Leavenworth, Washington is a nice tourist town. It initally developed as a mining and timber community. When those industries played out, the town went into a long decline. They decided to make the town look like a German Bavarian town, similar to Oberammergau. I have spent a good deal of time in Oberammergau and they have succeeded in making this town look similar. The town is now very successful. Photos below.
The mountains around the town do make it look like Bavaria. But the success of the town was urban redevelopment. Nicely done.
We met some German from Bavaria who have been working in Portland and unable to go home during Covid. So they came here, and said that it did in fact remind them of home. They thought it was authentic looking. References at the end of this post explain how they did it.
The smoke from the wildfires has made the air quality unpleasant and it has been very hot. Cooling off now.
HISTORY LEARN THE HISTORY OF LEAVENWORTH WASHINGTON The History of Leavenworth Believe it or not, we were not always a Bavarian style village. Instead, the towering mountain peaks and bountiful land was known amongst Native
With the completion of JJ Hill's Great Northern Railway in 1893, Leavenworth, as Icicle Flats was now known, began to come into its own as a northwest frontier town. Platted in the same year by Captain Charles F. Leavenworth, the town became a powerful timber center. The Lamb-Davis Sawmill was one of the largest in
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