Editing Hunts Point, Washington (section)

==History==
[[Leigh S. J. Hunt]], a resident of nearby [[Yarrow Point, Washington|Yarrow Point]], purchased the yet-to-be-named [[property]] of Hunts Point on March 13, 1890. He wanted the property so that he could cut down the tall evergreen trees that grew out at the end, obstructing his view of Lake Washington.<ref name=majors>{{Cite book| last = Majors | first = Harry M. | title = Exploring Washington | publisher = Van Winkle Publishing Co | year = 1975 | page = 80 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CoWrPQAACAAJ| isbn = 978-0-918664-00-6}}</ref> Around 1900, the property was taken over by [[Puget Sound National Bank]] and sold to a group of Seattle men who used it as a family retreat for Sunday [[picnic]]s and summer [[camping]].{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}

Before the creation of the [[Evergreen Point Floating Bridge]] and [[Interstate 90 floating bridges (disambiguation)|Interstate 90 floating bridges]] across [[Lake Washington]], residents commuted to Seattle via the ''Gazelle'', one of several [[Lake Washington steamboats and ferries|ferries on Lake Washington]]. The ''Gazelle'' arrived at [[Cozy Cove]] (between Hunts Point and Yarrow Points) each morning at 7:15&nbsp;a.m.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}

A [[Country club|clubhouse]] was built in 1913 at what is now 3655 Hunts Point Road. It became the center of Hunts Point's social activity through the 1920s. That same year, the women of Hunts Point formed the charitable organization [[The Eastside Circle of the Seattle Fruit and Flower Mission]] (later called [[The Overlake Service League]]), which continues to this day.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}

Hunts Point was [[Municipal incorporation|incorporated]] as a city on August 22, 1955. The [[Fairweather Basin]] was developed from [[marshland]] into residential property in 1957. The city's first [[sanitary sewer|sewer]]s were installed in 1960.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} The original [[Evergreen Point Floating Bridge (1963)|Evergreen Point Floating Bridge]], connecting Hunts Point to Seattle, was opened on August 28, 1963.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} The [[Wetherill Nature Preserve]] was created by a donation of land in 1988.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Knauss |first1=Suzanne |date=June 30, 2003 |title=Yarrow Point — Thumbnail History |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/4212 |work=[[HistoryLink]] |access-date=February 4, 2020}}</ref>

In the 1950s, [[Stan Sayres]], owner of the famous Slo Mo unlimited [[Hydroplane (boat)|hydroplane]], housed the boat at the end of Hunts Point Road.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}