Considine and his brother Tom were involved in the notorious killing of Seattle's police chief, William L. Infamous airline hijacker flight from Portland to Seattle who may or may not have gotten away. In later years she wrote her autobiography, "Miss Aunt Nellie". He managed big names on the vaudeville circuit, later becoming famous in New York with a Broadway theater named after him.
Cotterill served the Seattle area in a number of different capacities. He was a state senator , during which time he framed a constitutional amendment for women's suffrage. He was also the Seattle mayor, and later the Port Commissioner. As Seattle City Engineer, he laid out Seattle bike paths that became the basis for the city's boulevards, surveyed for the city's first sewers, and developed the city's first water supply system.
Cotterill was employed by the King Count Assessor's office until the age of Established a theater chain know as Sterling Theaters. His company later developed suburban theaters and developed the theater in Northgate Shopping Center. He founded a trust fund that benefited children's organizations. Aubrey Davis was the mayor of Mercer Island. He also served as the regional administrator of the Urban Mass Transportation Administration, a member of the state Transportation Commission, working on the area's transportation problems, and finally he was also the CEO of Group Health Cooperative.
His work with Group Health helped create the state's Basic Health Plan, and he worked for health care reform both locally and nationally. The Washington Health Foundation recently gave him the lifetime achievement award. Seattle businessman, one of the fathers of the Century 21 World's Fair. After a successful career as a ballerina and vaudeville dancer in Hollywood under the stage name Yvonne St.
Clair Dempsey enrolled at the University of California's mechanical engineering program. She graduated in the top 10 percent of her class and in became Boeing's first female engineer. Arthur became the acknowledged leader of a group of pioneers credited with founding Seattle in after their arrival in at Alki Point.
He served as Seattle's first postmaster, a leading businessman, and was a delegate to the Washington Territorial Legislature and was one of King County's first commissioners. He was instrumental in founding the University of Washington. He guided the formation of a firm that eventually became Safeco. Diamond was the first-born child to Jewish parents fleeing Czarist Russia. He was born in Seattle, and has lived in Seattle for over 90 of his 94 years, except for his four years of service in World War II. He had a distinguished law career, and was a very successful businessman with his Seattle parking lots as well as other real estate ventures.
Director, Corporate Council of the Arts. The Draper Children's Home began in in a temporary Ballard location before being moved to its permanent location in Des Moines. Herman and Annie Draper gave love and care to children who had been orphaned, abandoned, broken homes, or had parents who were unable to provide for them. The Drapers cared for these marginalized children without regard to race or creed until their deaths.
Unlike any children's home in the world, the Draper Children's Home received no help from the county, state, church, lodge, or charitable institution; rather is was supported by the children themselves. Draper believed that the children needed to be educated, so he included public school attendance, and musical lessons.
The children operated their own print shop and thus were instructed in a trade. The Drapers converted their barn into an "Opery House" with a stage, where the children performed musical and vaudevillian performances as the "Jolly Entertainers. Longtime Seattle Times reporter whose stories about the history of the area have become a vital resource. Known for his boundless energy and high standards.
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She promoted local and visiting artists, helping many on their way to national recognition. When she died, she gave all her works to the Henry Art Gallery. A prominent citizen who came to Seattle after being in the grocery business for 10 years in New York. He married Mina Schwabacher in and served as vice president and then chief executive officer of Schwabacher and Co. Nathan Eckstein Middle School is named after him. A track and basketball coach at the University of Washington and charter member of the Husky Hall of Fame. His efforts resulted in the clean up of Lake Washington and the creation of a regional transportation system.
He was also a leader in the Forward Thrust program, which resulted in significant capital improvements in the region. He also provided leadership in developing the Freeway Park, utilizing space over the freeway for an urban park. Provided outstanding leadership as CEO and chairman of the Seattle Mariners, resulting in a new major league baseball field and a series of winning season. He was a prominent Seattle banker who devised a plan to save the city from bankruptcy. In , the city was in serious financial trouble. He was one of the leaders in the development of Northgate in , which at the time was the largest planned shopping mall in the United States.
