Dorothy Hailstone Beale
Hazel Hircko (left) and Dorothy Hailstone Beale (right), ca 1936
Dorothy Hailstone Beale was born in 1919 to James H. Hailstone and Emma Greenier Hailstone. Dorothy was interviewed in 2006 by Maria McLeod as part of IHM’s oral history project. Dorothy talks about growing up in Issaquah, logging, and the Hailstone family. Her extensive interview covers many families in Issaquah as well as some fascinating discussion about the KKK and cultural and race relations in Issaquah.
Bad Ben Legg
/in Issaquahns /by adminWas Ben Legg being malicious or just having a bad day?
Women of Issaquah in WWI
/in Issaquahns /by adminPublished in the the Summer 2003 edition of Past Times.
Biography of Martin Monohon
/in Issaquahns /by admin“In 1877 he took up a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres near Issaquah in this county, and built thereon a log house.”
Biography of James W. Bush
/in Issaquahns /by adminJames W. Bush came to Squak Valley “at a time when it was literally a jungle, the haunt of wild animals and frequented by hostile Indians.”
Biography of Herbert S. Upper
/in Issaquahns /by admin“Can any pleasure in life compare With a charming drive in open air? A spirited horse of royal breed With just a little more style and speed Than any you meet, and it matters not If his gait be pace or a swinging trot.”
1893 Biographical Sketch of Ingebright. A. Wold
/in Issaquahns /by admin“He took up a claim where the town of Gilman now stands[…]. He got title to this tract of land under the preemption law.”
Tibbetts Family: Henrys Branch
/in Issaquahns /by adminHenry Harrison Tibbetts has remained all but invisible… until now.
75 Years of Service: History of the Kiwanis Club of Issaquah
/in Issaquahns /by adminDavid Jepsen and Dan Anderson present the history of the Kiwanis Club of Issaquah.
The Morgan Family of Issaquah
/in Issaquahns /by adminPublished in the the Winter 2005 edition of Past Times.