Over the years at the Wenatchee Valley Museum, there have been some odd and strange things that have been donated to the collection. While currently there is a screening process…
Merritt Field Built a Grand Hotel – 7/25/2024
Photo caption: The Field Hotel in Stehekin was a destination resort from the 1890s until 1926, when it had to be dismantled prior to the raising of Lake Chelan’s water…
Wenatchee Has the ‘Biggest Little Circus in the World’ – 07/23/2024
Photo Caption: A young man juggles and balances plates as he rides a unicycle on the tight wire in the late 1960s. Source: Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center #007-37-470…
Curiosities from the Museum: Razors – 07/18/2024
Over the years at the Wenatchee Valley Museum, some odd and strange things have been donated to the collection. While there is currently a screening process and procedures for donating…
Downtown Wenatchee Burned in 1909 – 07/13/2024
Photo caption: The fire ignited in a barn behind Emil Frank’s Central Market on North Mission Street, and soon spread to nearby buildings. Source: Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center…
Curiosities from the Museum: The Headstone – 07/12/2024
Over the years at the Wenatchee Valley Museum, there have been some odd and strange things that have been donated to the collection. While currently there is a screening process…
Wenatchee-Columbia Confluence Has Long History – 07/06/2024
Photo source: Wenatchee Valley Museum #40-67-2. Native American women prepare for a first foods or first roots ceremony near Goldendale, Washington. Note the T-shaped digging sticks by their knees. Written…
Curiosities from the Museum: Iron Spider – 6/26/2024
Over the years at the Wenatchee Valley Museum, there have been some odd and strange things that have been donated to the collection. While currently there is a screening process…
Dutch John Galler: The Valley’s First Vintner – 6/14/2024
Written by Chris Rader The Wenatchee Valley is taking its place among the great wine-making regions of the world, with Washington second only to California in U.S. wine production and…
Hospitals Cared for Early Wenatchee Valley Residents – 6/13/2024
Source: Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center #58-9-3.80. Both Deaconess and St. Anthony’s Hospitals had fine nursing schools. During its 53 years of operation, the Deaconess school graduated more than…