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Olmsted in Seattle: Creating a Park System for a Modern City ( Seattle: History Link and Documentary Media, 2019) online review; Rony, Dorothy B. Fujita. American workers, colonial power: Philippine Seattle and the Transpacific West, 1919-1941 (Univ of California Press, 2003). Sale, Roger (1976). Seattle: Past To Present. Seattle and London ...
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.
Seattle History: 150 Years: Seattle By and By. The Seattle Times. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2006-05-07 and Anderson, Ross; Green, Sara Jean (2001-05-27). "The settlers saw trees, endless trees. The natives saw the spaces between the trees". Seattle History: 150 Years: Seattle By and By. The Seattle Times. p. 2.
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.
Duwamish oral history recorded the recession of the glaciers in a story called the "Epic of the Winds." The epic describes how North Wind covered the land in ice by building a dam across the Duwamish River. North Wind loved Mountain Beaver, and he killed her husband, South Wind. The child of South Wind and Mountain Beaver, Storm Wind, sought ...
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 .
The history of Washington includes thousands of years of Native American history before Europeans arrived and began to establish territorial claims. The region was part of Oregon Territory from 1848 to 1853, after which it was separated from Oregon and established as Washington Territory following the efforts at the Monticello Convention . [ 1 ]
Arthur Armstrong Denny (June 20, 1822 – January 9, 1899) was an American politician and businessman who is regarded as one of the founders of Seattle, Washington. [1] He founded the Denny Party, [1] [2] and was later the city's wealthiest citizen.