It Happened in Seattle: Remarkable Events That Shaped History

by Steve Pomper

Overview

A fascinating collection of thirty compelling stories about events that shaped the Emerald City, It Happened in Seattle describes everything from the battle of Seattle in 1856 to the Nisqually earthquake of 2001.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762763146
Publisher:	Globe Pequot Publishing
Publication date:	12/08/2009
Series:	It Happened In Series
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
File size:	593 KB

About the Author

Steve Pomper is a Seattle police officer and the author of Seattle Curiosities (Globe Pequot Press) and Is There a Problem, Officer? A Cop’s Inside Scoop on Avoiding Traffic Tickets (Lyons Press). He operates an interactive Web site at www.stevepomper.com.

Table of Contents

Introduction vi

Look What We Founded-1851 1

The First Battle of Seattle-1856 7

Here Come the Brides-1864 13

Remove Yourselves from the Northwest-1886 18

Blazing Seattle-1889 22

Down Under-Seattle-1889 27

Thar's Gold in Them Thar Hills-1896 33

They Moved Mountains-1898 37

A Walk in the Park-1903 42

In the Market for a Market-1907 47

First in the West to Scrape the Sky-1914 51

Let's Dig a Trench-1917 55

The Wild Boeing Yonder-1917 59

Take This Job and...-1919 64

Cop Learns Bogus Booze Biz Busting Bootleggers-1925 69

Row, Row, Row Your Boat-Into History-1936 75

A Lynching at Fort Lawton-1944 79

Mysteries of the Deep-1942 84

Seattle, Meet the World-1962 89

Java Men-1971 95

Murders Most Macabre-1983 99

Goodwill Running-1990 104

The Incredible Sinking Bridge-1990 108

The Seattle Sound-1990 112

The Day the Music Died-Again-1994 116

Four Heroes Gave Their All-1995 120

Bus Plunges off Bridge-1998 125

The Second Battle of Seattle-1999 129

All Shook Up-2001 134

Seattle Facts and Trivia 138

Bibliography 142

Index 163

About the Author 168