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Now grown in to a global operation,  H&N International  got its start not far from Redmond in 1945 when Arthur “Art” Heisdorf and his...

By Richard Hao, Youth Director At Large Edited by Laura Lee Bennett, Executive Vice President On April 12th, 2025 at 10:30 am at the Old...

To honor our roots and the Chinese Community • To showcase our resilience and contributions • To inspire all for a prosperous future...

By Richard Hao, Youth Director At Large Edited by Laura Lee Bennett, Executive Vice President On March 8th, 10:30 am at the Old Redmond...

By Paige Norman, Membership Chair In a memoir written to sons Steve and Fred in November of 2004, and updated July 2010, Dr. Lewis Fink...

By Laura Lee Bennett, Programs Chair On February 8th, 10:30 am at the Old Redmond Schoolhouse, the Redmond Historical Society welcomes...

By Dean Jowers and Halee Turner Note: This article contains references to violent crimes and sexual assault. It may not be appropriate...

By Laura Lee Bennett, RHS Programs Chair On November 9th, 2024 at the Old Redmond Schoolhouse, author and naturalist David B. Williams...

As part of her monthly video series "Here in Redmond!" and in honor of Women's History Month, Mayor Angela Birney recently met with the...

Lisa Rich, a space commercialization expert, founder, and Chief Operating Officer of Xplore, coined the name of the Redmond Space...

By Laura Lee Bennett “ Wagner’s book is an impassioned ode to the scientific method and the irrepressible resilience of the natural...

In August of 2023, the Redmond Historical Society partnered with Venues for Artists in the Local Area (VALA Eastside) to present "Dudley...

By Laura Lee Bennett On October 14th, 10:30 am at the Old Redmond Schoolhouse, Redmond Poet Laureate Laura Da’ will discuss the practice...

Questions by Deb Akerstrom Feliks Banel is a broadcaster and historian who focuses on Pacific Northwest history, geography, cartography,...

By Colleen Kemp Master pastel artist, art teacher, entrepreneur, and author, Dorisjean (née Mittmann) Colvin was well known in the...

By Halee Turner and Dean Jowers Staff and volunteers of the Redmond Historical Society are always working to improve our collections and...

By Paige Norman Karen Snepp’s family hails from Indiana, where Karen spent her early childhood years before moving to Glen Ellyn,...

By Deb Akerstrom Opened in 1978 by Doug McDonald, just prior to Redmond being named the fastest-growing city in the state, McDonald’s...

By Paige Norman The Isackson family history in Redmond begins when John and Johanna (Jonsson) Bengston arrived in Redmond in 1887,...

By Paige Norman The Magnusons are members of one of the earliest pioneer families in Redmond. Gene’s grandmother, Edith Isackson Magnuson...