A bit of the wild, wild west and the gold fever hit both Redmond and Kirkland during the Alaskan Gold Rush.  Find out all about it on Saturday, March 8th.  Ruth Kerr, from Seattle’s Klondike Gold Rush Museum will be speaking from 10:30 AM to 12 noon at The Redmond Library, 15990 NE 85th St.

You can find out more about the latest society news and the upcoming Gold Rush talk by reading the Redmond Historical Society newsletter.  Dedicated to preserving the history of Redmond, the Redmond Historical Society, founded in 1999, has newsletters and a book about the history of Redmond, in addition to walking tours to see the city’s history. 

I attended a walking tour last fall in downtown Redmond and was excited to learn about the history of many of the buildings on Leary Way. Here is a post about one of the buildings on Leary Way that had its origin as a hotel. The historic brown building, now the Matador restaurant, has had a colorful past.

 The society’s book explains the chronology of all the past names for the present day city of Redmond.  It’s an interesting read and gives another side to Redmond most of us never think about.

 Yes, Virginia, there was life in Redmond before Microsoft!