Juanita Beach is likely the most historic property owned by the City of Kirkland, yet today, despite its deep roots, it has an all new feel and look.
Union “A” High School at Kirkland (KHS) stood from 1923 on the terraced hillside off Waverly Way, at the site of today’s Heritage Park.
By 1914 one thing was obvious to most: The automobile was here to stay.
In August 1946, more than 6,000 visitors, several times Kirkland’s population then, swarmed into town to watch the much-publicized high-point of Kirkland’s first Water Festival: The pig swimming races.
On May 6, 1933, the “fireproof and unsinkable” San Francisco Bay ferry Peralta burned in a spectacular fire at the Oakland terminal.
The Great Western Iron & Steel Company’s mill was located on Rose Hill, near Forbes Lake and Costco, seen about 1892.
