Wedgwood in Seattle History of
- The names of Seattle streets are worthy of a trivia contest to discern their origins and guess the meaning of the names. What does it mean when a street in Seattle is named “Aloha???”
- Oyster Dome (wta.org)
Oyster fishing and logging were the dominant industries in the Chuckanut area from the late nineteenth to early twentieth centuries. The forest lands of Blanchard Mountain became state trust lands in the 1920s and 1930s, giving the forest a needed respite. Much of the forest on Blanchard is second-growth; logging artifacts can be seen on the trail, and giant stumps inspire imagination about the towering cathedral forests that blanketed the mountain prior to logging.