This comes from our friends at Lynnwood Today: Back in the early 1900s, when Lynnwood (and parts of Mountlake Terrace) was known as Alderwood Manor, electric trains brought passengers from Seattle and Everett. Starting this weekend you can get a tour of Interurban Car 55, one of six rail cars on the line. The trolley [...]
From HistoryLink.org: On April 21, 1962, during the Seattle Century 21 World’s Fair opening ceremonies, an Air Force F102 airplane crashes into the Mountlake Terrace neighborhood. As part of the opening day ceremonies, 10 Air Force F102s with the 64th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron at Paine Field near Everett did a flyby over the Century 21 fairgrounds. [...]
One very attentive MLTnews reader noticed that Google Maps has new aerial imagery for Mountlake Terrace and the surrounding areas because of the 230th St construction in the imagery. According to Google Earth, the new imagery was taken on Friday May 14, 2010. Here are a couple other observations while looking around at the new imagery: the [...]
In 1951 the community of Mountlake Terrace was just forming. There were several homes where people met to have Bible studies but few church buildings. The Lutheran Free Church decided to send a mission worker to meet with people in the community about possibly forming a church. One of the developers in town generously donated [...]
One of our news partners, Lynnwood Today, reports that the Alderwood Manor Heritage Association is hosting an event tomorrow at Heritage Cottage in Lynnwood. You will be able to look at old maps of southwest Snohomish County from 1910, 1927, 1934, 1940, 1952 and 1975 as well as learn about early pioneers of our area, [...]
Mountlake Terrace Elementary is turning 50 years old. The school opened in 1959 and is celebrating their half a century of staff, students, parents, and a community. Mountlake Terrace Elementary’s staff, students, families, friends, and neighbors are invited to celebrate the school’s 50 years on Friday, May 21 from 6-8 p.m. The celebration will feature [...]
The Herald recently published a story remembering Dr. Frank Hammer who was the Mountlake Terrace Mayor from 1960-1964: Frank Hammer was the mayor of Mountlake Terrace from 1960 to 1964, when the town still had dirt roads. He also served on the city council for a decade. Being a mayor near Seattle was a big deal, Dan [...]
Mark, an MLTnews reader, sent us this memory of growing up in Mountlake Terrace: I remember playing in the woods where the city hall is located back to 236th and into the canyon where I-5 is now. We used to catch crawdads in Johnny’s creek between Lake Ballinger and the elementary school. When they built [...]
