Junius Rochester, whose family has shaped the city for many generations, is an award-winning Northwest historian and author of numerous books about Seattle and other places.
River fishing is one way the Wanapum Native culture has been kept alive. In protecting and enhancing that culture and its 12,000-year-old fishing tradition, Natives of the region point to revered prophets.
He fought for a city plan that was opposed by influential property owners. Never mind his reputation as a “gentleman architect,”he entered city-wide frays related to public art and architecture.