Junius Rochester

There were few matters in our post-Alaska Gold Rush town of 80,000 that failed to inspire Doctor Matthews. 

Seattle may be named for Chief Seattle, but his presence (and that of his people) is difficult to detect in the modern city.

Most of them served as trading centers and integral parts of the great fur trade.

The Second World War brought many migrants to the Pacific Northwest, including large numbers of African Americans and Asians working at Boeing, the shipyards, fishing, and timber.  Those desperate newcomers needed shelter.

In 1889, the five-person Press Expedition (named for the Seattle Press, a statewide newspaper), led by James Christie, crossed the Olympic Peninsula from the Elwha River to the Quinault Valley.

"The fair was Seattle’s debut among the cities of earth, and Seattle cleaned house so thoroughly that it was never again the roaring city of gold rush days.” 

The burgeoning waterfront development included a boathouse, piers, a wooden promenade and twin bandstands offshore with shoreline seating.  Beer was sold to audiences while they listened to Wagner’s Band play Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. Later came a racetrack near Broadmoor.

Carlson’s rise to prominence in Seattle's business establishment was a combination of native intelligence, an enthusiastic demeanor, very hard work, and a willingness to do a dozen things at one time.

In today’s Alaska, Russian names and Orthodox churches are found throughout the archipelagos, bays, and river mouths of Baranov’s former fiefdom.  Among the principal reasons for establishing Orthodoxy was to pacify Natives, whose role as virtual slaves in taking sea otters was essential. 

The exposition that most influenced Seattle was the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago.  The formula was set in place: family and adult entertainment; history and art exhibits; food and drink everywhere; and showcases for American inventors, architects, and tinkerers.