -- famously ruined in A.D. 79 when mighty Mount Vesuvius blew its top -- is one of Italy's most popular tourist attractions. Few visitors make it to the top of the towering volcano, but those who do enjoy a commanding view.
Date: 04/14/2012 | Life
Park service website offers Civil War guide
The National Park Service has launched a website that provides an overview of the Civil War and a guide to more than 1,700 sites around the nation related to the war that divided the nation.
Date: 04/07/2012 | Life
Book on Warm Beach wins history award
STANWOOD -- The winner of this year's Malstrom Award for heritage projects is the book "Stuck in the Mud: The History of Warm Beach" by teacher and historian Penny Hutchison Buse.
Date: 04/05/2012 | Local News
Lookout must come down
Judge rules its renovation violated wilderness rules
Date: 03/29/2012 | Local News
Indian artifacts at dock site
No added delay seen for Mukilteo ferry project
Date: 03/23/2012 | Local News
$3 million in nuggets stolen from Gold Rush courthouse
YREKA, Calif. -- Investigators in a far Northern California town sought leads Thursday in the theft of large chunks of gold from the county courthouse's $3 million historical collection, as residents lamented the loss of an important piece of their cultural heritage.
Date: 02/02/2012 | Nation & World
‘Smokestack Arias’ puts stories of Everett Massacre to music
Wayne Horvitz admits he's more fascinated by the characters who formed our American history -- the outlaws, the destiny-changers -- than he is drawn to the blow by blow.So there will be characters a plenty in "Smokestack Arias," all female but all diverse.
Date: 01/27/2012 | Entertainment
Saving history on film
Arlington man photographs county barns while they still stand
Date: 01/25/2012 | Local News
History vs. property rights
North Everett neighbors are upset with plans to replace house
Date: 01/06/2012 | Local News
The bridge between worlds
William Shelton saved his Indian culture by reaching out
Date: 01/03/2012 | Local News
Family covets sketch of hero
Holding such a precious portrait was a once-in-a-lifetime honor.
Date: 12/12/2011 | Local News
Come into their parlors
Tour features historic Snohomish homes decorated for holidays
Date: 12/08/2011 | Home and Garden
Our part in the Needle
Credit Everett when taking a spin in Seattle's Space Needle
Date: 11/18/2011 | Local News
12 months of landmarks
Architect who shaped Everett is featured in 2012 calendar
Date: 11/16/2011 | Local News
Cave art reflected life, DNA finds
LOS ANGELES -- Cave painters during the Ice Age were more like da Vinci than Dali, sketching realistic depictions of horses they saw rather than dreaming them up, a study of ancient DNA finds.
Date: 11/08/2011 | Nation & World
Everett theater, ‘Man of a Thousand Faces’ have a shared history
"The Transformers." "Avatar." "The X-Men." All entertaining phenomenon of our modern digital age.But today, especially today, let's pay homage to the nondigital, distinguished yet disfigured greats of yesteryear: The Phantom, The Hunchback and The Frog.
Date: 11/04/2011 | Local News
Remembering when Everett really was Mill Town
It was September of 1988, six weeks before the presidential election. Candidates were crisscrossing the country. On a fall afternoon, it was Everett's turn for a visit.
Date: 10/07/2011 | Local News
Search begins for new homes
Residents, businesses work to rebuild lives after fire (video)
Date: 10/06/2011 | Local News
Warm Beach history took author around world
It took more than 40 years, and trips around the world, for Penny Hutchison Buse, 63, to document the history of Warm Beach.
Date: 09/28/2011 | Local News
Will 'Blithe Spirit' conjure more than one ghost?
Did you know there was a ghost haunting the Historic Everett Theatre?If you are not familiar with Smilin' Al, he's the ghost that has allegedly been haunting the theater since the early 1990s. He's named after the legendary Al Jolson who once performed on that historic stage.
Date: 09/23/2011 | Entertainment
Watch local teen’s movie at the Historic Everett Theatre
Time to get your snark on.Because by the time November rolls around, you'll be drained of the preview excitement that came with the fall season openings of television sitcoms such as "Parks and Rec" and "The Office."You'll be ready for the movie "The Historic."
Date: 09/23/2011 | Entertainment
Murals in Needles, Calif., celebrate Route 66
NEEDLES, Calif -- Along old U.S. Route 66, the once-kitschy Overland Motel is crumbling, vacant lots pock downtown and, as if this remote desert outpost weren't suffering enough, the last car dealership folded up and left behind a blanket of empty asphalt.
Date: 09/17/2011 | Life
A quieter Belfast offers rewards to its visitors
A visit to the Emerald Isle is not complete without including Northern Ireland. It offers the tourist a very different but still very Irish world.
Date: 09/17/2011 | Life
Front Porch: Hearing set for plan to move historic home
Historic homeComment on a proposal to remove a house at 1102 Grand Ave. in the Rucker-Grand Historic Overlay Zone and replace it with a new single family home.
Date: 09/16/2011 | Local News
Where old meets new
Renovated Tudor revival-style home on public tour
Date: 09/08/2011 | Home and Garden
See classic airplanes and much more at Vintage Aircraft Weekend
The words "Vintage Aircraft Weekend" should really sum it up for you.But if you need more details, how about military vehicles, World War II re-enactors, aircraft fly-bys, antique vehicles, a big band dinner dance, history lessons and hands-on demonstrations.
