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Archive Home > 2010 > May > 30 > If tombstones could talk ...

If tombstones could talk ...

With the cemetery as their stage, Redmond residents revive their forebearers' lives during their city's earliest years

By Scott Hammers / The Bulletin
May 30, 2010

REDMOND —

Lee Barker said he was a natural choice to play J.R. Roberts, the Redmond pioneer who ran one of the city's first stores and helped develop the Redmond airport, now known as Roberts Field.

He already owned the derby hat.

“You never know when you're going to need one,” Barker said. “And....

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