The Bookmarks & Landmarks collaboration between SoCoCulture.org and the King County Library System is back.<\/p>\n
The series, in its fourth year, links readers with interesting books and notable sites around South King County. It’s free to participate. The only prerequisite is that you read the assigned book in advance.<\/p>\n
The Kent, Des Moines, and Burien libraries are participating in the 2019 version of Bookmarks & Landmarks, which launches on Saturday, April 13, when the Kent Historical Museum, at 855 E Smith St., hosts the first program at 10:30 a.m.<\/p>\n
For the event, readers need to ask staff at any of the three libraries listed above for a copy of the book “Slick as a Mitten” – or place a book on hold and have it sent to their own library – and then read the book ahead of time.<\/p>\n
“Slick as a Mitten” chronicles local pioneer Ezra Meeker’s experiences during the Klondike Gold Rush. He started a business in the Yukon that provisioned the miners with tons of canned goods and fresh vegetables grown and processed in the Green\/White River Valley.<\/p>\n
At the April 13 program, a KCLS librarian will lead a book talk about how that get-rich-quick period in the Far North influenced development in the local area.<\/p>\n
Immediately following the book talk, participants can take a guided walk of historical downtown Kent to see buildings that were built with Gold Rush funding. Today, the Meeker name is attached to local schools, streets and buildings.<\/p>\n