We’ll meet some characters you may not be aware of, visit forgotten places important to Seattle history, and attempt to reconstruct Dzidzilalich, Little Crossing Over Place, as it appeared in 1852 when Arthur Denny, Carson Boren, and William Bell beached their canoe on its shore in their search for a new townsite. We’ll talk about the physical changes over the next four decades that made Seattle into the modern city we would recognize today. We’ll meet the grandfather of a certain president, talk about the people who actually built Seattle, walk along the real “Skid Road”, and explode a couple of Seattle history myths while we do so.
Since I have no affiliation with either of Seattle’s two underground tours, this walk will be conducted entirely above ground, all via sidewalk. Follow this link to my Substack for more details: Seattle Pioneer Square History Walk
negotiable, depending upon interest. We just need to keep in mind that the two underground tours start on the hour and half-hour. Then we might end the walk at, say, the historic Merchant's Cafe for libations or lunch to chat further about Seattle history.
. . . with a cruising speed of 184 mph and top speed of 199 mph, powered by its four 1,500-horsepower Wright GR-2600 Double Cyclone engines. The 314 became Boeing's first "Air Force One" when FDR flew the Clipper to Casablanca in 1943. Sadly, following World War II the flying boats could not compete against land-take-off aircraft. The last Clipper flew in 1946:
and aids very much in the unnecessary expense of her household. It is an easy matter for her to stand before the phone and order an extravagant bill of groceries. It disturbs her quiet and robs the home of its seclusion and peace." Reverand Mark Matthews.
The Rev. Matthews was an extremely popular and influential Seattle Presbyterian prohibitionist preacher who railed against women's suffrage in the early twentieth century.
Here's the link to the newspaper in the Seattle Times archives: News Article, Seattle Daily Times (published as THE SEATTLE DAILY TIMES), January 31, 1910, p9 Might require a Seattle Public Library card to access.