ABC Wednesday Round 3 ~ B is for Bothell
Bothell is the first town that we lived in when our little family moved from California to Washington in 1988. Our kids went through elementary, junior high, and high school in Bothell. Since then part of Bothell has been renamed Kenmore. Bothell is located northeast of the city of Seattle and on the eastside of Lake Washington.
The Park at Bothell Landing is home to several of Bothell’s historical buildings. Each historical structure at the Park was relocated and restored to take on a new life at the Landing.
Now the Bothell Historic Museum, this home was built by William Hannan himself.
Born in Pennsylvania in 1853 and moving to the Northwest in 1888, Hannan bought property in Bothell in 1890. This was the beginning of a long history in which Hannan was involved in shaping much of early Bothell. He had the post office from 1894 until 1898 and was Bothell’s mayor from 1916 to 1919; he was also member of the school board, the Commercial Club, Odd Fellows and Masons.
The school bell from the second Bothell schoolhouse has been re-hung in the Landing bell tower. It is rung for special occasions in Bothell, such as the Fourth of July, the first day of school, and graduation day.
You can also see the Bridge in the background that take you across the River to the Burke Gilman/Sammamish River Trail.
While the schoolhouse itself was built in 1885, weather delayed the opening and it wasn’t until March of 1886 that the doors opened to teach the children. Miss Helen DeVoe, originally from New York state, was the first school teacher for Bothell; some of her first students were William Keener, Albert Bothell, Annie Beckstrom, and George Brackett
This cabin housed Andrew and Augusta Beckstrom and their 16 children! Their 3rd child, John, was born in the cabin, and is the first recorded birth in Bothell.
Wayne Curve Bridge located along the Burke Gilman Trail is another registered historic site. When I’m in Washington my girlfriends and I walk the Burke Gilman Trail every Saturday morning and we pass this spot twice.
1909 – Bothell was incorporated as a town with a population around 600. George Bothell was elected as the towns first mayor and another relative, AF Bothell was elected council, the town became ‘Bothell’. Gerhard Ericksen, the first Postmaster, is reputed to have said, “There are so many Bothell’s in town, let’s call it Bothell.” Many of the ‘Bothell Family’ are buried in Bothell’s historic Pioneer Cemetery
This was too much for me to try to post on the Blogger site. If you made it though all of this you did well. For more ABC Wednesday Posts on the Letter B visit Mrs. Nesbitt and the new ABC Wednesday Blog.
Photobucket is holding all my photos from 2007-2015 hostage on their site and have replaced my photos with black and grey boxes of ugliness. I’m slowly deleting those boxes from my blog and trying to update so many posts, very frustrating.
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
We had a little place in where I grew up that housed all of the old building from our county. They had people dressed up in period costumes and you could pretend that you went to school and lived there. It was a popular place to take kids on field trips.
Nice choice for B! Thanks for visiting my B-post.
Great research! That’s what I call keeping it local! : D
(can you believe they raised 16 kids in that house?)
What charming historic building, I especially like the red school house!
Your family must have sweet memories of this town!
Lots of beautiful B pictures today, thanks for your’s. The old timber buildings are beautiful.
What a lot of history! Great B post.
Paradise. If I had someplace like that to walk I’d be so inspired…and at least 10 lbs. lighter.
We had a good shake this morning and I didn’t think it was going to stop. My pictures looked like they were going to fly off the wall. WE survived.
Wayne Curve Bridge? You’ll have to show me next time…
SIXTEEN children in that tiny home!
Imagine!!
Bear((( )))
I spent some time in Washington last year. It is a beautiful state.
That was a large and informative B. I can see the problem with posting it on the other site.
I liked your blueberries too!
What an interesting little town…and blog…love it..
Annie
I love history, travel and great photos.
You have all three. A+++
Great B.
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Troy and Martha
What a fun place to visit. It’s great that the history is being preserved.
Very interesting history of Bothell (I’ve always loved the sound of that word)…
And I see there still is at least one proverbial “little red schoolhouse” in the world!
“Louis” has been to Bothell, but had no clue as to the history of it. “Louis” thanks you for enlightening him – and for your recent visit to San Francisco Bay Daily Photo.
What is Bothell Landing anyway? Is there an official place within Bothell?
I believe I own one of the oldest pictures of Bothell Wa. A couple of years ago I compared it to the oldest picture of the city’s website. I saw the little white chapel in the background just like in my picture, and then noticed the homes were much newer. My picture shows shak like homes with a few couples playing a game of crocet. I’m happy to own it but some of my friend think its scarey looking.