Blog by Janell Kiehl

Champions Tour

June 3rd, 2006

Seattle, America's 14th largest golf market,
will be home to the 2nd Boeing Greater
Seattle Classic (BGSC) tournament
scheduled for August 14-20, 2006. The event
will be held at The Tournament Players Course
at Snoqualmie Ridge and will benefit the Heart
Institute at Virginia Mason.


TPC Snoqualmie Ridge
36005 SE Ridge Street
Snoqualmie, WA 98065
(425) 396-6000
info@tpcsr.com

History of Snoqualmie

June 3rd, 2006
A Short History of the Upper Snoqualmie Valley

 

Pre-Contact

About 5,000 years ago, soon after the glaciers receded, humans first came to our Valley. The glaciers left a fertile plain and a magnificent 300 foot waterfall. The river had been moved from its ancient bed by the glacier and could not seek its natural level because of the bedrock encountered at the lip of what we now cal ...

The History Of Kirkland

May 28th, 2006

The City of Kirkland was named after a British-born steel tycoon, Peter Kirk, who came to the Northwest in the 1880s seeking new development opportunities. Kirk envisioned developing a "Pittsburgh of the West" on the eastern shore of Lake Washington - a bustling new town whose main economy would be focused around steel production.

In 1880, the Moss Bay Iron and Steel Works was built by Ki ...

Snoqualmie Ridge

May 28th, 2006

Snoqualmie Ridge is a 1,343 acre planned community nestled amid the stunning natural beauty of the Upper Snoqualmie Valley, not far from Snoqualmie Falls and the historic town of Snoqualmie. Over 40 percent of the community has been set aside as open space, including parks, trails, preserved wetlands and a Jack Nicklaus Signature TPC Golf Course.

Our community features varied offerings of hom ...

History of Redmond Wa

May 28th, 2006

History of Redmond



The City of Redmond sits in a fertile basin created by ancient glaciers that once covered much of King County. Thousands of years before the first fur trappers entered the area's dense forests, the rich bottomland of the Sammamish Valley provided shelter and food for the local Indians. These Native Americans gave assistance and friendship to the newcomers who were largely ...