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  2. History of Seattle - Wikipedia

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    Arthur A. Denny and Luther Collins were the first commissioners of King County after its creation in 1852. Around the same time, David Swinson "Doc" Maynard began settling the land immediately south of Denny's. Seattle in its early decades relied on the timber industry, shipping logs (and later, milled timber) to San Francisco. A climax forest ...

  3. History of Facebook - Wikipedia

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    The company dropped 'The' from its name after purchasing the domain name facebook.com in 2005 [48] for $200,000 ($321,997 in 2024 dollars [49]). [50] The domain had belonged to AboutFace Corporation. In May 2005, Accel Partners invested $13 million ($20.4 million in 2024 dollars [ 49 ] ) in Facebook, and Jim Breyer [ 51 ] added $1 million ($1. ...

  4. Facebook - Wikipedia

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    After acquiring Onavo in 2013, Facebook used its Onavo Protect virtual private network (VPN) app to collect information on users' web traffic and app usage. This allowed Facebook to monitor its competitors' performance, and motivated Facebook to acquire WhatsApp in 2014. [247] [248] [249] Media outlets classified Onavo Protect as spyware.

  5. Chief Seattle - Wikipedia

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    The Firm Friend of the Whites, and for Him the City of Seattle was Named by Its Founders." On the reverse is the inscription "Baptismal name, Noah Sealth, Age probably 80 years." [10] The site was restored, and a native sculpture was added in 1976 and again in 2011. [citation needed] Several of Seattle's descendants also gained fame in their ...

  6. Seattle - Wikipedia

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    Seattle (/ s i ˈ æ t əl / ⓘ see-AT-əl) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington and in the Pacific Northwest region of North America.With a population of 755,078 in 2023, [3] it is the 18th-most populous city in the United States.

  7. History of Seattle before 1900 - Wikipedia

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    When the politics all played out, Vancouver wound up as the proposed capital, Port Townsend was supposed to get the penitentiary, and Seattle got the university. Apparently, Seattle was the only real winner in this deal: to this day, Olympia remains the capital of Washington; the main state penitentiary is in Walla Walla.

  8. King County, Washington - Wikipedia

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    King County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington.The population was 2,269,675 in the 2020 census, [1] making it the most populous county in Washington, and the 12th-most populous in the United States.

  9. Federal Way, Washington - Wikipedia

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    Federal Way is a city in King County, Washington, United States and part of the Seattle metropolitan area. One of the most recently incorporated cities in the county, [6] its population was 101,030 at the 2020 census. [4] Federal Way is the 10th most populous city in Washington and the 5th most populous in King County.