[Loscho_Enews] Fwd: FW: Change of Date AGAIN! Sorry!
Snocoheritage
snocoheritage at gmail.com
Tue Nov 10 19:06:19 PST 2015
SKAGIT COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM
501 S. 4th Street • P.O. Box 818 • La Conner, WA 98257
tel. 360.466.3365 • fax 360.466.1611
From: Jo Wolfe
Fundraising and Publicity Coordinator
360.466.3365
jwolfe at co.skagit.wa.us
November 22nd 2 to 4 PM
Skagit Topic Presentation
The Skagit Hydroelectric Project:
6 Dams and 1 Genius
La Conner – Join us *Sunday, November 22nd* from 2 to 4 PM to hear the
story of Seattle City Light’s heroic construction of the Skagit
Hydroelectric Project. *Please note – this is a change of date so that
people can be free to attend the memorial service for Skagit* *historian
Noel Bourasaw*.
Dr. Jesse Kennedy will describe the six dams that Seattle City Light built
as a public utility to provide electricity to the growing city of Seattle.
The little known genius of the driving force behind the project, James
Delmage Ross, will be described from his search for gold in the Klondike to
the creation of the first radio station in Seattle and his search for the
element Measurium.
The Museum is located at 501 S. 4th Street, at the top of the hill in La
Conner. Admission: Adults $5, Seniors $4, Families $10. For more
information call 360.466.3365 or visit www.skagitcounty.net/museum
*Jo E. Wolfe*
Director of Development
Skagit County Historical Museum
360-466-3365
forwarded by
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Karen Prasse
League of Snohomish County Heritage Organizations
info at snocoheritage.org
www.snocoheritage.org
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