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William Nathaniel Bell (March 6, 1817 – September 6, 1887 [1]), originally from Edwardsville, Illinois [2] and later a resident of Portland, Oregon, was a member of the Denny Party, the first group of Euro-American settlers in what is now Seattle, Washington. He lived in Seattle from 1851 to 1856 and then again from 1870 till his death.
Territorial evolution of the District of Columbia. District of Columbia retrocession is the act of returning some or all of the land that had been ceded to the federal government of the United States for the purpose of creating its federal district for the new national capital, which was moved from Philadelphia to what was then called the City of Washington in 1800.
Portland: 1907–1929 Jantzen Beach Amusement Park: Portland: 1928–1970 Lotus Isle Amusement Park: Tomahawk Island, Portland: 1930–1932 [63] Pixieland: Otis Junction: 1969–1975 Thrill-Ville USA: Turner: 1970s–2007
1751: Georgetown founded 1752 – February: First survey of Georgetown completed. [1]1784 – October 7: Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts motions “that buildings for the use of Congress be erected on the banks of the Delaware near Trenton, or of the Potomac, near Georgetown, provided a suitable district can be procured on one of the rivers as aforesaid, for a federal town”.
Animated map of the District of Columbia. The city of Washington was not incorporated until 1802. The District of Columbia was created in 1801 as the federal district of the United States, with territory previously held by the states of Maryland and Virginia ceded to the federal government of the United States for the purpose of creating its federal district, which would encompass the new ...
Despite Seattle being one of the "whitest" major cities in the United States, it has had an African-American mayor (), at least four African-American city council members, and at least half a dozen Asian-American city council members including Wing Luke, the first Asian American elected to public office in Washington (in 1962).
Timeline of Washington, D.C. Index of articles associated with the same name This set index article includes a list of related items that share the same name (or similar names).
During the war, Seattle ranked as one of the top three cities in the nation in contracts per capita, and Washington state ranked as one of the top two in the nation for war contracts per capita. Seattle and Renton produced 8,200 planes, including 6,981 B-17s and more than 1,000 B-29 bombers.