Winners have been announced for the North Central Washington Juried Art Show, which opened Dec. 4 at the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center. The show is sponsored by Community Foundation of North Central Washington. Judges Marita Dingus and Gregg Schlanger chose the following to receive awards: First place and $500, karen dawn dean of Wenatchee for three…
Super Summer Adventures Going Strong, And Not Over Yet!
Every summer, more than 1,000 schoolchildren from all over the Wenatchee Valley come to the Museum to take part in our fun, educational Super Summer Adventures sessions. This summer marks our 18th year of bringing these exciting hands-on, tactile learning experiences to kids – and the program is going stronger than ever. With 11 4-day sessions this…
St. Joe’s 4th Graders Learn, Paddles In The Water
A few photos from our 4th grade field experience program highlighting early exploration and fur trading on the Columbia Plateau on Monday, May 18. Student’s from St. Joseph’s School learned about early forms of transportation like canoeing, as well as fur trading and fabric dying at outdoor field stations at Walla Walla Point Park in…
Join Us For High Tea At Wells House
The Wells House Committee announces a “Spring Tea” on May 31st at 1:00 p.m. to be held at Wells House, 9th Street and Nelson, in Wenatchee. This fundraising event will feature afternoon “high tea” treats with specialty teas presented by Cha at Pybus Public Market. A highlight of the event will be a display…
Dora Tibbets: Homesteader and Women’s Rights Pioneer
Cashmere was still Old Mission and Chelan County was yet to be named when Dora Tibbits and her husband Milton carved a living from their Dryden homestead in the early 1900s. With land on both sides of the Wenatchee River, their property existed in both Kittitas and Okanogan counties. “It surely is a nuisance,” Tibbits…
James J. Hill: Railroad Magnate and Wenatchee Visionary
“Work, hard work, intelligent work, and then more work,” was the mantra of railroad magnate James J. Hill. A hands-on detailed obsessed manager, Hill refused to believe the arid lands of Wenatchee could not be developed into bountiful orchards. Hill’s faith in the future prosperity of the valley was so strong that he worked with…