History Pub - Bigger, Better, Faster: A History of Innovation in Seattle
Schedule
Tue, 24 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm
UTC-08:00Location
McMenamins Anderson School | Bothell, WA
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McMenamins and Bothell Historical Society present History Pub
Bigger, Better, Faster: A History of Innovation in Seattle
Presented by Dr. Lorraine McConaghy
McMenamins Anderson School
Haynesβ Hall
Tuesday, February 24, 2026
7pm/doors 6pm
$5
All ages
Join us to explore Seattleβs exciting history of local inventiveness in technological, civic, artistic, and political change, characteristic of metropolitan Seattle residents. This program is richly illustrated with images from patent drawings, New Deal public art murals, Century 21βs Space Needle, and the Amazon business empire. Why is this place so uniquely innovative? Is it the rain, the Big Dark, the University of Washington, or the global position on the Pacific Rim? Find out how Seattle became a vanguard in creating our modern world.
Dr. Lorraine McConaghy earned her Ph.D. in U.S. urban history at the University of Washington and has spent her professional career developing exhibits and programs for Washington State museums. She has published widely, and her recent work focuses on the antebellum, Civil War and Reconstruction periods in Washington Territory. Dr. McConaghy is the author of ππππ βππ πππππ ππππ: πβπ πππ π·ππππ‘π’π ππ π‘βπ πππππππ πππ π‘ and πΉπππ π΅ππ¦: π΄ πππ’π ππ‘πππ¦ ππ ππππ£π πππ πππ π‘ππ. Currently, she is working on a collective biography of territorial deserters from the U.S. Army and Navy in the 1850s. Dr. McConaghy has been honored locally, regionally, and nationally for her work, including the Award of Merit from the American Association for State and Local History and the Robert Gray Medal from the Washington State Historical Society.
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