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  2. Great Seattle Fire - Wikipedia

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    The Great Seattle Fire was a fire that destroyed the entire central business district of Seattle, Washington, on June 6, 1889. The conflagration lasted for less than a day, burning through the afternoon and into the night, during the same summer as the Great Spokane Fire and the Great Ellensburg Fire .

  3. Battle of Seattle (1856) - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Seattle was a January 26, 1856, attack by Native American tribesmen upon Seattle, Washington. [2] At the time, Seattle was a small, four-year-old settlement in the then-Washington Territory. It had recently named itself after Chief Seattle (Sealth), a leader of the Suquamish and Duwamish peoples of central Puget Sound. [3]

  4. Museum of History & Industry - Wikipedia

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    The Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI) is a history museum in the South Lake Union neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States.It is the largest private heritage organization in Washington state, maintaining a collection of nearly four million artifacts, photographs, and archival materials primarily focusing on Seattle and the greater Puget Sound region.

  5. Col. Wood's Museum - Wikipedia

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    Col. Wood's Museum (sometimes referred to simply as the Chicago Museum) was a museum and public theatre located in Chicago, Illinois. The museum was founded in 1864, but was destroyed by the Great Chicago Fire. A second incarnation opened in 1875, but it was also destroyed by fire. The final incarnation of the museum was opened in 1884. In ...

  6. History of Seattle - Wikipedia

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    HistoryLink.org Encyclopedia of Washington State History provides a collection of articles on Seattle and Washington State history, unparalleled in its niche. History of the Smith Tower; Seattle Museum of History and Industry. With the Seattle Room at the Seattle Public Library, hosts the most extensive archives about Seattle. Both have ...

  7. Great Chicago Fire - Wikipedia

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    The Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned in the American city of Chicago during October 8–10, 1871. The fire killed approximately 300 people, destroyed roughly 3.3 square miles (9 km 2 ) of the city including over 17,000 structures, and left more than 100,000 residents homeless. [ 3 ]

  8. Picasso, Rembrandt and Goya works feared lost following fire ...

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    Firefighters responded to 911 calls at 6:39 a.m. Friday, the Seattle Fire Department said. At that time, temperatures in the area hovered in the low 20s. At that time, temperatures in the area ...

  9. File:Seattle fire of June 6, 1889, about one-half hour after ...

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    Seattle Public Library attributes it to Theodore E. Peiser. Museum of History and Industry gives no attribution; University of Washington Library, in its Asahel Curtis Collection attributes a cropped version to * Asahel Curtis; he is probably responsible for printing that crop, but not for the original photo, taken when he was about 15 years old.