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Charles Douglas Stimson (1857–1929) was a prominent businessman in Seattle, Washington. [1] Thomas Douglas Stimson's house in Los Angeles (Stimson House) He was the son of Thomas Douglas Stimson (1827–1898), a lumber baron with extensive properties in Michigan. [2] [3] He built the Colonnade Hotel in 1900. It was designed by Charles H. Bebb ...
Francis Herbert Brownell (April 21, 1867 – March 8, 1954) was a Washington state pioneer, lawyer, and businessman.During his lifetime, he worked in and made contributions to the cities of Tacoma, Everett, Seattle, and New York.
Wilson Martindale Compton (October 15, 1890 – March 7, 1967) was a long-time trade association executive for the timber industry and also the fifth president of the State College of Washington, now Washington State University.
Jim Compton (April 2, 1941 – March 17, 2014) was a member of the Seattle City Council, [1] first elected in 1999. He announced his resignation in December 2005 to teach at American University in Cairo as well as Romania .
A 1918 Port of Seattle map shows three narrow, unnamed piers between the Municipal Bathing Beach (Alki Beach) and Duwamish Head, as well as several others around Alki Point facing onto Puget Sound, outside Elliott Bay. [11] One such pier is visible in the distance in the third photo of a Seattle Now & Then article by Paul Dorpat and Jean ...
Seattle (/ s i ˈ æ t əl / ⓘ see-AT-əl) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington and in the Pacific Northwest region of North America.With a population of 755,078 in 2023, [3] it is the 18th-most populous city in the United States.
Seattle. New York City: Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-385-01875-3. Kim, Jae Yeon. "Racism is not enough: Minority coalition building in San Francisco, Seattle, and Vancouver." Studies in American Political Development 34.2 (2020): 195-215. online; Klingle, Matthew W. Emerald City: an Environmental History of Seattle (Yale University Press, 2008).
Henry Leiter Yesler (December 2, 1810 – December 16, 1892) was an American entrepreneur and a politician, regarded as a founder of the city of Seattle. Yesler served two non-consecutive terms as Mayor of Seattle , and was the city's wealthiest resident during his lifetime.