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From Pasture to Playfield: View Ridge
The years of World War Two (1941-1945) marked a major turning point in the development of neighborhoods in northeast Seattle. Up until that time northeast Seattle had been very rural. There were some real estate investors and builders of houses … Continue reading
Mary Boman: Seattle and Beyond
George Boman was only 46 years old when he died in Seattle on December 19, 1890. He had grown up in Tennessee and after fighting in the Union Army in the Civil War, he never went back home. He journeyed … Continue reading
George Boman in 1890 in Seattle
George Boman, originally from Tennessee, was a Civil War veteran who made the classic American western migration across the USA in search of opportunities. After his Civil War service ended in 1865, Boman went to Kentucky, spent a few years … Continue reading
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The Journey of a Civil War Veteran: George Boman of Tennessee
In the years after the Civil War of 1861 to 1865, veterans became part of the Western Movement in the USA. Most soldiers returned to their home states at first, and then many former soldiers pursued opportunities in undeveloped lands … Continue reading
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Seattle During and After the Civil War
During the American Civil War of 1861-1865 the struggling outpost of Seattle in Washington Territory anxiously watched and waited as to how the war’s outcome would affect not only national issues but how it would affect federal influence in the … Continue reading
An Elm Tree in Seattle History
The American Elm is a species of tree native to the northeastern United States, and elms can also thrive in the temperate climate of the Pacific Northwest. Elms can grow to seventy feet high, with a wide-spreading canopy of branches … Continue reading
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A Civil War Confederate in Seattle: John Scurry
The events of the American Civil War, 1861-1865, occurred far, far away in the eastern USA but during those years residents of Seattle certainly were aware of the conflict. In the decades after the Civil War, veterans tended to migrate … Continue reading
Names in the Neighborhood: Bryant
In northeast Seattle most of the neighborhood names are those of real estate developments such as Wedgwood, which originally was only a plat name. The builder of the Wedgwood group of houses, Albert Balch, did not deliberately set out to … Continue reading
Laurette Stanley in Wedgwood
Laurette Augusta Young and Moses Terrell Stanley married in 1869 in Sweetland Township, Muscatine County, Iowa. Each had come to Iowa as children when their parents migrated from other states to take advantage of the rich farmlands on the expanding … Continue reading
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Alexandrina McKenzie and Real Estate in Early Wedgwood
In the year 1900 Alexandrina McKenzie was a 43-year-old farm wife in Bingham Township, Huron, Michigan, with five of her six children still at home. Ten years later, Alexandrina was a widow in Seattle, supporting herself and her children with … Continue reading
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Wedgwood in Seattle History 