Seattle's Ravenna Neighborhood
by Ann Wendell /
2007 / English / EPUB
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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 25cents 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 i
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 25cents 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 i