A fascinating story exists just below Seattle's surface, buried in the city's many historic cemeteries. Founded in 1872 on land acquired from Doc Maynard, Lake View Cemetery holds the remains of one of Seattle's favorite sons, Bruce Lee, whose son Brandon Lee is buried beside him. Maynard is also buried here, along with most of the Seattle pioneers, including the Dennys, Borens, Maynards, Yeslers, and Morans. Princess Angeline, Chief Sealth's daughter, was buried here in a canoe-shaped coffin, and Madame Damnable's remains supposedly turned to stone. Evergreen-Washelli Cemetery, founded in 1884 by the Denny family, contains Judge Thomas Burke, known as the man who built Seattle; a Veterans Memorial Cemetery dating from the Civil War; and two cannons from the USS Constitution, famously nicknamed Old Ironsides. Mount Pleasant Cemetery, founded in 1883 in Queen Anne, is the final resting place of the labor martyrs of the Everett Massacre and William Bell, of Belltown fame. Remembrance benches for Nirvana's Kurt Cobain and Jimi Hendrix's memorial are also local landmarks.
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Author Robin Shannon is a member of Washington State Paranormal Investigations and Research (WSPIR), whose members help care for several small cemeteries around Seattle. Using more than 200 photographs, Shannon leads readers through Seattle's pioneer history, depicting the cemeteries of Seattle and the history interred within them.
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This review is from: Cemeteries of Seattle (Images of America: Washington) (Paperback)
Robin Shannon's "Cemeteries of Seattle" is a unique book which takes you on a visual tour through Seattle's cemeteries and their famous (and infamous) inhabitants. This book includes both historic and contemporary photographs of the cemeteries and gravesites as well as extremely interesting information about the significance of those interred within each cemetery.
This is a "must read" for any cemetery or history lover!
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Beneath the ground of Lake View Cemetery is some of Seattle's richest history. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Courtesy Evergreen-Washelli Cemetery, Courtesy Cherian Thomas Photography, Courtesy Seattle Municipal Archives, Courtesy Clarence Bagley, Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Lake View Cemetery, Evergreen Cemetery, Everett Massacre, Courtesy Everett Public Library, Oregon Trail, First Avenue, Puget Sound, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Memorial Day, Lake Washington, San Francisco, Jimi Hendrix, Edgar Ray Butterworth, Aurora Avenue, Queen Anne Hill, Front Street, Old Ironsides, Industrial Workers of the World, Seattle Cemetery, Evergreen Memorial Park Browse Sample Pages:
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Beneath the ground of Lake View Cemetery is some of Seattle's richest history. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Courtesy Evergreen-Washelli Cemetery, Courtesy Cherian Thomas Photography, Courtesy Seattle Municipal Archives, Courtesy Clarence Bagley, Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Lake View Cemetery, Evergreen Cemetery, Everett Massacre, Courtesy Everett Public Library, Oregon Trail, First Avenue, Puget Sound, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Memorial Day, Lake Washington, San Francisco, Jimi Hendrix, Edgar Ray Butterworth, Aurora Avenue, Queen Anne Hill, Front Street, Old Ironsides, Industrial Workers of the World, Seattle Cemetery, Evergreen Memorial Park Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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