Showing posts with label Meadows. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Meadows. Show all posts

Friday, March 28, 2008

under the "em", for the Emerald City, Seattle


A few ads from the pre-World War One era, out the Seattle PI. Two tracks: Madison Park, a half mile; and the Meadows, a mile.

I've read that the Meadows was located at what became the Boeing Field but I'm not positive on that. Been looking for a map from that era online but haven't found one yet.

Most of my research has been done around the July 4th AAA races at Tacoma. Seems like the racing at both Seattle tracks involved the same cars that competed at Tacoma. Bob Burman, in 1913, and Teddy Tetzlaff, in 1914, both carried on further north to race at Vancouver, BC's Minoru park.

More about Minoru soon. But first, a beginning on what little I have on Madison Park and the Meadows in Seattle.

(I understand that Seattle was known as the Queen City until just recently. Now it's known as the Emerald City. History....)