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Upcoming Talks by KH staff

YouTube on demand: Seattle’s First Railroad — Seattle Coal and Transportation Company

CANCELED: Two mini-talks for the Woodinville Heritage Society monthly meeting: “Mrs. Woodin goes to Seattle” and “DeYoung Feeds and the Northern Pacific”

CANCELED: Seattle’s First Railroad: The Seattle Coal & Transportation Co. (Redmond Historical Society evening talk series) — to be rescheduled

Feature Spotlight: The Lake Washington Belt Line in Kirkland, 1905-2009

The Cross-Kirkland Corridor was an active railroad for over 100 years before becoming a popular multi-use trail. We dove deep into the history of the railroad and the businesses that it served. Enjoy!

Read about the LWBL and CKC…

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Fun, FREE online "The Coals of Newcastle--100 Years of Hidden History" book release online event!

In its earliest days, Seattleites realized that logging and milling were not its destiny, so it looked east, across Lake Washington to a small collection of coal-bearing land claims that held the promise of making Seattle Puget Sound's most important city--big dreams for a settlement with under 300 residents!

From 1864 to 1963, Newcastle, Washington was the center of a busy coal mining industry producing nearly 11 million tons of coal from a crisscross of tunnels under present day Cougar Mountain, Coal Creek Natural Area and The Golf Club at Newcastle. There were two main town sites as well as large mining structures, buildings and homes. Today, little evidence of the once bustling coal mining town of more than 1000 people remains. The 2020 edition of the book, Coals of Newcastle - a Hundred Years of Hidden History, tells the story of the mines, coal companies, transportation and the people of an almost forgotten era.

Members of Newcastle Historical Society will discuss select stories and photos from the updated book to celebrate the October 19 book launch, the community and the unique history of Newcastle.

In partnership with Newcastle Historical Society. This event is part of KCLS' Author Voices series.

Please register. You will be sent a Zoom invite within 24 hours of the program.

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For adults. From 1864 to 1963, Newcastle, Washington was the center of a busy coal mining industry producing nearly 11 million tons of coal from a crisscross of tunnels under present day Cougar Mounta...

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1 week ago

Kudos Newcastle Historical Society!

This is a highly revised, painstakingly researched major update to the 1987 seminal work on Newcastle, WA's history, "The Coals of Newcastle".

Dr. Eva Lundahl, lead editor, did an incredible job of overseeing the efforts of a 10 plus member research group!

The 1987 version was really great for the time, but obviously now we have access to primary source materials the 1987 group did not. A LOT went into this, three of the research teammates even journeyed down to San Francisco to access library and museum materials not available online (SF was the primary market for Seattle coal). Just the 1850s-78 portion took our (appx) eight person group three plus years and several hundred hours, a major effort that even involved sending a remotely operated vehicle down 200-feet into Lake Washington to examine coal cars that fell off a barge during an 1875 windstorm and surveying and metal detecting and locating artifacts from the last small recognizable segment of the 1874 incline railway from the mines to Lake Washington!

If you have any interest in Newcastle's past--it is by a large margin the oldest community near Lake Washington--then this book is a must have!

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The Coals of Newcastle – A Hundred Years of Hidden History

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