Title: Shine Bright (2)
Series: Ephesians 5
Author: Stephen Whitney
Text: Ephesians 5:7-14
Most everyone has heard a little about the history of Leavenworth.
The first homesteaders moved into the area in 1885 when a handful of people settled on the Icicle Flats. By 1890 settlers were moving to the Chumstick Valley and around Lake Wenatchee and Plain where they cleared land, farmed, logged and raised livestock most of which were sheep.
Big change came to the area with the Great Northern Railroad, which completed its line through Leavenworth in 1892 and over Stevens Pass the next year. The company had a switching yard for engines and their headquarters on the edge of town.
The railroad brought growth.
Leavenworth was platted in 1892 and named for an investor in the land development company that set it up. A sawmill was built at the south end of town in 1904.
Settlers began to plant fruit trees, beginning an industry that was soon supported by the construction of irrigation ditches.
Leavenworth's boom didn't last very long. In the 1920's the town lost both the sawmill and the railroad as they moved their division headquarters to Wenatchee. Worst for Leavenworth, the rail line was rerouted from the treacherous Tumwater Canyon to the Chumstick Valley, bypassing Leavenworth altogether.
The Great Depression in the 1930's and the World War II in the 1940's brought even more decline to the small town.
By the 1950's the town was just limping along. Then a handful of people began to call for change, led by people such as Ted Price, Bob Rogers and Pauline Watson.
In 1962 at the urging of these and other people, Leavenworth turned to the University of Washington's Bureau of Community Development for help. Professors helped the town find its own solution through a year-long study, conducted by the townspeople.
Out of the self-assessment came Leavenworth's first Autumn Leaf Festival in 1964. The development of a Bavarian theme in ...
Series: Ephesians 5
Author: Stephen Whitney
Text: Ephesians 5:7-14
Most everyone has heard a little about the history of Leavenworth.
The first homesteaders moved into the area in 1885 when a handful of people settled on the Icicle Flats. By 1890 settlers were moving to the Chumstick Valley and around Lake Wenatchee and Plain where they cleared land, farmed, logged and raised livestock most of which were sheep.
Big change came to the area with the Great Northern Railroad, which completed its line through Leavenworth in 1892 and over Stevens Pass the next year. The company had a switching yard for engines and their headquarters on the edge of town.
The railroad brought growth.
Leavenworth was platted in 1892 and named for an investor in the land development company that set it up. A sawmill was built at the south end of town in 1904.
Settlers began to plant fruit trees, beginning an industry that was soon supported by the construction of irrigation ditches.
Leavenworth's boom didn't last very long. In the 1920's the town lost both the sawmill and the railroad as they moved their division headquarters to Wenatchee. Worst for Leavenworth, the rail line was rerouted from the treacherous Tumwater Canyon to the Chumstick Valley, bypassing Leavenworth altogether.
The Great Depression in the 1930's and the World War II in the 1940's brought even more decline to the small town.
By the 1950's the town was just limping along. Then a handful of people began to call for change, led by people such as Ted Price, Bob Rogers and Pauline Watson.
In 1962 at the urging of these and other people, Leavenworth turned to the University of Washington's Bureau of Community Development for help. Professors helped the town find its own solution through a year-long study, conducted by the townspeople.
Out of the self-assessment came Leavenworth's first Autumn Leaf Festival in 1964. The development of a Bavarian theme in ...
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