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Logging and Rail History
Lee Marsh /February 20, 2017
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 have been re-purposed from Continue Reading →
Equestrian Elements
Mirrormont Stables Today

Linda Shepherd /December 31, 2017
Heidi Kayler started a Nextdoor group to brainstorm what might be done with Mirrormont Stables at 15201 Issaquah Hobart Rd SE. Many possibilities emerged: Restoring it as an historic property; Continue Reading →
Mirrormont Stables & Bridle Trails “Back in the Day”

Linda Shepherd /February 20, 2017
Research and interviews by Linda Jean Shepherd From Heidi Kayler: When I was a girl growing up in Mirrormont, we kept horses at the Stables. I took riding lessons there, and Continue Reading →
Mirrormont Stables

Janine Smith /February 20, 2008
In Winter 2008, Janine submitted an article to the Mirrormont Newsletter from her current home in Fort Worth, Texas. Below is her article, followed by more memories of Mirrormont, which Continue Reading →
Development

Infrastructure: Underground Heating Oil System
Rod Loveless /February 20, 2017
The oil system was unique at that time. A lot of developments had gas underground, and electricity for furnaces, but most places used oil tanks for diesel oil and at Continue Reading →

Infrastructure: Water in the “Early Days”
Rod Loveless /February 20, 2017
From an interview with Mirrormont’s developer Rod Loveless: It was difficult to get water out here. Everybody had wells. So we started Mirrormont Services and developed a water system, then Continue Reading →

Infrastructure: Water in the 21st Century
Linda Shepherd /August 25, 2017
Mirrormont Water: Close to the Best in the World I feel grateful that we have such wonderful crisp, pure-tasting water in Mirrormont. I felt doubly so after drinking smelly chlorine Continue Reading →

Infrastructure: Gravel Roads and Relaxed Standards
Rod Loveless /February 20, 2017
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 the county’s specifications. You Continue Reading →