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Rising Tides and Tailwinds: The Story of the Port of Seattle, 1911-2011. U. of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-99131-3. Ott, Jennifer. Olmsted in Seattle: Creating a Park System for a Modern City ( Seattle: History Link and Documentary Media, 2019) online review
The Bell Apartments, also known as the Austin A. Bell Building is a historic building located at 2324 1st Avenue in the Belltown neighborhood of Seattle Washington.The building was named for Austin Americus Bell, son of one of Seattle's earliest pioneers, but built under the supervision of his wife Eva following Bell's unexpected suicide in 1889 soon after proposing the building. [2]
James R. Warren, "Ten who shaped Seattle: Henry Yesler struck gold in lumber and real estate", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 25, 2001. Junius Rochester, Yesler, Henry L. (1810–1892) HistoryLink.org ("The Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History"), October 7, 1998, revised by Walt Crowley on October 17, 2002.
Built in 1911, it is the state's oldest surviving steel arch bridge. Renamed the Jose Rizal Bridge in 1974, the bridge spans Dearborn Street, connecting Beacon Hill and the International District. [6] [7] Also part of the Historic Bridges and Tunnels in Washington Thematic Resource listing [8] 2: 1411 Fourth Avenue Building: 1411 Fourth Avenue ...
Family Dollar Stores, Inc. is an American variety store chain. With over 8,000 locations in all states except Alaska and Hawaii, it was the second largest retailer of its type in the United States until it was acquired by Dollar Tree in 2015 when its headquarters operations were moved from Matthews, a suburb of Charlotte, North Carolina, to Chesapeake, Virginia, located in South Hampton Roads.
Pioneer Association of the State of Washington, "A Petition to Support Recognition of The Duwamish Indians as a 'Tribe', June 18, 1988, in possession of Ken Tollefson, Seattle, Washington. Wilma, David (2000-01-01). "Stolen totem pole unveiled in Seattle's Pioneer Square on October 18, 1899". HistoryLink.org Essay 2076.
1889 Seattle Federation of Women's Clubs organized. [10] June 6: Great Seattle Fire. [2] Seattle Fire Department established. [11] Electric streetcar begins operating. [12] City becomes part of the new U.S. State of Washington. 1890 Telegraph newspaper begins publication. Country Club established. [13] Population: 42,837. [2] 1891 – Seattle ...
Frye developed bakery, butcher, and lumber businesses in the city. With Seattle founders Arthur A. Denny and Henry L. Yesler, he established the first sawmill and grist mill of the city. Frye erected a number of significant Seattle buildings. His first building was the Frye Opera House, which burned down during the Great Seattle Fire in 1889 ...