Pavement and Plucky Girls: 1920s Tales from Washington's First Highway
Fri, Sep 11
|78 1st Ave NW
Educator Teresa Andre shares stories of the people and places grappling with the dizzying changes travel innovation brought. Presented through the Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau program.
Date, Time, & Location
Sep 11, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
78 1st Ave NW, 78 1st Ave NW, Issaquah, WA 98027, USA
About this event
Travel 1920s Washington State along one of the first modern highways—the Yellowstone Trail—which ran from here to Massachusetts. Along the way, meet the people and places grappling with the dizzying changes this new innovation brought.
From the young people who gained new freedoms—including the women who stunned Pullman by driving without a male escort, to the bootleggers, bachelors, and flappers who drove, walked, and hitchhiked the newfangled road. Join educator Teresa Andre for a series of fascinating stories that lay at the dawn of our car-obsessed culture.
Doors open at 6:45.
This presentation is part of Humanities Washington's Speakers Bureau program, in which cultural experts discuss history, politics, music, philosophy, and everything in between at venues around the state. Humanities Washington opens minds and bridges divides by creating spaces to explore different perspectives. It is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization.
Tickets
General Free or Donation
General seating in the Issaquah Depot Museum's historic Freight Room. Any amount you choose to pay is considered a donation to Issaquah History Museums.
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