Junius Rochester

During his college summers, while working the wheat harvest, the future U.S. Supreme Court Justice enjoyed listening to the tales of Wobblies, the Industrial Workers of the World, who were considered criminals by many of his neighbors.

River fishing is one way the Wanapum Native culture has been kept alive. In protecting and enhancing that culture and its 12,000-year-old fishing tradition, Natives of the region point to revered prophets.

He fought for a city plan that was opposed by influential property owners.  Never mind his reputation as a “gentleman architect,”he entered city-wide frays related to public art and architecture.

Many of Seattle's Olmsted legacy parks display a plaque describing who passed here and what happened at this location. 

“He (Brother Mack) didn’t claim to be a great preacher . . .(but) . . . he knew not to rustle (his flock).”

Capt. Vancouver wrote, "to commemorate Mr. Puget’s exertions, the southern extremity I named Puget’s Sound.”

The rich history of Seattle would have been a relatively modest story without these watery links to the second largest lake in Washington State.

What does a rodeo rider do after breaking bones and breaking horses in a relatively short and violent career?  The answer often was to go to Hollywood.

The idea for this great adventure came from a grizzled Scot and local mountain man named J. H. Christie, who died in 2003. 

Native traditions likely laid a foundation for local sports.