[2] Louis Sohns and Charles Brown raised money from local civic leaders, purchased property, and built buildings for the school.

[3] In 1891, School Director James Watson recommended that the "feeble minded" be separated from the blind and deaf students.

In 1906, the "feeble minded" were relocated to a state school at Medical Lake in Eastern Washington (now called Lakeland Village).

[6] In her twenties, her talent was recognized by jazz musicians Dizzie Gillespie and Stan Getz.

[8][9] In 2008, the school hosted a "tactile museum of natural history" experience and fundraiser called Sensory Safari.