MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: April 29, 2021
Garden market-goers enjoy opening day in 2020. (My Edmonds News file photo)
On Saturday, May 1, promptly at 9 a.m., the Edmonds Historical Museum will open yet another season of the Garden Market. We will be opening under COVID restrictions, but returning to Bell Street as we were in 2019. The main entrance will be on Bell and 5th, near the Log Cabin and the main exit will be on the other side of Centennial Plaza.
We do not anticipate long lines this season due to the new guidelines set by the Washington State Health Department, which will allow more customers into the market at a time. One thing that has not changed from last season: All customers and vendors will be required to wear masks while attending the market and are asked to monitor their social distance. Signs will be posted throughout the market to remind us all to keep 6 feet apart when possible.
MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: April 25, 2021
In 1910 – on the way to the waterfront mills in Edmonds
Nothing depicts the early days of the town of Edmonds more than timber. It was what brought many New England and Eastern people here; and also, the farmers from the Midwest. On the East Coast, they had pretty much depleted their own forests, and in the Midwest, the farmers were just plain worn out from fighting the weather, mainly in the form of dust storms and droughts.
Main Street in Edmonds in 1910. (Photo courtesy Edmonds Historical Museum)
To me, this photo is one of the best reminders of early day Edmonds, and the richness of the timber. And, if you enjoy eating at Chanterelle’s Hometown Bistro between Third and Fourth on Main Street, you should recognize it as it looked in 1910 the building is on the right in this photo. It really hasn’t changed that much. The building on the left is the former State Bank of Edmonds, and the office of C. T. Roscoe, Jr. is upstairs.
MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: February 23, 2021
Edmonds Historical Museum
Join the Edmonds-South Snohomish County Historical Society and the Edmonds Historical Museum virtually Monday March 1, at 4 p.m. for the organization’s annual meeting.
Edmonds Historical Museum Director Katie Kelly and the society’s board of directors will reflect on 2020 and what is in store for 2021.
A link to the meeting will be sent at least 30 minutes prior to the event. Contact the museum at info@historicedmonds.org to request the meeting link.
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MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: January 26, 2021 767
Edmonds Historical Museum Director Katie Kelly, center, accepts a check from Salish Sea owner Jeff Barnett, right, as Edmonds resident and KIRO TV meterologist Nick Allard, left, looks on.
In what has become an annual tradition, Edmonds’ Salish Sea Brewing donated a check matching and slightly exceeding, by $2 the Edmonds Uplift Society’s $500 donation to the Edmonds Historical Museum. The Uplift Society usually donates its money in connection with the New Year’s Day Polar Plunge at Brackett’s Landing, but made a separate donation even though the Plunge was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a friendly competition, Salish Sea Brewing has routinely been adding a bit more to its donation to “exceed” the Uplift Society’s contribution.
MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: January 22, 2021
Photo courtesy Edmonds Waterfront Center
As we prepare to welcome the community into the new Waterfront Center (subject to the course of COVID-19 and meeting safety protocols), it is important that we place this milestone into a larger frame. Our story is more than the building.
On January 13, we kicked off The Waterfront Forum, a three-part Zoom series with presentations from local experts. The first session “Story of Place” was presented by local author and executive educator Carol Sanford. In her remarks, Sanford discussed how the shared story of place can bring people together, stating, “Place grows out of the rich interrelationship of the earth, local nature and local cultures.”