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Newsletter Archive

Past editions of the Society's "Redmond Recorder" Newsletter

Published since May 1999 the Redmond Recorder documented events, speakers, and the growth of the Redmond Historical Society.

Date
Summary
June 2014
Get Ready for Derby Days, See our Derby display at Redmond Town Center, Cemetery Walking Tour July 20, Try your hand at our trivia question, Looking for a new Collections Management Vice President, Tony Emmanuel shares remembrances, History of the Redmond Meat Market by Tom Hitzroth, World War II and Fishing exhibits on display at the Schoolhouse, and read more about Miguel LIanos.
May 2014
Learn about efforts by the City to revitalize the Leary Way Corridor, Read about Walter Cooper, the rail engineer, May is Historic Preservation Month, and the City Council will honor students work May 20, “Signals” Rail art on display, Read about the William Sikes Valley Hotel by Tom Hitzroth, Kirkland Ferry Clock Landmarked, World War II and Fishing exhibits on display at the Schoolhouse, and read more about the Nelson Family.
April 2014
Upcoming Speaker: Details, Hydroplane racing talk April 5, Play Trivia Time, Read more by Steve Greaves, See our displays at Town Center, Stone House Restaurant still open, Endowment fund established from donation by Margaret E. Wiese’s Estate, Help us celebrate Board President Christine Himes’s 85th Birthday, and Replacement Speaker for May Announced.
March 2014
Upcoming Speaker: Details, Updated list of historic landmarked properties on City website, Torkel Nilson gave RHS some letters dealing proposed Airport, Read more about the Walther Hotel fire of 1910, by Tom Hitzroth, Irish Ancestors in Redmond Explored, Request for World War II artifacts, New Signs with history, for the Red Brick Road roundabout, and see our displays around town at the former Borders at Redmond Town Center, the Redmond Library and outside our office.
February 2014
Upcoming Speaker: Details, Mike Foss shares his family pictures, Old Redmond Bank to reopen as a sandwich shop, Gary Cooper local ties confirmed, Kirkland’s Loomis House landmarked, In Memoriam: Jan Foreman, New home sought for large wood carving by Wayne Gunderson, Civil War Exhibit opens at State History Museum in Tacoma on Feb 17, and RHS is looking for a Newsletter Assistant.
January 2014
Upcoming Speaker: Details, Reading Janet Oakley’s Novel, Learn more about the history of Sammamish, Logging pictures from the Tolt Historical Society, Lampaert brothers horsing around, Remembering Barbara Beeson, Preserving the Teen Canteen, and see our new display outside the office.
November 2013
Upcoming Speaker: Details, See the last Centennial Panel in Liquor Store window, Railroad Plates Become Art, Video of “Redmond School Days” Event, Redmond History through art at Town Center, Country Landmarks Considers Cooper Dairy Farm, Our Collection - Online, RHS Membership Dues, Redmond Lights Dec. 7@ 4PM, and Margaet Weise’s obituary.
October 2013
Upcoming Speaker: Details, New Online: Walking Tour Video Clips, In Memoriam: Co-Founder Margaret E. Wiese, In Memoriam: Eric Anderson, Haida House Roof Restored, Success of First Speaker, Our Collection - Online, New Lifetime Members, and RHS Membership Dues.
September 2013
Upcoming speaker: Details, Gunderson Carving, New sponsor: Bellevue Collection, Summer Celebrations, In Memoriam: Tom Hall, Full Speaker Series Schedule, Doris Schaible Retires, Haunted History Walking Tour, and New RHS Dues.
June 2013
It’s Picnic Time Again, 2013 History Heros: Cheryl and Gene Magnuson, and Historic Walking Tour.
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