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Frye was a partner in Frye and Bruhn, Meatpackers. The art deco building, designed by Carl F. Gould, is one of Seattle's premier historic buildings. Fuller served as the museum's art director, curator and major donor of art objects for the remainder of his life died Furguson was the president of the Rainier Brewery in the 's, and an active civic leader during that time. Furth presided over banking, real estate, and streetcar empires in the late 's. Founding member of the Schwabacher Hardware firm and elected Seattle mayor in His palatial home, scene of many important social gatherings, can be seen today on Seattle's First Hill.
A Seattle elementary school and at one time a steamboat honors his name. Gerberding served as the president of the University of Washington from Served as Seattle City Councilman for 12 years and as mayor twice. His support of an "open-town" where brothels, gambling parlors and saloons went unsuppressed, eventually caused him to fall into disfavor.
In , the Washington Legislature granted the vote to women and in the February 7, , recall election, 20, of 23, registered women voters cast their ballots. Real-estate man George W. Dilling won by 6, votes, and Gill was turned out of office. In , Gill managed a political comeback by reversing many of his positions, but his term was marked by ethical failures, corruption scandals, and prosecution.
A real-estate mogul who was responsible for the development of the lavish Coliseum Theater. He put much of his fortune into the creation of Longacres, a home for the sport he loved, thoroughbred horse racing. Founded the architecture program at University of Washington and designed the campus plan and major institutional buildings at the University of Washington in He was a leader in architectural education and design from Seattle architect, he won international acclaim for his design of Seattle's Space Needle and for his large-scale shopping complexes.
Seattle architect who designed many of Seattle's most significant commercial buildings during the first half of the twentieth century. Many still form the core of the city's historic commercial district.
A ship owner and wholesale merchant during Puget Sound's Mosquito Fleet era. He and his partners made significant money during the gold rush to Alaska beginning in by transporting prospectors to and from Alaska on his steamers. In , he founded the Puget Sound Navigation Co. In the s he got out of shipping which was suffering competition from rail and road transportation and became a banker. Unknown killer of more than 50 young women in the Pacific Northwest. He has never been caught.
Seattle's first sports superstar. He played for the Seattle Mariners through much of the 's. One of Seattle's leading 19th century pioneer businessmen. He was an African-American who arrived in the 's and had a hotel and real estate business.
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Long considered to be the foremost expert on Northwest Coast Native American art and culture. She was a great teacher and pioneer in introducing the world to this art, championing the art, culture and human rights of our local Native Americans. Local writer, best known for the book "Snow Falling on Cedars. Haglund was a member of a pioneer West Seattle family.
He ran an aquarium on Seattle's waterfront, singing his own commercials on the radio. He opened his first Acres of Clams restaurant in the 's. He later expanded his business into a large chain of seafood eateries, known today as "Ivar's. A Rich Beyer statue of Ivar feeding oversized seagulls rests outside the fire station on Seattle's waterfront. African American operator of the most famous local speakeasies and gambling dens during Prohibition. His last establishment was raided by the police, which resulted in him serving a brief prison term.
Mayor of Seattle and the center of political foment during the Seattle General Strike in He used the strike controversy to test national opinion as a prospective presidential candidate. KVI disc jockey in the s and s known for wacky on-air antics. She helped incorporate the city of Burien and served on its first council. She received two governors Distinguished Volunteer awards, and twice was named the woman of the year.
Dottie Harper Park was named in her honor. Director of the Bullitt Foundation, created Earth Day in He served as the hospital's chief of staff. A brilliant and innovative electric guitar player, the first to make professional use of the feedback and effect apparatus. After being expelled from high school and discharged from the Army, Hendrix devoted himself to music and spent four years doing back-up guitar work, before forming his own band, Jimmy James and the Blue Flames, in In , Hendrix had a new band called the Jimi Hendrix Experience.
