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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. Seattle - Wikipedia

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    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 [2] 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.

  4. 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 ...

  5. 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.

  6. History of Seattle before white settlement - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Timeline of Seattle - Wikipedia

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    South Seattle becomes part of city. [2] Seattle Fine Arts Society established. 1906 The Mountaineers (club) formed. Public Library building opens. [21] King Street Station opens. 1907 City expands, annexing Atlantic City, Ballard, Columbia, Dunlap, Rainier Beach, Ravenna, South-East Seattle, South Park, and West Seattle. [2] Pike Place Market ...

  8. List of state and territory name etymologies of the United ...

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    The name Mexico comes from Nahuatl Mēxihca (pronounced [meːˈʃiʔko]), which referred to the Aztec people who founded the city of Tenochtitlan. [74] [75] Its literal meaning is unknown, though many possibilities have been proposed, such as that the name comes from the god Metztli. [76] New York: October 15, 1680: English: York

  9. History of Seattle (1940–present) - Wikipedia

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    After 1973, Seattle was in good company for its recession, since the rest of the country was also experiencing the energy crisis. However, Seattle was hit harder than most cities due to its over-reliance on Boeing as an employer, and had the worst post-Depression unemployment for any major US city, nearly 12%. As with most periods of downturn ...