Over a century since its inception in the 1920s, the shape and size of the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center have changed and grown alongside the Wenatchee Valley community….

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…

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…

Written by Chris Rader For decades, Wenatchee Valley Museum members and visitors have admired the colorful 18’x7’ mural at the south end of the museum lobby. Many are aware that…

Written by Chris Rader Many in the Wenatchee Valley have heard of Parque Padrinos and the “two Teresas” who founded the organization six years ago. Teresa Zepeda Sosa is the…

Written by Chris Rader As Wenatchee’s first female physician, and the first to specialize in diseases of women and children, Dr. Minnie Simmons attracted a lot of mostly female patients…

Written by Chris Rader and Margie Jones Few residents of the Greater Wenatchee area have ever heard of Elsie Parrish – and yet half of our population has felt the…

Written by Chris Rader Those who have seen Brave Space Media’s documentary “Expedition Reclamation,” shot in November 2020, will recognize Karen Francis-McWhite as one of the women of color profiled…

Written by Chris Rader Few people, living or dead, could compete with Wenatchee’s Fred Collins at shining shoes. He asserted that he had shined and cleaned 1,500,000 shoes during his…

Written by Chris Rader From a simple beginning in the segregated city of Little Rock, Arkansas during the Great Depression to a civically-involved community leader in Los Angeles, to an…