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Names in the Neighborhood: from Keith to Hawthorne Hills

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

Some of the neighborhood names in northeast Seattle started out as plat names, then gradually became the identifiers for whole areas.  Wedgwood started as a plat name filed by developer Albert Balch in July 1941, from NE 80th to 85th … Continue reading →

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Gerhard Ericksen’s Good Road

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

In the 1880s Seattleites were fed up with being snubbed by railroad corporations. The last straw was the Northern Pacific’s selection of Seattle’s rival city, Tacoma, as the western terminus of the NP’s cross-country line. Under the leadership of Judge … Continue reading →

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