Wenatchee’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Wenatchee. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The Wenatchee Reach of the Columbia River was formed during the Missoula floods, a series of ice age floods that inundated much of modern-day Eastern Washington. The earliest known human artifacts in the area were from the prehistoric Clovis culture and discovered in a cache at the East Wenatchee Clovis Site. The site was uncovered in 1987 and include stone and bone tools covered in volcanic ash from a Glacier Peak eruption approximately 13,410 to 13,710 years before present, as determined by radiocarbon dating.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Wenatchee’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Wenatchee’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewBridge over Columbia River, 1908: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Wenatchee
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Wenatchee, decade by decade
1990s
10 historic places in Wenatchee
Wenatchee has 10 listings on the National Register, and they protect 89 historic buildings, because Downtown Wenatchee Historic District alone counts 57.
Where they are
When they were listed
Listed 1973Wells House
Listed 1977U.S. Post Office and Annex
Listed 1982Columbia River Bridge
Listed 1982Wenatchee Carnegie Library
Listed 1995Columbia River Bridge at Wenatchee
Listed 2004Wenatchee Fire Station #1
Listed 2008Downtown Wenatchee Historic DistrictListed 1992Michael Horan HouseListed 2021Brown’s First Addition Historic DistrictListed 2021Burke-Hill ApartmentsThen & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Bridge over Columbia River (1908) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (3) and the National Register (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.