Date: 09/02/2011 | Entertainment
Ancient humans used hand axes earlier than thought
LOS ANGELES — Ancient humans fashioned hand axes, cleavers and picks much earlier than believed, but didn't take the stone tools along when they left Africa, new research suggests.
Date: 08/31/2011 | Nation & World
That '70s City
Nearly forgotten photos show Everett in 1970s (gallery)
Date: 08/22/2011 | Local News
Life story of an Everett couple
Ben Westmoreland Jr., 93, grew up in Everett, left for college and a job, then returned for good in 1942.He lives in north Everett with his wife of 70 years, Charlotte Westmoreland.
Date: 08/15/2011 | Local News
New website is a who’s who of Washington state’s officials
OLYMPIA -- From Washington's first governor to a Nirvana bassist to an Everett paperboy who grew up and ran for president, they've carved out a place in state history.Now, their lives and those of other seminal state figures are united in a new free online database called HistoryMakers.
Date: 08/15/2011 | Local News
At night, Alcatraz is a different world
ALCATRAZ ISLAND, Calif. -- When night fell on The Rock in San Francisco Bay, visitors moved shadowlike through the former prison's lantern-lit hospital rooms, a gloaming against dingy walls with peeling blue paint.
Date: 08/06/2011 | Life
Here’s your chance to set sail on the Lady Washington or Hawaiian Chieftain
In 1750, boat builders in the busy seaport of Boston produced many a sailing ship. The Lady Washington was one of them.
Date: 08/06/2011 | Life
History without a home
County historical museum must leave Everett building
Date: 08/02/2011 | Local News
A job with a view
At field school, preservation volunteers learn as they work
Date: 07/26/2011 | Local News
Mormons walk in the shoes of pioneers
Martin's Cove and Rock Creek Hollow in Wyoming mean a lot to members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Date: 07/23/2011 | Local News
Front Porch: Tour the cemetary
Tour the cemeteryTake a tour Thursday at the Edmonds Memorial Cemetery & Columbarium.It's begins at 1 p.m. at 820 15th St. SW in Edmonds.
Date: 07/18/2011 | Local News
Tour Edmonds' historic cemetery
Dead men may tell no tales, but cemeteries can.That's the idea of Edmonds Memorial Cemetery and Columbarium's "Walk Back in Time" tour at 1 p.m. Thursday.
Date: 07/18/2011 | Life
Search goes on to complete county judge display
Missing: two Snohomish County judges.Well, not exactly.
Date: 07/17/2011 | Local News
Everett’s First Christian Reformed Church to celebrate 100th anniversary
EVERETT -- As she stood in the entry of the church's sanctuary, Marge Wrisley, 78, thought of the memories it holds.Her baptism. Her wedding. All those Sunday services with her husband and the two children they raised.
Date: 07/16/2011 | Local News
$64,000 grant and sweat of volunteers to help preserve Ebey Landing’s historic structures
COUPEVILLE -- The Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve depends on its volunteers. And now with a $64,000 grant, the reserve has money to continue its preservation efforts.
Date: 07/15/2011 | Local News
Primed to fly again
B-25 will debut at Paine Field after a dozen-year restoration
Date: 07/15/2011 | Business
Community club is home to the heart of Arlington
Boys were sent off to war after parties at the Arlington Heights Community Club.Men returned from war, to open arms at the clubhouse. It's located about five miles northeast of downtown Arlington.
Date: 07/13/2011 | Local News
Front Porch: Skateboarding competition in Mukilteo on Saturday
Grab your boardThe Mukilteo Family YMCA plans to host the 2011 Subway Washington Games skateboarding competition at 10 a.m. Saturday. There will be a bowl contest and park slalom.The event is free and spectators are encouraged.
Date: 07/12/2011 | Local News
Find out if a kid'll eat ivy, too, at Goatalympics
Goatalympics 2011 is planned for Saturday at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds.It's modeled after a horse show, with lots of classes for different sorts of goats, says Ellen Felsenthal, owner of New Moon Farm Goat Rescue and Sanctuary in Arlington.
Date: 07/08/2011 | Local News
Stroll back in time
Tour Everett’s newly declared National Historic District
Date: 07/02/2011 | Life
Fly up to Arlington for Fly-In
The annual Arlington Fly-In takes off again Wednesday for five days of air shows, displays of military machines and restored aircraft, and lots of exhibits, enough to satisfy any flying fanatic.
Date: 07/01/2011 | Entertainment
When coal was king in Roslyn
In today's column, we return to Roslyn. All who lived around that small town in the 1886 to 1963 period were familiar with the trains that brought the coal out of Roslyn's mines, dug into the most extensive coal fields on the West Coast.
Date: 06/25/2011 | Life
Oak Harbor was advised to get archaeology help before ancient remains found
OAK HARBOR -- Three sets of American Indian remains were found during downtown road construction after officials rejected a suggestion to employ an archaeologist on the project. archeology
Date: 06/24/2011 | Local News
Sculpture celebrates Everett's commercial fishermen
It took seven years, but Barbara Piercey of Everett and Kay Zuanich of Mukilteo think it was worth the wait."It's so evocative of what they were doing," Piercey said. "He just captured the essence of what they do and the emotions."
Date: 06/24/2011 | Business
Darrington to mark 120 years with party Saturday
DARRINGTON -- The volunteer economic development group in this town is rolling out its first big event Saturday and they want y'all there.This old logging-mining-hiking-and-bluegrass-music-playing town is celebrating its 120th birthday this year.
Date: 06/17/2011 | Local News
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