After a Tour in Europe, his band was internationally recognized. Hendrix died in of a drug overdose. Known as the Empire Builder, he used the Great Northern Railway and the rest of his transportation empire to develop the commercial foundation of Seattle and King County. Hill's northern-most transcontinental railway, with its low curvature and minimal grades leading to cheap freight rates , along with the Great Northern Steamship Company which had the world's largest freighters, the Dakota and the Minnesota , helped establish Seattle as a world-class port and a major conduit for channeling commerce through the Pacific Northwest to reach markets in both Asia and the Eastern United States.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Raised in North Carolina, Hill settled in Seattle after a long career as a lawyer for several railroads. A Japanese-American student at the University of Washington, he refused to obey a curfew order that applied to all persons of Japanese descent on the West Coast after the United States declared war on Japan.
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Later, he refused to be interned with the rest of the Japanese Americans when he was ordered to report for evacuation. He was arrested and found guilty, later appealing all the way to the U. Supreme Court, which upheld his conviction. Forty-four years later a federal judge in Seattle vacated his convictions. He stood for his principles and showed that it's never too late to redress wrongs. Kent's first female mayor, a position she held for 16 years. Early in her administration Kent opened a new library.
The city established new parks and planted trees along the roadway during her administration. These environmental enhancements were essential in a time when the city's population more than doubled. At 19, he became the first non-Indian of record to explore Elliott Bay and the Duwamish waterway. He hoped to establish a land claim. Nevertheless, he settled on what is today Beacon Hill and a street is named in his honor. He acquired a small safe and began holding workers funds for safekeeping.
His "banking" business grew, ultimately becoming the Dexter Horton Bank, forerunner to Seafirst Bank. Pilot of Boeing's first commercial plane. He taught and wrote for years at the University of Montana, Missoula. The owner of the Seattle Post Intelligencer who invested in a steel mill in Kirkland, envisioning it as the "Pittsburgh of the West.
Rome named Raymond Hunthausen the archbishop of Seattle in In his role as archbishop, he reached out to those often marginalized by Catholicism and society: He endorsed the Equal Rights Amendment, and wrote a letter to Rome identifying steps the Catholic Church could take to "value the gifts of women equally with those of men. Hunthausen's liberal outspoken nature made conservative Seattle Catholics and Rome uncomfortable. In , Rome named a conservative bishop to serve under him but gave Bishop Wuerl a power-sharing influence with the archbishop. This approach almost led to the Archbishop's resignation.
As a pitcher for the Tacoma Rainiers, he was one of the organization's most successful players. In , he won 25 games on his way to earning "Minor League Player of the Year" honors. He later returned to Seattle as manager of the Rainiers. A hermit who lived in Eastern Washington, he owned over 30 downtown properties, 14 of which were located in Pioneer Square.
He refused to renovate or improve any of his properties, only investing in keeping the roof functional. Due to his negligence many of his properties were vacated and fell into disrepair. However, the low rent helped spawn a lively artist scene in Pioneer Square. Before he died he established Samis Land Co. Radical group who detonated bombs around the region in the s to call attention to causes ranging from the rights of farm workers, to the rights of Native Americans and utility workers.
A Democrat, he served as a U. Senator from Washington State for more than 30 years. Proponent of New Deal-type legislation, strong national defense and effective advocate for Boeing. Unsuccessfully sought Democratic presidential nomination in Coached the University of Washington football team for 18 years, from He is the Huskies' most successful football coach, with a record winning percentage of With her husband, founded the Seattle Repertory Playhouse.
She also established a program where she brought famous plays to high schools, working in conjunction with the State Department of Education. When the Depression ended so did her funding, and she had to halt both the education program and the WPA project.
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In , the Jameses were brought in front of the Committee for Un-American Activities, and their public support diminished, forcing them to close the playhouse. Popular Seattle mystery novelist who frequently uses Seattle as the location of her novels. Served as the Seattle Opera General Director since Jensen was involved in education for 64 years, 18 as superintendent of the Highline public schools. He had the foresight to predict the area's growth in the s and s leading to the construction of over 40 new schools and a place on the cover of Time Magazine.
In , he wrote and published The Highline School District Chronicle documenting major events, issues and changes in the Highline community through much of the 20th century. She was the sister of author Betty MacDonald. Founder of Swedish Hospital. Ran Boeing during its years as America's most successful fighter-plane builder in the s and s, then again during the bomber period of World War II. Whitman College graduate who spent his career as a journalist and author in the Seattle area.
