"Catholic Hill" finds on Seattle's Capitol Hill

[Coinstar magnet]

Here are a few finds from my neighborhood in Seattle once known as Catholic hill. I think the marks are v k on the last piece. Not sure what that means. Thanks for viewing!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Very nice religious medals.

 

[Digger RJ]

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Arkansawyer]

The last item is a pewter "pocket angel" the vk is just the makers mark.

 

[teleprospector]

Unique, very nice finds!
Jon

 

[Coinstar magnet]

Thanks Arkansawyer, good to know...

 

[Coinstar magnet]

Thanks Teleprospector!

 

[A2coins]

Thats awesome those pendants are some of my favorite things to find. Why is it called Catholic hill. Great job on those. Stay safe out there my friend. Tommy

 

[Coinstar magnet]

Hi Tommy,
From what I understand it was often referred to as Catholic Hill because of the large Roman Catholic population that resided or resides here....Wikipedia had a little information on it...it was called Broadway hill then Capitol Hill because an early real estate developer named Moore wanted to pull the State Capitol from Olympia to Seattle and his wife came from a neighborhood in Denver, Colorado called Capitol Hill...
That's it in a nutshell.

 

[A2coins]

Great info that makes those finds pretty special great History.....

 

[washingtonian]

Nice finds! I've found one of those angel tokens around here before too. Good to have another NWer regularly contributing on here!

 

[Coinstar magnet]

It was nice to see you on here as well...your posts spotlight the unique history we have here. I don’t get out nearly enough...my time on here will plummet as well once I go back to work...but I hope to get out more in the summer...