Big Dawg at the front row (far left) dock for game day
Big Dawg and Kittilsby mansion (left) on Mercer Island
UW’s Big Dawg was featured in The New York Times recent article about UW’s Sailgate parties (previous post). The Big Dawg belongs to the Frank Miles family. The article labeled the Big Dawg yacht “a 94-foot, 3-story barge.”
Excerpts from the article include: “Members of the Miles family come to games on the Big Dawg . . . the family patriarch, Frank Miles . . . Frank met his wife, Jeanie, in high school, and after they graduated from U.W. they bought a 23-foot boat and started taking it to games. As the size of their boat increased, so did the size of their party, which began to include employees from their sand and gravel company . . . Others, like the Miles family, dock up front, and pay for permits that cost $215 to $750 each season, depending on boat size.”
The Big Dawg’s home is the dock of Tim and Lisa (Frank and Jeanie’s daughter) Kittilsby on the north end of Mercer Island Auburn based Miles Sand and Gravel in 1943. Tim and Lisa are now in charge of the company.
Mr. Miles was 5 years old in 1943, the date when your article says he founded Miles Sand and Gravel. The company was actually founded by his father, Walter Miles.
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