Explore local history, Meadowbrook Farms with Dave Battey
Published 12:56 pm Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Explore local history and walk the lush fields and forests of Meadowbrook Farm, 460 acres of open, scenic space between Snoqualmie and North Bend, when you join guide Dave Battey for guided walks, talks and tours this fall.
Battey leads several sessions:
• Guided Tour of Meadowbrook Farm is 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, starting at the Freshman Campus/Snoqualmie Middle School parking lot (north side of the school). Learn the history, boundaries, flora and fauna of the jewel of the Upper Valley. Dress for a hike; bring your camera and family! No need to register, just show up. Dress for the weather.
• Snoqualmie 101 is 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 22, at Meadowbrook Farm Interpretive Center. Using historic photographs from the Snoqualmie Valley Historical Society, Battey shares a PowerPoint history of the City of Snoqualmie from the ice age through the 1950s. Cataclysmic beginnings, Native Americans, early settlers, the growth of logging and agriculture, the coming of the railroads and much more.
• Town of Snoqualmie Falls Video and Discussion, 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 13. Learn the history of the Snoqualmie Falls Lumber Company Mill and the missing mill town of Snoqualmie Falls, in a video narrated by Dave Battey, with music by Harley Brumbaugh, at the Meadowbrook Farm Interpretive Center. Some silent film from the 1920s and 1930s will also be shown. Free admission.
Meadowbrook Farm is located at 1711 Boalch Avenue in North Bend.
For additional information about classes, contact Dave by e-mail at dave_battey@msn.com
To learn more about the Meadowbrook Farm Preserve, visit www.meadowbrookfarmpreserve.org or send an e-mail to info@meadowbrookfarmpreserve.org
