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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWAL_chief-seattle_Seattle-WA.html
[Right side of the monument]Kitsap sights Vancouver's vessel 1792 - First vessel on Puget Sound [Left side of the monument]SeattleChief of the SuquamishA firm friend of the whitesFor him the city of Seattlewas named by its founders
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIM4_ballard-avenue-landmark-district-historic-marker-project_Seattle-WA.html
The Ballard Avenue Landmark District holds a significant place in Seattle history. The uniquely-preserved state of Ballard Avenue provides visitors with a window into the heyday of Ballard's industrial and commercial era. The City of Ballard wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIHN_ballard-avenue-historic-district-ballard-city-hall-bell_Seattle-WA.html
Multiple markers on and near the Ballard Centennial Bell identify the Ballard Avenue Historic District.Marker 1:Be it remembered that at this place on the eleventh day of April, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy Six, the Ballard Avenue Landmark Distric…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIHK_mural-at-bergen-place_Seattle-WA.html
The Ballard Historical Society and the Seattle-Bergen Sister City Association joined together to create this mural in 1995 to commemorate our community's rich and prosperous history, and to celebrate our economic and cultural ties to other nations…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI2D_1890-seattle-fire-department-bell_Seattle-WA.html
This bell is the remaining symbol of the leap made by city leaders to establish and equip a professional firefighting force after the Great Seattle Fire of June 6, 1889. On that day, the young metropolis of Seattle was devastated by flames in spit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHW7_chinese-american-soldiers-memorial_Seattle-WA.html
Dedicated to American Soldiers of Chinese Ancestry in Seattle and vicinity who died in the service of their country during World War II, 1941 - 1945[Translation in Chinese calligraphy]Yeu LouieLee Hong ChewBak Hong ChinJohn ChinnBing Poy WongHenry…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEWZ_martin-luther-king-jr-memorial-park_Seattle-WA.html
This park honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. was inspired by Dr. King's last speech entitled "I've Been to the Mountaintop." He delivered the speech in Memphis, Tennessee the night before he was assassinated. He was there in support of striking sani…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEVJ_lou-grahams-sporting-house_Seattle-WA.html
Lou Graham, Seattle's best known madam, opened her establishment on this site in 1888. Rebuilt in brick and expanded after the Great Fire in 1889, Graham's parlor became the most elegant of Seattle's bordellos during the city's rough pioneer era. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEVF_pioneer-building_Seattle-WA.html
The Pioneer Building is one of the finest and most ornate buildings in the District, characteristic of the Richardsonian Romanesque style prevalent throughout Pioneer Square. Constructed in 1889 on the site of Henry Yesler's first home. This build…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEVB_king-street-station_Seattle-WA.html
The station was completed in 1906 for James J. Hill and his Great Northern Railroad. The depot and the vast freight yards were built on the reclaimed tide flats adjacent to a newly developing warehouse and industrial district near Pioneer Square.…
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