普里查德岛是华盛顿湖西南岸的一个小岛，通常被称为 tleelh-chus （即“小岛”之意），在首批美国移民于 19 世纪 60 年代来到这里之前，杜瓦米什印第安村落便世代聚居于此。J. Pritchard 于 1900 年买下普里查德岛并计划在岛上进行住宅开发，此岛便以他的名字命名。小岛与湖岸陆地之间被一片河道分隔开来，只有通过一座人行桥方可到达岛内。该岛于 1907 年划归西雅图市管辖。10 年后，由于华盛顿湖运河行道的开通而导致湖面水位下降，也因此排干了河道，使大陆与小岛之间畅通无阻。事实上，在湖面水位下降之前，Pritchard、 Olmsted Brothers 园林建筑公司及许多当地居民便敦促市政府在普里查德岛兴建公园、开发海滩。20 世纪 30 年代时，市政府买下先前为河道的土地，并在 WPA 的帮助下开发普里查德岛海滩。
普里查德岛 (Pritchard Island)
- By David Wilma
- Posted 3/20/2001
- HistoryLink.org Essay 3119
Sources:
Don Sherwood, "Pritchard Island Beach," Interpretive Essays on the History of Seattle Parks, Handwritten bound manuscript dated 1977, Seattle Room, Seattle Public Library; Don Sherwood, "Beer Sheva Park," Ibid; David Buerge, "The Native American Presence in the Rainier Valley Area," typescript, undated, Rainier Valley Historical Society, Seattle; David Buerge, "Indian Lake Washington," The Weekly, August 1-August 7, 1984, pp. 29-33.
Note: This essay was revised on October 28, 2011.
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