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Original Resources, Real History
Have you heard of Frederich Drumpf, a German immigrant who operated a restaurant in Seattle in the 1890s? Real historians use original documents and verify their sources, and in this essay by Seattle historian Rob Ketcherside, we see that getting … Continue reading
Classic Maps of Washington State
Did you know that the Washington State Office of the Secretary of State has a blog page???? Well, it seems like just about everyone has a blog now!
Charles Baker, Land Investor in Fremont and Wedgwood Neighborhoods in Seattle
The Fremont neighborhood has a lively history which parallels the story of the City of Seattle’s growth and development. Just as in the beginnings of Seattle in what is now downtown, the earliest white settlers of Fremont were attracted by … Continue reading
Seattle’s Pioneers of Fremont: John Ross
Fremont, a neighborhood in north Seattle, was named by property investors from Fremont, Nebraska. Prior to the development’s receiving its official name in 1888, there were other nearby neighborhood reference points, such as the community of Ross. Today the former … Continue reading
The Kittredge Family: a Bridge to Northeast Seattle
We may define “pioneers” as young people, perhaps single men or young couples, who journey out to unexplored lands to start new lives. The story of Seattle’s growth includes plenty of pioneer stories but not just in Seattle’s first century … Continue reading
Seattle Street Names
The vision of a city in the place where Seattle now stands was born in the heart of Arthur Denny, a 29-year-old surveyor in Knox County, Illinois in 1851. As a surveyor Denny knew that in unexplored regions, early-arriving settlers … Continue reading
The AYPE and the Growth of Northeast Seattle
The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) was a world’s fair held in 1909 on the campus of the University of Washington in northeast Seattle. After the move of the university to its present site in 1895, the AYPE of 1909 was the … Continue reading
Wedgwood’s NE 85th Street Dividing Line
On September 2, 1858, a team of surveyors stood at what is now the center point of Seattle’s Wedgwood business district on 35th Ave NE at NE 85th Street. The survey team of the year 1858 consisted of two chain … Continue reading
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Marshall Blinn: Logging and Land Speculation in Washington Territory
Before Washington became a state in 1889, territorial land claims recorded many names which are not now well-known. Who were these early-arriving settlers? The map of what is now the Wedgwood and Meadowbrook neighborhoods of northeast Seattle is dotted with … Continue reading
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Names in the Neighborhood: Inverness
The Inverness neighborhood is located in northeast Seattle between NE 85th to 90th Streets, 45th Ave NE to Sand Point Way NE. Inverness is on a very steep hillside which had no houses or any kind of development until 1954. … Continue reading
Wedgwood in Seattle History 