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The Seattle Symphony was founded in 1903, and while few, if any, other comparably important arts institutions were established, the story was different in more popular entertainments. Vaudeville impresarios Alexander Pantages , John Considine , and John Cort (the last also involved in legitimate theater ) were all based in Seattle in this era.
The first Seattle fortunes were founded on logs, and later milled timber, shipped south for the construction of buildings in San Francisco. Seattle itself, in the early years, was, of course, also a place of wooden buildings, and remained so until the Great Fire of June 6, 1889.
The Great White Fleet visits Seattle and Puget Sound area. [22] 1909 June 1: Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition opens. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad begins operating. [3] 1910 Georgetown becomes part of city. [3] Municipal League of Seattle founded. [23] Population: 237,194. [2] 1911 – Port of Seattle established. [24] 1913
Seattle Reign FC, [258] a founding member of the National Women's Soccer League, was founded in 2012, holding their home games in Seattle from 2014 to 2018 and again since 2022. The team name was chosen to honor the defunct women's basketball team of the same name . [ 249 ]
In 2008, Apple founder Steve Jobs "screamed" in the face of Starbucks then-CEO Howard Schultz, encouraging the coffee chain boss to fire his leadership team. Schultz is a familiar face at the helm ...
The Seattle Symphony was founded in 1903, and while few, if any, other comparably important arts institutions were established, the story was different in more popular entertainments. Vaudeville impresarios Alexander Pantages , John Considine , and John Cort (the last also involved in legitimate theater ) were all based in Seattle in this era.
A survey of 17 of 21 state and federal commitment programs similar to the Special Commitment Center found that in 2018 most offered at least six hours of sex offender treatment weekly and an ...
The Seattle-based public policy think tank Discovery Institute conducted a spring 2024 survey of people living in both temporary shelters and transitional housing in Seattle. The survey found that ...