LANDMARK
Old Leavenworth/ North Road
STORY BY MADELINE HAPPOLD PHOTOS BY LUKE HOLLISTER
Cemetery A child’s grave is among those at the Old Leavenworth/North Road Cemetery.
LANDMARK STORY BY MADELINE HAPPOLD PHOTOS BY LUKE HOLLISTER
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uried in the backwoods near the Bavarian-themed mountain town of Leavenworth is the Old Leavenworth/North Road Cemetery. To get to the cemetery, visitors wind down North Road until reaching the Icicle rail station. Across the road is a dirt driveway that appears to lead to a private orchard. Follow the road past the apple trees, about a half mile uphill, and there rests the century-old cemetery overlooking the nearby railway and Tumwater Mountain. It’s a small cemetery, easy to miss tucked behind evergreens, and so quiet visitors can hear the pine needles fall in the wind. Most plots are older, but toward the back newer plots from
Views of the Cascades sweeping down into Leavenworth can been seen from the cemetery. 8
Foothills
May 2021
