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Meet Cathy Fields and read her artist statement for Hillman City's newest landmark, the Hillman City Heritage Bell.

I was born on March 30, 1947 in Rochester New, York. I came to live in my grandmother’s house, where my dad and uncle grew up. The house...

Rowing is the oldest intercollegiate sport in the U.S. that began with a race between Yale and Harvard Universities in 1852. Years later,...

Rainier Valley’s Connection to the 1936 Olympic Gold Medal Reading the captivating and best selling book Boys in the Boat, inspired us to...

Presenting: "The Real Boys in the Boat" - A Daughter Remembers Join us and Judy Rantz Willman, daughter of University of Washington crew...

Garlic Gulch Legacy by Mikala Woodward, Excerpted from Rainier Valley Food Stories Cookbook Many Italian families – like many other...

The Rainier Valley’s Italian community has long been a focus of interest and curiosity. In 1915 sociology graduate student Nellie Roe...

Excerpted from Rainier Valley Food Stories Cookbook The greatest love stories all feature a seemingly insurmountable obstacle, overcome...

In this 1937 photograph we see the east side of Rainier Avenue’s 4800 block, with the ornate Ark Lodge building occupying center stage....

These pictures arrived in our office last week, sent by Mr. Vern Farrow. They may not seem all that spectacular at first glance, but they...

We are grateful to a student researcher, L.S., for bringing the Dixon family to our attention. We have gleaned much from archival...

This year’s return to the annual RVHS Founder’s Dinner and Auction was one of the best! We gathered on October 14th to honor founder Buzz...

The Atlantic Street Center, a youth-focused social service agency, is celebrating a hundred years of serving the citizens of the Rainier Val

This 1908 photo of Columbia City was taken looking north along 37th Avenue from Dawson Street at the foot of Hitt’s Hill. It is a...

Discover the legacy of the Taylor Mill Company, a pivotal player in Seattle's early timber industry.

Growing up the eldest of ten children with a single mother, Ruby Chow learned the power of ordinary people helping each other out....

When our Food Stories cookbook was being written we compiled not just recipes but recorded oral histories from people and these oral...

Change is now. The video documenting George Floyd’s murder has shaken the world. America’s silence has been broken and voices have been...

Please join us for an online talk with David J. Jepsen, author of “Contested Boundaries: A New Pacific Northwest History” on the primary...

During Columbia City’s early years, Washington struggled with the prohibition issue. Temperance advocates had begun their work back in...