Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-09-15
raE QUEEN CErY.
-. =. n was and Is.--rhe Pre-.
xsess Of Thirty Year,.

rsess Of Thirty Year,.
,rvrIy OF THE CITY HISTORICAL,
corvEgcrAL, FINANCIAL AND
INDUSTRIAL.
Thirty years ago the site of the
.,ssent city Of Seattle. now humming
r,,h the throbbiag commercial activ-
!, of the nations, vas silen, wilder
..ss as Wild aud desolate as any part
= the lonely shores of Hoods Canal.
rodsy it is metropolitan city of ten
,.ousand people-,he acknowledged
.uporium and chief city OF the soon
= be great State Of Washington.
HISTORICAL SKETCH.
seattle was first settled In 1851. In
August of that year G. C. Terry and
r.e Terry, OF New York. and A. A.
many, D. T. Denny. John N. Lowe,
IN. Bell and G. d. Boren, OF ILL
.ois. came to the Sound and at first
MATED on what is known Is Alki
puins. across the bay. There Mr..
fsry started town which be called
New York of the Pacific" This
asms being rather long and cumber-
pme, the neighbors shortened it to
New York Alki,r tbyAnd-by) and
theu to Alki simply. The harborage
dAIki Point not proving good, these
psyons in the following spring re-
aovsd to the presen, site of Seattle,
n taking claims here under the Do
nofion Act except the Messrs. Terry
nd Lowe. Meanwhile DR.. D. 8.
Maynard Of Ohio had located the orr.
Goal TOWNSHIP and established store
% the point near the present New
Rsgland Hotel. The bay, however,
led been visited and explored in the
nmmer Of 1850 by John G. Holgate
Of Ohio, q brother Of Mrs. A. J. Han
ford of this city, but who did not 10.
cate his claim until 1853 on account
Of business requirements in Califor
ala
The 6rst survey of the harbor was
msde In i54i by Capt. Chss. Wilkes,
commander OF the great U. s. Explor.
ius Expedition sent out by the admin
ssfstion Of President Tyler. In his
report occurs the now famous YER
dict:
"Iventure nothing in saying that
no country in the world possesses wa
,ers equal to these. From the mouth
Of the straits to the head of naviga.
ton. two hundred miles inland, not q
shosl nor reef nor hidden danger ex-
Its. At times it narrows to q rivers
width. and again widens into the ma
jesty OF q sea, but Is everywhere free
70 navigation--the home of all craft,
blue, deep and fsthomless.
He named our harbor Elliott Bay,
4 honor Of one of his officers. Lieut..
HlIot. OF the Navy. In 1882 another
topographic survey was made by the
IA settlers; Bell and Boren padding
tie canoe while A. A Denny took the
soundings with q clothesline loaded
With bundle Of old iron. The town
started on the Maynard claim. and for
years Its business was confined to Main
stsest, the street passing by the old
and new Arlington Hotel. CONNER.
cial street wss then on an island; the
tidswaier flowing daily over what is
wknown be the Lava beds, along
Second street aud In front of the Oc-
eideutal Hotel. In October, 1852,
'uacle Henry" Yesler came along
iron Ohio and built little sawmiIl
upon the present site Of the Posi-
IxrEllxonxcHR building. That en-.
tefprise was the little miracle worker
thar gave life and being to the future
great city Of Seattle. Mr.. Yesler, ia
putting up his pigmy sawmill, was
building wiser than he knew. To se.
cure the location OF the sawmill.
ksssrs. Maynard, Denny and Boren
'ltsdjusted their clsi 50 as to give
Mr. Ycsler = narrow strip of land be-
tween them, about three hundred feet
vide. the present invaluable Mill street
property
In the fall of 1851 Messrs. E. B. Ma.
pie, 8. Maple. J. w. Maple, Henry
Van Asset, John Buckley and Luther
\. Collins. from Ohio, settled on the
hrms about the race track, at the.
mouth Of tho Duwsmish river. These
claims we're really located prior to
those Of the Seattle town site.
Prominent among others OF
THE FIRST PIONEERS
Who settled prior TO the Iodian war
which brsse out 10 1856 were the
families OF Dexter Horton, Thomas
Mercer Judge Phillips, Edward Han.
lord, H. II. Tobjn, 4. NJ. Smithers,
dmund Carr, Charles Plummsr. H.
butler, DR., II. A. smith. = Holgate,
z. n. AcConaha. Joha Ross, G. g.
levin, b. L. Johns, 3. w. Russell. 8.
Mstmore. Ira Woodin. J. J. Moss. -
Kirkland, - stewart, D. A. Medley.
ups. FelAer. Capt. Rand. - Savage. !
: aoldefnesa, CA. Brownell and W :
sSmllh Ut Ren,on. The young men
we're 3, A. Clark, Miles aud Asa Fow.
=, 0ess2e md Seymour HAnford. J.
Y: and 1. ]. uolgatc, J. Hubner, ].
wlebene 7. x. Ssgle, Robert Beatty.
= Gasdsss. Joe Lake, D.. NAurer.
berleigh Piercs, Frank Matthias. II.
Adans. ". n. Gillian. Ies. William
~ IA. Chase. IL v. Wyckof, @.
Z nm Walter Geahsm. j. Holt -
Aalynve. @ H0ssavn. I'd, Guthrie.
Joe .Overalls, Rasn. Bechselheimer,
"a Huas. 4. R1wker. Ira Burling.
saa ncoss EuSdwsll, j0ssph Fostar,
u Woodbridge, J. {. Strickler, r.
z. Hinckley. John Harvey, Biglow.
klnioy. Eatos. -. Ltviugston, Tim.
INV, fronclB NeegasS = Dousinss.
z. BAxter, and q few others whose
aAnes We DO nossrecell. shortly af.
kshe war came the families Of Rev,
D. Bagley. ". w. White, John ].
ncGilvra. r. Andrews, s. +. Coombs.
1 \. and ". B. Hall. l.. B. Andrews.
ARYoung. II. Busnets. G. p. Stone.
W.H. sheudy. II. a. Atkins, r. Pom
9ua, 0. g. Shorcy. Gardner Kellogg,
J. I. Jordan. John Webster aud nu-
aetous others.