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    Did You Know? Fun Facts and Bits of Mirrormont’s History
    • Jan 2, 2018

    Did You Know? Fun Facts and Bits of Mirrormont’s History

    Did You Know? By Tom Cole Because over 180 new families moved into Mirrormont during the past five years (2013—2017), and may not have...
    Infrastructure: Mirrormont’s Front Entrance
    • Jan 2, 2018

    Infrastructure: Mirrormont’s Front Entrance

    Mirrormont’s Entrance: History and Controversy Did you know that your MCA dues keep our entrance to Mirrormont looking nice? Did you know...
    Mirrormont Stables Today
    • Dec 31, 2017

    Mirrormont Stables Today

    Heidi Kayler started a Nextdoor group to brainstorm what might be done with Mirrormont Stables at 15201 Issaquah Hobart Rd SE. Many...
    Infrastructure: Water in the 21st Century
    • Aug 25, 2017

    Infrastructure: Water in the 21st Century

    Mirrormont Water: Close to the Best in the World I feel grateful that we have such wonderful crisp, pure-tasting water in Mirrormont. I...
    Logging and Rail History
    • Feb 20, 2017

    Logging and Rail History

    Have you ever wondered about those huge stumps in your yard? Have you ever hiked or biked one of the many trails on Tiger Mountain that...
    Flying Saucers? Real or Just a False Show?
    • Feb 20, 2017

    Flying Saucers? Real or Just a False Show?

    From The Seattle Times: FLYING SAUCERS! REAL — OR JUST A FALSE SHOW? More and more people are beginning to believe in “Flying Saucers,”...
    Infrastructure: Gravel Roads and Relaxed Standards
    • Feb 20, 2017

    Infrastructure: Gravel Roads and Relaxed Standards

    Plats 35,000 sq. ft. or larger were the type of plats you could do as “relaxed standards” plats because you didn’t have to build roads to...
    Infrastructure: Underground Heating Oil System
    • Feb 20, 2017

    Infrastructure: Underground Heating Oil System

    The oil system was unique at that time. A lot of developments had gas underground, and electricity for furnaces, but most places used oil...
    Infrastructure: Water in the “Early Days”
    • Feb 20, 2017

    Infrastructure: Water in the “Early Days”

    From an interview with Mirrormont’s developer Rod Loveless: It was difficult to get water out here. Everybody had wells. So we started...
    An African Lion in Mirrormont?
    • Feb 20, 2017

    An African Lion in Mirrormont?

    From The Seattle Times, May 19, 1975: From James Carey Elder II, whose parents moved to Mirrormont in 1966: It was a calm, quiet summer...
    Mirrormont Stables & Bridle Trails “Back in the Day”
    • Feb 20, 2017

    Mirrormont Stables & Bridle Trails “Back in the Day”

    Research and interviews by Linda Jean Shepherd From Heidi Kayler: When I was a girl growing up in Mirrormont, we kept horses at the...
    The House That TV Built
    • Feb 20, 2017

    The House That TV Built

    We did a deal to build up interest in Mirrormont. In cooperation with Channel 7, we built a house. We had big advertisements on J.P....
    Chalet Style A-Frame Homes
    • Feb 20, 2017

    Chalet Style A-Frame Homes

    I designed all the chalets, built them as spec houses, then sold them after they were completed. Mountain chalet-houses were a whole new...
    The First House in Mirrormont
    • Feb 20, 2017

    The First House in Mirrormont

    First House: 26004 SE 158th St The Mirrormont property was a wild and wooly area, no roads, just logging trails. J.J. Welcome Co of...
    2012: Mirrormont’s 50th Anniversary
    • Feb 20, 2017

    2012: Mirrormont’s 50th Anniversary

    While Seattle celebrated the 50th Anniversary of Seattle World’s Fair, Mirrormont had our own 50th Anniversary. In 1962, the first three...
    Mirrormont’s Developers
    • Feb 20, 2017

    Mirrormont’s Developers

    Rod Loveless devoted ten years of his life to Mirrormont, and later developed Country Village in Bothell, home of the 15-ft chicken....
    How Mirrormont Got Its Name
    • Feb 20, 2017

    How Mirrormont Got Its Name

    The name “Mirrormont” was inspired by the name of a villa in Casablanca, Morocco in North Africa: “I was stationed in Casablanca at the...
    Mirrormont Stables
    • Feb 20, 2008

    Mirrormont Stables

    A Little Piece of History I was cruising the web, trying to remember my old Mirrormont Estates address when I happened upon an old Spring...
    Mirrormont Park Ground-breaking
    • Sep 21, 2005

    Mirrormont Park Ground-breaking

    It was a warm July afternoon and the grass was waist-high. A crew of two left work early and spent 2 ½ hours using their weed wackers to...
    Bus Stop No. 1
    • Feb 20, 2001

    Bus Stop No. 1

    From “The History of Mirrormont, Chapter Two” by Thomas R. Cole in Mirrormont News, Winter 2001 It stands on the corner of 266th Ave. SE...
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