J.P. Patches & Gertrude Statue in Fremont
Every city has statues honoring its founders, heroes, and other special citizens of the city. In Seattle, one of those special citizens, and a hero to many, is Chris Wedes, known to most of us as J.P. Patches.
For those of us growing up in Seattle, especially during the 60’s, J.P. Patches was “The Man.” I remember watching him every afternoon! He lived in the city dump, and had crazy friends like best pal Gertrude and Ketchikan the Animal Man, Sheriff Shot Badly, and Boris S. Wort (the world’s second-meanest man). J.P. had an I-C-U-2 TV set, and wanted me …read more
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