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WENATCHEE VALLEY VISITORS GUIDE | SPRING & SUMMER 2022
World file photo/Don Seabrook Former and present Eastmont High School students gather for a pickup game of futsal in November 2020 at the court at the Eastmont Community Park in East Wenatchee. The artificial turf field, smaller than a soccer field, opened up after two years of planning led by East Wenatchee resident Alex Cruz. It’s surrounded by fencing, but open to the public. An official futsal ball is smaller, heavier and doesn’t bounce as high as a normal soccer ball.
East Wenatchee: The landing site of history E ast Wenatchee is a city brimming with modern and ancient history. The East Wenatchee Clovis site, where 11,000-yearold stone tools were discovered by a local farmer, is a historical marvel. The site has since been refilled, but not before uncovering important
clues about the Clovis people in Washington state. More recently, East Wenatchee was the resting place of Miss Veedol, the Bellanca Skyrocket that crash-landed near the city in 1931, after becoming the first airplane to cross the Pacific Ocean nonstop. A replica of the bright orange, single-
engine aircraft flies over the Wenatchee Valley on special occasions. The area near Pangborn Memorial Airport — named for one of the two pilots who flew the Miss Veedol — is now home to data centers, attracted by relatively inexpensive hydropwer and available land.
East Wenatchee may be a bit drier than its more forested counterpart, but it isn’t lacking in natural beauty. Gaze out across the Columbia and you will be greeted by a valley-wide panoramic view of Wenatchee, as well as the stunning landmark of Saddle Rock and the surrounding foothills.
