Timeline of Seattle

City history timeline

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Seattle, Washington, USA.

Before the 19th century

  • Native Americans explore and settle throughout the Puget Sound region which includes the Seattle area.[1]

19th century

History of Seattle
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  • 1851
    • September 14: The Collins Party led by Luther Collins finds a settlement in present-day Georgetown. Scouts from the Denny Party arrive at Alki shortly after.[1]
    • November 13: The remainder of the Denny Party arrives at Alki Point to spend a rainy winter.[1]
  • 1852 – The Denny Party moves to present day Downtown Seattle in April.
  • 1853 – Seattle becomes seat of King County, Washington Territory.[2]
  • 1854 – School opens.[3]
  • 1855 – Population: 300.[2]
  • 1858 – The arrival of Manuel Lopes, the city's first Black Resident.
  • 1861 – Washington Territorial University established.[4]
  • 1863 – Washington Gazette newspaper begins publication.[5]
  • 1864 – May 16: The Mercer Girls arrive.[3]
  • 1867 – Weekly Intelligencer newspaper begins publication.[5][6]
  • 1868 – The Seattle Library Association is founded.[7]
  • 1869 – Henry A. Atkins becomes mayor.
  • 1870
    • Central School opens.[3]
    • Church of Our Lady of Good Help founded.
    • Population: 1,107.[2]
  • 1873 – Seattle & Walla Walla Railroad organized.[3]
  • 1874 – Gas street lamps installed.[3]
  • 1875
    • San Francisco–Seattle steamship service begins.[3]
    • Ms. Maynard's Reading Room opens.[7]
  • 1878 – Seattle Daily Post begins publication.[5]
  • 1879 – Squire opera house built.[3]
  • 1880
    • City chartered.[2]
    • Frye opera house built.[3]
    • Population: 3,533.[2]
  • 1883 – Telephone[8] and Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad[3] begin operating.
  • 1885 – Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway organized.[2]
  • 1886 – February: Most Chinese were expelled by White mobs.[9]
  • 1888 – Rainier Club established.
  • 1889
  • 1890
    • Telegraph newspaper begins publication.
    • Country Club established.[13]
    • Population: 42,837.[2]
  • 1891 – Seattle Public Library opens.
  • 1892 – Pioneer Building constructed.
  • 1893
    • Great Northern Railway begins operating.[3]
    • Seattle Athletic Club organized.[13]
    • Seattle Theatre opens.[14]
    • Curtis & Guptil photographers in business.[15]
  • 1894 – The Argus newspaper begins publication.
    • The Seattle Republican daily newspaper beings publication[16]
  • 1895 - Seattle General Hospital established.
  • 1898 – U.S. assay office opens.[17]
  • 1899
  • 1900

20th century

1900s–1940s

1950s–1990s

21st century

See also

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Bibliography

Published in the 19th century

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Published in the 20th century

  • Polk's Seattle City Directory. Seattle. 1901. Archived from the original on 2013-12-31. Retrieved 2016-10-20.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Chamber of Commerce (1903). Semi-Centennial Celebration of the Founding of Seattle. Archived from the original on 2014-01-01. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
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Published in the 21st century

  • Vince Kueter (November 13, 2001). "Seattle Through the Years". Seattle Times. Archived from the original on October 23, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
  • "150 Most Influential People in Seattle/King County History: Nominees", 150 Years: Seattle By and By, Seattle Times, 2001, archived from the original on 2014-11-16
  • Keiko Tanaka (2001). "Early Telephone Use in Seattle, 1880s–1920s". Pacific Northwest Quarterly. 92 (4): 190–202. JSTOR 40492685.
  • Jeffrey Karl Ochsner; Dennis Alan Andersen (2002). "Meeting the Danger of Fire: Design and Construction in Seattle after 1889". Pacific Northwest Quarterly. 93 (3): 115–126. JSTOR 40492770.
  • "Seattle in Focus: A Profile from Census 2000". Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution. 2003. Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
  • John Putman (2004). "Racism and Temperance: The Politics of Class and Gender in Late 19th-Century Seattle". Pacific Northwest Quarterly. 95 (2): 70–81. JSTOR 40491731.
  • Sohyun Park (2007). "Prescriptive Plans for a Healthy Central Business District: Seattle Downtown Design, 1956–1966". Pacific Northwest Quarterly. 98 (3): 107–114. JSTOR 40492027.
  • Elenga, Maureen R. (2007). Seattle Architecture: A Walking Guide To Downtown. Seattle Architecture Foundation. ISBN 978-0-615-14129-9.
  • Jyotsna Sreenivasan (2009). "Seattle/Denver Income Maintenance Experiments". Poverty and the Government in America: A Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 558+. ISBN 978-1-59884-168-8.
  • Coll Thrush (2009). Native Seattle: histories from the crossing-over place. University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-98992-1.
  • Susan P. Crawford; et al. (2014), Community Fiber in Washington, D.C., Seattle, WA, and San Francisco, CA: Developments and Lessons Learned, Berkman Center Research Publication, SSRN 2439429 – via Social Science Research Network
  • Raj Chetty; Nathaniel Hendren (2015), City Rankings, Commuting Zones: Causal Effects of the 100 Largest Commuting Zones on Household Income in Adulthood, Equality of Opportunity Project, Harvard University, archived from the original on 2015-05-06, Rank #1: Seattle

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Seattle, Washington.
  • "Broadband Failures of Seattle – Timeline". Seattle: Upping Technology for Underserved Neighbors.
  • "Seattle Photographs". Digital Collections. University of Washington Libraries.
  • Materials related to Seattle, various dates (via Library of Congress, Prints & Photos Division)
  • Items related to Seattle, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)
  • Items related to Seattle, various dates (via Europeana)
  • Various Seattle-related archived websites: "(Seattle)" – via Internet Archive, Archive-It.
  • Seattle Municipal Archives. "Seattle Women's History Timeline". Women in City Government. Online Exhibits. City of Seattle.
  • Seattle Municipal Archives. "Civil Rights Timeline". Seattle Open Housing Campaign. Online Exhibits. City of Seattle.
  • "Seattle", American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection, USA – via University of Wisconsin, ca.1914–1949

Images

  • Seattle, circa 1870
    Seattle, circa 1870
  • Seattle, 1908
    Seattle, 1908
  • Atlantic Squadron parade, 1908
    Atlantic Squadron parade, 1908
  • Map of Seattle and port, 1918
    Map of Seattle and port, 1918
  • Reinstallation of Pioneer Square totem pole, 1940
    Reinstallation of Pioneer Square totem pole, 1940
  • Solstice Parade, 2013
    Solstice Parade, 2013

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