City of Leavenworth Chelan County, Washington


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City of Leavenworth: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.

 

Information

General information on City of Leavenworth

  • Feature Type: Incorporated

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for City of Leavenworth

A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named

Name Description
City of Leavenworth Official
Leavenworth Official

 

Related Catalog Titles

A Bibliography for City of Leavenworth, Chelan County, Washington

Pioneers of Peshastin the son : growing up in the Wenatchee Valley by Carl J. Bergren

Authored by Carl J. Bergren, Pioneers of Peshastin the Son: Growing Up in the Wenatchee Valley provides a deeply personal memoir of growing up amidst the apple orchards and rugged hills of north-central Washington during the mid-20th century. The book captures the rhythm of rural agricultural life in the Peshastin and Leavenworth areas, detailing the grueling seasonal labor of fruit farming, local school days, and the tight-knit bonds of a valley community dependent on the land. Through nostalgic recollections and family history, the text contrasts the idyllic pastoral imagery of orchard country with the demanding economic realities faced by generational farming families. A keen insight drawn from the work is how second-generation pioneers experienced a complex burden of inheritance; rather than discovering an untamed wilderness, children of the original homesteaders were tasked with maintaining and monetizing an already-carved-out agricultural landscape, transforming the raw grit of frontier survival into a rigid, generational corporate farming routine.

152 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

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Last updated: 2017-01-13