Bullitt Family Legacy on Squak Mtn.

The recent passing of Harriet Stimson Bullitt reminded us of the iconic fireplace on Squak Mtn. and the gift of land in the heart of the Issaquah Alps made by her brother, Stimson Bullitt. Read more about this amazing woman and her family here in the Seattle Times.

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The Bullitt Cabin
The stone fireplace is the remnant of a 2-room vacation cabin built by Stimson Bullitt in 1952. Tragically, by the end of 1973, after Bullitt had given the land to the State, vandals had torn much of the cabin down, with only the fireplace standing still today.

Squak Mtn. State Park
Years after the cabin was built, Stimson Bullitt gave his children three choices on what to do with the property that the cabin sat on: build their own homes; have it developed; or give the property as a public park. They chose to give it as a park. Thus the 590 acres was deeded to the State for the purpose of “establishing a wilderness public park, the wilderness character of which shall include the absence of any vehicular use, whether powered or not, the absence of horses, the absence of any roads other than footpaths, and the absence of any man-made structures.” This led to the establishment of Squak Mtn. State Park. In 1972, Harvey Manning called this gift “the greatest act of environmental benevolence in local history.”

We honor the memory of the Bullitts by our unceasing efforts to protect these lands and to preserve those still in need of saving.

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Acknowledgments
Thanks to Doug Simpson and Bill Longwell, two IATC icons themselves. Their writings from “Squak Mountain - An Island in the Sky” was the source of the historical details provided here.

In remembrance of Harriet Stimson Bullitt