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In the history of Seattle before white settlement, thirteen prominent villages existed in what is now the city of Seattle.The people living near Elliott Bay, and along the Duwamish, Black and Cedar Rivers were collectively known as the doo-AHBSH, or People of the Doo ("Inside").
What is now Seattle has been inhabited since at least the end of the last glacial period (c. 8000 BCE —10,000 years ago). Archaeological excavations at what is now called West Point in Discovery Park, Magnolia confirm settlement within the current city for at least 4,000 years and probably much longer. [1]
History of Seattle; Before white settlement; 1851–1900; 1900–1940; Since 1940; Timeline; This is the main article of a series that covers the history of Seattle ...
The villages were traditionally larger than they might have first appeared to White settlers, since Coast Salish people had, in recent decades before extensive White settlement (c. 1774–1864), experienced some 62% losses due to introduced diseases.
City expands, annexing Atlantic City, Ballard, Columbia, Dunlap, Rainier Beach, Ravenna, South-East Seattle, South Park, and West Seattle. [2] Pike Place Market opens. [17] St. James Cathedral built. 1908 The Great White Fleet visits Seattle and Puget Sound area. [22] 1909 June 1: Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition opens.
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The white settlement was later named "New York Alki", using a Chinook Jargon term for "by and by" or "in a while"; most of the Denny Party later moved across Elliott Bay, while Charles C. Terry remained on the peninsula and filed a plat for the town of Alki in 1853.
OPINION: Part two of theGrio’s Black History Month series explores the myths, misunderstandings and mischaracterizations of the struggle for civil rights. The post Black History/White Lies: The ...