, 1876-07-08
SEATTLE.
PksT PRESENT AND FUTURE.

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Seattle was first settled in the
year 1852. In the Fall Of the
year 1851 G. G. Terry and Lee
Terry, of the State of New
York, A. A. Denny, D 7. Denny,
John N. Lowe, W. N. Bell and
c. d. Boren-the last four hav-
ing with them their families, and
coming from the State Of Illi-
nois - arrived at Alki Point,
which is the southerly point of
Seattle harbor. &. c. Terry and
John N. Lowe there established
a trading post, and named the
place Alki, from an Indian
word signifying "bye-and-bye."
This name, when the
Territory of Washington was
organized, was adopted ,as it's
motto, and suggests the grand
future so soon to be realized. In
the Spring of 1852 Messrs. A. A.
Denny, Bell and Boren came
over to the present site of Seat
tie and located claims, and soon
after removed their families to
them. In April, 1852, DIR. d. S.
Maynard and an old Indian chief,
Seattle, after whom the city is
named, came from up the Sound.
DR.. Maynard located on the
point where his widow now
lives and there established a
trading post, and engaged in the
business of
CURING AND PICKLING SALMON.
The salmon were caught in
the bay by the Indians, under
the charge Of the old chief, and
frequently from fifty to a hun
dred canoes could be seen on the
water, their dusky owners busily
engaged from sunrise to sunset
catching these excellent fish for
the Doctors picking establish
ment.
In May, 1852, the first town
was laid out, and is now known
DENNY AND BoREN's ADDITION.
In October, 1852, II. L. Yesler
came from Ohio, and as he
wished to erect 4 sawmill on the
bay, the settlers readjusted their
claims so as TO give him a strip
of land between Boren's and
Maynard's claims, and in the
Summer of 1853 he put up near
where his new mill now stands,
THE FIRST STEAM sAwMILL
On Puget Sound. In 1861 the
old sawmill was converted into a
grist mill, and the boiler and a
portion of the machinery is yet
in operation. The present saw
mill was built eight or nine
years ago.
The first thing the settlers did
before permanently locating, was
to take a survey and sounding
of the bay. While doing this,
Bell and Boren padded the
canoe and A. A. Denny took the
soundings with a clothes line,
using for a lead a bundle of old
iron. This was the
FIRST HYDRoGRAPHIC SURVEY.
OF Duwamish Bay.
The first white child born here
was Eugenia McConaha, dau gh-
ter Of G. n. McConaha, Esq,
from the State of Ohio,
now the step-daughter Of
Sheriff Wyckoff.
In the Fall of 1851 L. NJ. Col
Inns, Henry Vanasselt, John
Buckley and the Naples settled
near the mouth of the Duwam-
ish river, and from that time on.
up to the breaking out Of the In
dian war, settlements We're rap
idly made along the river and
on Lake Washington, and the
county soon became the third in
Importance in the Territory.
On the I'd day of March, 1858.
THE TERRITORY OF WASHINGTON
Was organized out of that por-
tion of Oregon lying south of the
forty-ninth degree of north Iati-
tudc and north of the middle Of
the main channel of the Colum-
bia river from its mouth to
where the iorty-siXth degree of
north latitude crosses the river.
near what was then Fort Walla
Walla; thence with that degree
of latitude to the summit of the
Rocky Mountains. -
In April, 1854,
THE FIRST TERRITORIAL ASSEMBLY
Met at Olympia. George n. Nc
Conaha, father of our present
Prosecuting Attorney, represent
ed this district in the Council,