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William C Speidel (February 11, 1912 – May 3, 1988) was a columnist for The Seattle Times and a self-made historian who wrote the books Sons of the Profits and Doc Maynard, The Man Who Invented Seattle about the people who settled and built Seattle, Washington.
According to Speidel, Patkanim was not above killing and scalping his own slaves as a means of generating income. Speidel also narrates (in Sons of the Profits) that on one occasion this led to a native being killed and scalped in Stevens' own office. Stevens continually attempted to recruit Chief Seattle and the Duwamish to this cause.
Only a small portion of the Seattle Underground has been restored and made safe and accessible to the public on guided tours. In 1965, local citizen Bill Speidel formally created "Bill Speidel's Underground Tour", which continues to operate from the Pioneer Building and adjacent buildings. [3]
Graham arrived in Seattle by 1884, [5] charged with "Keeping House of Prostitution" by King [County] Frontier Justice by 1887; [6] the city, barely three decades old, was at the tail end of a period (from November 23, 1883, until a series of court decisions in 1887–1888 [7]) in which women's suffrage had led to a triumph of "reform" politics there.
Seattle (c. 1780~86 – June 7, 1866; Lushootseed: siʔaɬ, IPA: [ˈsiʔaːɬ]; usually styled as Chief Seattle) was a leader of the Duwamish and Suquamish peoples. A leading figure among his people, he pursued a path of accommodation to white settlers, forming a personal relationship with Doc Maynard.
Jacob Furth (circa 1900) Jacob Furth (November 15, 1840 – June 2, 1914) was an Austrian Empire-born American entrepreneur and prominent Seattle banker. He played a key role in consolidating Seattle's electric power and public transportation infrastructure, and was a member of Ohaveth Sholum Congregation, Seattle's first synagogue. [1]
Speidel or von Speidel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Albert von Speidel (1858–1912), Bavarian general and artistic director of the court theatre in Munich after 1905; Bill Speidel (1912–1988), American author; Edmund Freiherr von Speidel (1816–1887), Bavarian general and court marshal
Julie Speidel (born 1941 in Seattle [1]) is a sculptor from Seattle, Washington. She is the daughter of author Bill Speidel [ 2 ] and stepdaughter of oceanographer Robert S. Dietz . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] She is also part owner of the Seattle Underground tours company, Bill Speidel Enterprises.