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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
Seattle’s Pioneers of Fremont: B.F. Day – Part Two
The Panic of 1893, a nationwide economic crash, had a chilling effect upon Seattle. Historian Thomas Prosch wrote that Seattle businesses, banks manufacturers and even churches closed down and went out of business due to lack of money to operate. … Continue reading
Seattle’s Pioneers of Fremont: B.F. Day – Part One
The Fremont neighborhood was one of Seattle’s most successful early suburbs, with people moving to the site beginning in 1888. When I speak of “Fremont” in this blog post, I mean the area as it is now defined, which … Continue reading
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Tagged Neighborhood History, Seattle, WPLongform
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Wedgwood’s Immigrants: the Akahoshi Family
Census records of 1920 show that there were quite a few immigrants living in the northeast Seattle neighborhood of Wedgwood that year. Germans who built their own houses and settled in Wedgwood included John Herkenrath, Gustav Morris, and William Voss, … Continue reading
Posted in Dahl Playfield, farms, Immigrant heritage, Picardo Farm
Tagged Japanese immigrants, Neighborhood History, Seattle, World War Two, WPLongform
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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
Old Houses and New Construction in Wedgwood: the Blue House
The Blue House at 2316 NE 85th Street in “western Wedgwood” had been vacant for quite a few years and finally it was sold in October 2024. A developer bought the property and has filed a plan to build townhouses. … Continue reading
Names in the Neighborhood: LaVilla
In March 1945 during the final battles of World War Two in Europe, a homesick soldier wrote a letter to the Seattle Daily Times newspaper. Lieutenant Ralph A. Penington, age 34, was with the US Army’s 10th Mountain Division in Italy. … Continue reading
The Mock Family and Maple Leaf School
During the hot-weather week of August 12, 1910, The Seattle Daily Times newspaper carried reports of fires across the State of Washington, and one fire which struck closer to home, to the northeast just outside of the Seattle City limits. … Continue reading
Wilson’s Exposition Heights
The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, a world’s-fair event, attracted people to Seattle even before the fair’s opening date of June 1, 1909. When news of the Exposition plans became known in 1906, people from all over the USA began coming to Seattle … 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 in Seattle History 