The Issaquah Press - Historic Articles and Families

The Issaquah Press hosts an archive section on its website containing articles of interest to genealogists and family historians. The archives contain history articles and articles about historic families. Some of the articles are attributed some are not. Many of the history articles have been taken from "This Was Issaquah: A Compilation by Harriet Fish" consisting of articles about Issaquah History reprinted from local newspapers. Most of the articles were written by Harriet Fish and originally published in the Issaquah Press. This 142 page paperback book was published and printed in 1987 and can be purchased from The Issaquah Historical Society website Issaquah History On-Line.

An example of one of the historic articles:

Name Game - What To Call The City?

by Harriet U. Fish

Not many towns have been known by more than one name, as has Issaquah! It has been written many times, erroneously, that Issaquah has had four names in its 115-year history.

The truth is that the town, itself, has had three names, not four! The first one sort of "happened" as it was picked up from the Indian term for this lush valley of singing birds, swimming fish, wandering game and plump berries. They called it by its sound - the calls and squaks of the many water birds which frequented the boggy land, the swamps, the creeks and the lake before its level was lowered. Continue Reading The Name Game - What To Call The City? >>