Issaquah Washington is a growing suburb located off the 1-90 corridor approximately seventeen miles east of downtown Seattle. It got its start as a mining town supporting the Squak and Cougar Mountain mines. As the deposits depleted, the logging industry moved in during the 1890’s. Issaquah was incorporated in 1892. Logging continued to be the main stay of industry until the great depression. As the logging industry subsides, companies like Boeing started supplying jobs and stability to the area. Today, Issaquah is home to such well-known companies as Costco Wholesale, Siemens medical solutions, Gold Sim technology, Darigold and the always delicious Boehm’s Candies.
Besides its proximity to Seattle, Issaquah is actually quite close to the Cascade mountains as well. The town is
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Kirkland Washington was established in 1888 and incorporated in 1905 making it the oldest city on the Eastside. Peter Kirk purchased the land that makes up downtown on the shores of Lake Washington to create a
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Redmond Washington, located in the north east corner of King County was originally settled in the late 1870s. Original settlers came to the area to log the dense forests and made home near the Sammamish Slough. Luke McRedmond and Warren Perrigo
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Duvall is in the Northeast corner of King County bordering Redmond and is small but growing with a population just under 6000 people. Due to its location in the Snoqualmie Valley it serves as a bedroom community to those who work at Microsoft’s
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Bellevue Washington in my opinion is the most beautiful and versatile city in the world! I truly mean that and in this blog I will show you why. Thank you for reading.
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Woodinville WA. Is one of the northern most cities in King County located between Bothell to the west, Duvall to the east andRedmond to the south. A lesser known fact about Woodinville is that a small portion of the city actually
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