[WWI-1938]-[WWII-1974]-[1975-1990]-[1991-2005]-[2006-2020]
[ 1975 ] - [ 1990 ] : U.S. leaves Vietnam. Microsoft moves to Bellevue;
Parking lots in the City of Bellevue covered 56.5% of downtown in 1975 because land-use code inherited from pre-incorporation days mandated 5 parking stalls per 1,000 sq ft of floor space.
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| Seattle Post-Intelligencer headline announcing end of Vietnam War, April 30, 1975 |
Below is a list of Bellevue residents Killed in Action in Vietnam:
https://www.archives.gov/files/research/military/vietnam-war/casualty-lists/wa-alpha.pdf
Last, First Middle Name / Rank / Date of Birth yyyy/MM/dd - Residence - Date of Death
ADAIR, WILLIAM MICHAEL MARINE CORPS SGT 1945-10-24 BELLEVUE 1970-01-06
DAZEY, WILLIAM LESLIE JR ARMY PFC 1946-09-13 BELLEVUE 1968-01-30
DEVIK, DAVID RALF MARINE CORPS LCPL 1948-01-22 BELLEVUE 1968-02-10
ENRICO, ENRIQUE THOMAS ARMY SP4 1948-12-01 BELLEVUE 1969-06-18
FRANK, RODNEY GALE ARMY SSG 1934-04-28 BELLEVUE 1968-03-05
GUSTAFSON, BRUCE GORDON ARMY PFC 1945-07-09 BELLEVUE 1969-12-13
REYNOLDS, JOSEPH LEE ARMY PFC 1947-03-21 BELLEVUE 1967-12-06
SMITH, RICHARD DEANE MARINE CORPS PFC 1951-04-09 BELLEVUE 1970-05-25
WISE, ROBERT EVANS ARMY 1LT 1941-11-26 BELLEVUE 1967-03-05
ZAMBANO, QUENTIN DENNIS ARMY 2LT 1946-10-14 BELLEVUE 1967-10-15
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The Aerowood Animal Hospital in Bellevue was named by Dr. Donald Kalps in 1976 for its proximity to Bellevue Airfield and Robinswood neighborhood.
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1978: Ashwood Elementary closes.
Bellevue Parks Department uses it until the building is town down to build the regional branch of the King County Library, which opened in 1994.
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Microsoft moved its headquarters to Bellevue, Washington
from Albuquerque, New Mexico in January 1979;
M6800 Microsoft Basic is released in March 1979.
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| 1979 - Factoria Mall in Bellevue opens |
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In 1980, the City of Bellevue’s population was 73,903.
First female city manager of Bellevue, Andrea Beatty, was appointed.
which made it one of the richest cities in Washington State.
The Bellevue Film Festival ran for 14 years from 1967 ending in 1981
with the demolition of the Bel-Vue Theatre
to make way for expansion of Kemper Freeman Jr.'s Bellevue Square Mall.
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In 1981 Bellevue’s population is 75,500.
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In 1983, Bellevue Airfield (BVU) was closed.
When the Mormon LDS Seattle Washington Temple opened in 1980,
the airfield was still in operation and the temple spire included a strobe light.
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In 1984, the Bellevue Botanical Garden Society was founded by Iris and Bob Jewett, [https://wenaha.com/artist/wilburton-pottery/] with the idea to build and support a free public botanical garden for their local community.
Harriet and Cal Shorts donated their home and 7.5 acres to develop the Bellevue Botanical Garden.
The garden's visitors center and its central 7 acres were the Shorts home from 1947 until 1984, when they gave their property to the city of Bellevue with the provision it remain public.Mrs. Shorts served on the society board for several years, and she and her husband were frequent visitors. "I still love the way the land sits," she said during a visit in 1995. "If we'd sold for condos or a shopping center, we'd have hated it."
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~1984 the Bellevue School District sells the 17-acre Downtown Park site
to the City of Bellevue for $15,621.00.
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1985 Bellevue’s population is 80,250
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On February 24, 1986, the King County Council approved a motion
to rename the county to honor civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.,
preserving the name "King County" while changing its namesake.
"William Rufus DeVane King was a slave owner" who
"earned income and maintained his lifestyle
by oppressing and exploiting other human beings,"
while Martin Luther King's
"contributions are well-documented and celebrated by millions
throughout this nation and the world, and
embody the attributes for which the citizens of King County can be proud,
and claim as their own."
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Microsoft moved its headquarters from Bellevue to Redmond, Washington on February 26, 1986, and went public on March 13.
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1987, the Bellevue Historical Society revived the Strawberry Festival as a single evening celebration in June, a tradition that has continued every year since.
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In 1988, the City of Bellevue purchased the 14-acre Winters House and property for $1.7 million; it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
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Thode / Matsuoka / Masunaga cabin is donated to the city Larsen Lake Blueberry Farm in 1989.
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| Thode / Matsuoka / Masunaga Phantom Lake Cabin. This photo shows the Masunaga Family along with this historical cabin. From left to right: Yeizo Masunaga, Yeizo's wife, and Mrs. Taki Masunaga. |
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James Barton, Mayor of Hunts Point, suggested gifting the land to the towns of Hunts Point and Yarrow Point, pledging to guarantee it would be kept as is with the trees.
Sisters Marjorie and Sidonia could see that gifting the land in this manner would benefit the most people.
On July 4, 1988, they officially deeded 16 acres as the Wetherill Nature Preserve.
Their decision to protect fields and forests from being turned into concrete and housing tracts and to preserve the wildlife is an incredible, unprecedented commitment of individuals to the environment.
A sign at the entrance announces that the Wetherill Nature Preserve is a “natural place, a habitat” area.
True to that concept, any designs for it have remained simple, primarily giving the public access rather than creating a landscaped garden.
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