He did historical vignettes on Seattle radio for years. Garfield High School's musical prodigy has more Grammy nominations than anyone else in history. Jones has written film scores, sonatas and popular music, done arrangements for other artists and performed throughout the world with his own band and orchestra. Long-time conductor of the Seattle Symphony.
Generally recognized as the first recorded family to homestead in the Highline area, having arrived in They established a claim in what Mike Kelly called Sunnydale near the old military road that the army had built through the area in the 's. An influx of population occurred with the arrival of many logging and farming families.
The Kellys were soon recognized as one of the leading forces in education, road-building and community growth. The area's first school was in Jane Kelly's kitchen. Took over Skyway luggage upon the death of his father and built the company into the nation's largest independently owned luggage supplier. Owner of canneries, and creator of Kreielsheimer Foundation.
Quaker peace activist, internment-camp survivor, planetary researcher, tireless volunteer. Studs Terkel profiled her as one of 70 outstanding older Americans in his book "Coming of Age. Mayor of Seattle from to , then governor of Washington. A member of Cincinnatus, a citizen group working to eliminate corruption in the city government, he defeated an incumbent to be elected to the Seattle City Council.
Following his council work he ran for mayor and lost. The following year, , he was elected to be the state lieutenant governor, becoming the first person to serve three terms in that capacity. The radio voice of the Seattle Rainiers for over 30 years, broadcasting roughly 5, games from to In he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. A Jewish refugee from Germany who managed to complete his medical studies in Italy.
Lewis' patriotic works, including "The Doughboy" at the Seattle Center and "Victor Memorial" on the state capital grounds, made him the outstanding sculptor of the 's. Seattle's first female City Council president and the city's only female mayor. During her council presidency, the mayor left town for a month, and Bertha became acting mayor.
As mayor she ordered the chief of police to fire several officers against whom charges had been made. When he refused, she fired him, and then fired the officers herself. When she ran for mayor, her "dry" platform was at first popular during Prohibition, but frequent police raids and the attendant unsavory publicity led to her defeat after a two-year term. Founder of One Reel, producer of Bumbershoot and other cultural events. As a two-term Seattle City Council member during the s, Larkin was able to bring people together, reach consensus and foster change.
In his career with the city he served as a fire fighter, police officer, and City Council Member. Creator of "The Far Side," a hugely popular cartoon panel. Before Larson's retirement in , the cartoon strip appeared in 1, daily newspapers, in 40 countries and was translated into 17 different languages. Larson received the Rueber Award for outstanding cartoonist from the National Cartoonist Society in both and Seattle painter and University of Washington professor who began in the Harlem Renaissance and whose vivid colors and simple forms represent scenes from American history.
Filmmaker, writer, creator of "Twin Peaks," a TV show illustrating the darker side of life. West Seattle's Lee, with her sister June Havoc, performed in a kiddy vaudeville act that toured the nation. She parlayed her experience into a famous striptease that was a hit at the Zeigfield Follies. Her life was portrayed in the musical "Gypsy. Nisqually Indian who befriended and then was deceived by his white neighbors.
He was hanged for murder, but his name lives in a Seattle waterfront park. The homes of Loveless are considered examples of the baronial style with English touches. Rabbi of Temple de Hirsch Sinai, a Reform congregation. He was well known for his ecumenical work.
First African American 's settler in pioneer Seattle. A seaman who started a barbershop in Pioneer Square. A Chinese American lawyer and a leader of the King County Democrats, was the first Asian member of the Seattle City Council and the first local legislator to introduce long-range planning. Seattle physician, instrumental in founding of Group Health Cooperative. Author of the national bestseller "The Egg and I," she spent many years in the Seattle area and on the Olympic Peninsula. An orphan who came from the Midwest, Magnuson attended the University of Washington, and eventually became King County's prosecuting attorney.
He later became a congressman, and finally U. Senator, serving from Environmentalist, proponent of "Issaquah Alps" and author of several camping and hiking guidebooks. Organized citizens who defeated Metro's plans to build a sewer outfall in Seahurst Park. She was a founding member and president of Citizens to Save Puget Sound.
