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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.
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 was incorporated as a town January 14, 1865. That charter was voided January 18, 1867, in response to questionable activities of the town's elected leaders. Seattle was re-incorporated December 2, 1869. At the times of incorporations, the population was approximately 350 and 1,000, respectively. [5]
The Mercer Girls or Mercer Maids were women who chose to move from the east coast of the United States to the Seattle area in the 1860s at the invitation of Asa Mercer. Mercer, an American who lived in Seattle , wanted to "import" women to the Pacific Northwest to balance the gender ratio. [ 1 ]
1853 – Seattle becomes seat of King County, Washington Territory. [2] 1854 – School opens. [3] 1855 – Population: 300. [2] 1858 – The arrival of Manuel Lopes, the city's first Black resident. 1861 – Washington Territorial University established. [4] 1863 – Washington Gazette newspaper begins publication. [5] 1864 – May 16: The ...
The Industrial District is a neighborhood and the principal industrial area of Seattle, Washington.It is bounded on the west by the Duwamish River and Elliott Bay, beyond which lies Delridge of West Seattle; on the east by Interstate 5, beyond which lies Beacon Hill; on the north by S King and S Dearborn Streets, beyond which lie Pioneer Square and southwest International District of Downtown ...
One of the real impetuses for the United States entering the Industrial Revolution was the passage of the Embargo Act of 1807, the War of 1812 (1812–15) and the Napoleonic Wars (1803–15) which cut off supplies of new and cheaper Industrial revolution products from Britain. The lack of access to these goods all provided a strong incentive to ...
Smithsonian Journal of History (1966) 1#2 pp 35–50; 1#3 pp 31–54; partly reprinted in Wakstein, ed., The Urbanization of America (1970) pp 128–50; Covers 1820-1960; Teaford, Jon C. Cities of the Heartland: The Rise and Fall of the Industrial Midwest (1993) Teaford, Jon C. The Metropolitan Revolution: The Rise of Post-Urban America (2006 ...