1911 Several serious fires occur (Way 77)
Redmond State Bank receives charter and opens in new brick building on the Northwest corner of Leary Way and Cleveland Street (Way 82)
First use of Packard trucks that transport logs to unloading docks on Lake Sammamish
Congregational Church disbands after meeting for 30 years (Way 89)
1912 The school board re-organizes the high school, and fires the principal and teachers because the students are allowed to be undisciplined and rowdy (Hardy Timeline I 8)
Redmond incorporates as 4th class town with over 300 citizens and a size of 192.9 acres (Way 78)
1913 Fred Reil is Redmond's first mayor; he meets with the Town Council in the Walther hotel
The Redmond-Kirkland road is completed, and blacktopped to Grass Lawn Road then macadamed to Bear Creek service station.
Town Council approves the establishment of saloons within city limits. Initial license fee is $1,000, annual renewal fee is between $300 to $1,000, and the license will be revoked if there is a failure to maintain an orderly house or liquor is served to minors (Way 78)
Taxpayers approve $13,000 bond to modernize water system to serve community (Way 78)
Yellowstone Trail paved with red bricks, and becomes known as the Red Brick Road on 196th Ave NE between Union Hill Road and 55th Place NE (Way 68)
The main event of the 4th of July celebration is a tug of war challenge--Redmond vs. The World. The Redmond team, anchored by a 250-pound man, wins in a time of 20 minutes 1914 T & D Feeds becomes established, and is known as the Co-op (Way 119)
Redmond High School graduates its first three seniors, Thomas Perrigo, Etta Boddy, and Bessie Mitchell (Hardy Timeline I 10)
Bookkeeper and store manager, William Quackenbush, arrives in Redmond with his wife, Maude Mae, and four daughters (Way 55)
Judge William White dies (Way 67)
1915 Accredited 4-year high school establishes in a 6-room building in Anderson Park (Way 89)
Town Council relocates meeting place to Eagles Hall then to the second floor of Bill Bill Brown's Building (Hardy 11)
1916 Lake Washington Ship Canal opens, and lowers lake level about 9 feet
Redmond Service Station opens at 17001 NE 79th Street and is operated by JC Alter (Hardy Timeline I 10)
1917 Clise family moves to California
1918 Bill Brown elected mayor, and serves from 1919 until 1948 (Way 91)
Union Oil Company plant locates in Redmond
Redmond Logging starts business (Way 55)
Morelli's open a 45-acre chicken farm on 148th Ave NE in the Overlake area (Way 117)
Banker CA Shinstrom coaches the high school basketball team to the county championship won at the Seattle YMCA (Way 96)
Lake Washington Reflector, published by Eugene LeHequet, begins publication (Hardy Timeline I 11)
"Eastside Journal" begins publication in Kirkland. East Side is originally spelled as two words (Hardy Timeline I 11)
1919 Mill workdays are reduced from 10 to 8 hours as a result of union bargaining (Way 94)
North Bend Stage begins business, and is run by Emil and Myrtle Oslund Arneson (Hardy Timeline I 11)
Lou C. Brown leases the "Redmond Hall", opens the Dream Theater, and shows the first moving picture, "The Girl From Outside" (Hardy Timeline I 11)
1920 Official US census indicates Redmond population is 438 (Wikipedia)
School bus service begins as outlying schools in Union Hill, Happy Valley, and Inglewood decide to consolidate (Way 103)
First gas station opens (Hardy Timeline I 11)
Norman's Saloon interior is axed and trashed late at night. Although theories abound, no one is charged for the crime (Hardy Timeline I 11)
Redmond History: 1911-1920
Updated: Aug 4, 2020
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