She also helped incorporate the City of Burien, and served on the council for five years. Matthews received two Governor's Distinguished Volunteer awards. Printed dozens of finely crafted books, now considered collector's items, at his Dogwood Press. Also ran for Seattle mayor. Worked as a novelist and critic during the s, s and s. Raised in Seattle, her biting wit and tell-all biographies caused a stir.
He endowed a chair in history at the University of Washington and has supported a variety of regional history projects. Writer, historian, Eastside journalist. PEMCO executive who originally was asked to shape a vision for the company and stayed on for 37 years to implement that vision. After helping to launch the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Meany dedicated his life to recording and speaking about Seattle's prospects and history.
Meyer, a Seattle jazz-band leader, ran for mayor of Seattle in on the whim of some practical jokesters at The Seattle Times, who convinced him to join the race as their protest of the inferiority of candidates that year. He was eager to lend himself to the joke, and the Times reporters wrote him up throughout the campaign. After losing the mayoral election, he won the election for the lieutenant governor of the state.
Regent of the University of Washington, important in the development of the University. Mayor of Seattle, elected in Wrote a full-length opera called "Narcissa," based on the lives and deaths of Dr. Marcus and Narcissa Whitman. The opera ran for 12 performances at Seattle's Moore Theatre in His Moore Theater still stands on Second Avenue.
Morgan, an expert in regional history, wrote the vibrant, informal portrait of Seattle, "Skid Road. African American historian who lives in Seattle. In she published a groundbreaking history about the early African American residents in Seattle. Entitled "Seattle's Black Victorians ," this book reflects primary research and is the first book to present a comprehensive history of African American's in early Seattle. State legislator who helped purchase land for Seahurst Park on Puget Sound.
He also helped develop the park. Founder of Northwest Folklife Festival. Dave Niehaus has been delivering colorful descriptions of Mariner baseball since the team was established in He is listened to by hundreds of thousands of people all over the Pacific Northwest. His enormous contribution to Mariner baseball was recognized when he was asked to throw out the ceremonial first pitch in the inaugural game in Safeco Field. Gary Locke declared the day Dave Niehaus Day in the state. After Edward died in , Josephine was the driving force behind building this Seattle institution.
Nordstrom, a Swedish immigrant, tried his luck in the Alaska gold rush then settled in Seattle. He founded a shoe store with his partner Carl F. In , he bought out Wallin and sold the business to his three sons, Everett, Elmer, and Lloyd. The store, now much more than a shoe outlet, is in the hands of the third and fourth generations of Nordstroms. Pat O'Day was a high profile disc jockey on KJR radio through the s and has been the voice of the Seafair hydro races for years. He was the first disc jockey in Seattle to really start playing rock 'n roll, an action for which he earned 37 percent of the radio audience.
In and he won the award for the top program director from the National Radio Industry, and in was named the disc jockey of the year. President of the University of Washington from His vision of transforming the University from a local school to a nationally recognized research institution was realized during his presidency. The brothers also designed some of Seattle's first parks.
She was one of the original "Mercer girls," women that Asa Shinn Mercer arranged to come to Seattle to teach and to increase the number of marriageable women in Seattle. She taught in the first public school in Seattle in Editor and publisher of the Glendale Gazette. Osgood is perhaps the father of Seattle's public transportation system.
His horse-drawn trolleys moved slowly along Second Avenue beginning in Three years later he used electricity to power his trolleys, thereby beginning a trend by entrepreneurs to extend tracks to every real-estate development in the city. Started the fire in the Mary Pang Warehouse downtown, in which four firemen died.
In his confession, Pang said he started the fire to relieve his parents the burden of running the business. He fled to Brazil but was returned to Washington and tried for both arson and murder. A theater magnate who owned the largest theatre chain in America. His career began with the Alaska gold rush, and he later owned and managed the Crystal Theatre on Seattle's Second Avenue.
