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The Dkh w 'Duw'Absh (People of the Inside), and the Xachua'bsh (People of the Large Lake), [3] of the (Skagit-Nisqually) Lushootseed Coast Salish Native American Nations occupied at least 17 villages in the mid-1850s (13 within what are now the city limits), [4] living in some 93 permanent longhouses (khwaac'ál'al) along the lower Duwamish ...
The Seattle Times. Seattle History : 150 Years: Seattle By and By. p. 1. Archived from the original on 7 May 2006 and Ibid (27 May 2001). "The settlers saw trees, endless trees. The natives saw the spaces between the trees". The Seattle Times. Seattle History : 150 Years: Seattle By and By. p. 2.
Olmsted in Seattle: Creating a Park System for a Modern City ( Seattle: History Link and Documentary Media, 2019) online review; Reiff, Janice L. "Urbanization and the Social Structure: Seattle, Washington, 1852-1910" (PhD dissertation, University of Washington; ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1981. 8113474). Rony, Dorothy B. Fujita.
Seattle waterfront at Washington Street c. 1890–1892, with Indian canoes moored at the boat launch. A steam launch and two small sailboats are seen, as well as a crowd on the pier. With the regional diaspora of the Treaty, some Duwamish retreated to the West Seattle peninsula, where they carried on—at least for a while—their traditional ...
1853 – Seattle becomes seat of King County, Washington Territory. [2] 1854 – School opens. [3] 1855 – Population: 300. [2] 1858 – The arrival of Manuel Lopes, the city's first Black resident. 1861 – Washington Territorial University established. [4] 1863 – Washington Gazette newspaper begins publication. [5] 1864 – May 16: The ...
Alki Point (/ ˈ æ l k aɪ /, Lushootseed: sbaqʷabqs, lit. 'prairie point') [1] is a neighborhood in western Seattle, Washington.It is a point jutting into Puget Sound, the westernmost landform in the city's West Seattle district.
Seattle (/ s i ˈ æ t əl / ⓘ See-AT-uhl) is a city on the West Coast of the United States.It is the seat of King County, Washington.With a 2023 population of 755,078 [3] it is the most populous city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America, and the 18th-most populous city in the United States.
It opened in 1931 and spanned the Duwamish River, connecting the South Park neighborhood with the rest of Seattle. It was demolished in 2010 due to safety concerns. [9] Also part of the Historic Bridges and Tunnels in Washington Thematic Resource listing [8] 4: 1600 East John Street Apartments: 1600 East John Street Apartments: May 14, 2013