His home in Madison Park remains one of Seattle's greatest residential palaces. Seattle's Providence Hospital is a monument to her efforts. His two-volume masterpiece a third volume was added posthumously , "Main Currents in American Thought," was a seminal contribution to American letters. One of the older buildings on the UW campus is named in his honor. Patches, played by Chris Wedes, is one of the most beloved characters in the history of Northwest television. P Patches and his friends entertained children from ; at the peak ,00 children watched it daily. Patches is one of the longest running children's shows in American history.
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Naval officer who created first drawing of Seattle in aboard the Decatur during the Battle of Seattle. As one of the most extensively published local architectural writers, Philips was highly influential in creating a popular base for the acceptance of modern residential design. Pigott turned the Pacific Car and Foundry into a successful business in Seattle. He expanded from railroad cars into equipment for the logging industry and handled military contracts during WWI.
He guided Paccar into the truck-making business with the purchase of Kenworth Truck in Builder of first UW building in downtown Seattle in Built first Montlake canal. Daughter of Carkeek family, civil leader in mid 20th century. Arrived in and established a sawmill near the Cedar River and a coal mine next to the Black River. He started the area's first brickyard, and started a livery stable. He was the executive director of the Seattle Urban League, a member of the Central Area Civil Rights Organization and a leader in the struggle for integrated housing and education in Seattle.
He was shot and killed by an unknown assailant on January 26, Founded Seattle's first Catholic church and helped establish other parishes. Preston was elected to the position of state Superintendent of Schools in , shortly after women won the right to vote. At that time, teachers, particularly in rural areas, had very meager pay, part of which went to living expenses. Often, teachers boarded with local families, moving from house to house, sometimes sharing a bed with a daughter. Preston, in an effort to lower the teachers' turnover rate, established "teacherages," cottages built next to the school where the teacher could live.
This idea, wildly popular across Washington, was eventually were used throughout the United States. She also decided that schools in rural areas could double as community centers in the off-hours. During her administration, other progressive reforms were made, including kindergarten, hot lunches and buses to transport students to and from school. He was also the director and curator at the Seattle Art Institute in its early years. The architect who designed most of Seattle's downtown theaters.
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His ornate and detailed theater work earned him a national reputation. Transformed Simpson Investment Co. Established sawmills and lumber businesses throughout Puget Sound. His Port Blakely site on Bainbridge Island was spectacularly successful. Renton, Washington and "Renton Hill" were named after him. Convicted terrorist caught trying to bring explosives into the United States at the Port Angeles border crossing.
Seattle's first African American mayor, serving the city from to Borghild Ringdahl's husband operated a strawberry farm. They paid neighborhood children kids to pick the berries, and then took the berries to Seattle to sell them. However, during the Depression the fruit rotted because no one could afford to purchase it. With some of her neighbors Ringdahl put surplus produce in bags and distributed it to about 13, people in welfare lines. As a member of the PTA she also started a hot lunch programs at school.
She was hired as the first director of the hot-lunch programs in Seattle. Worked as an art critic for the Seattle Times and later Seattle magazine. His career as a novelist began with "Another Roadside Attraction," which instantly became a cult favorite in Robbin's second book "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" was published by Signet paperbacks, making it a more mainstream novel.
Robbins is probably one of Seattle's most widely known authors. Rochester, a Seattle native, served as a Seattle City Councilman and introduced one-way streets, handicapped parking and daylight savings time in Seattle. He also wrote and arranged the passage of a resolution to establish Century 21, the World's Fair. Later, he served as executive director of the Fair's Washington State Commission. Roethke, an English professor at the University of Washington, won the Pulitzer Prize and a number of other literary awards.
In his lectures he often included frequent references to the natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest. Launched an adhesives manufacturing company that over the years grew into the largest distributor of industrial chemicals in North America. His company later became the Univar Corporation. A popular symbol during WWII of women entering the blue-collar work force in order to keep up industrial production to support the war effort.
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If you know the lay of the land — send some recommendations our way. Our latest interview with master architect Gordon Walker just wrapped up and will be appearing in the winter issue. The concept of modular construction along with senior housing makes for a very specific project type. How did this come about? I grew up in the modern era, and I always saw a hole in this area of living and designing.
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