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   2 days ago · Seattle, Washington. The city was settled on November 13, 1851, at what is now West Seattle. It was relocated the following year to a site across Elliott Bay near a Duwamish Indian village. It owes its name to the Native American leader Seattle, chief of the Duwamish, Suquamish, and other tribes of the Puget Sound area.

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   2 days ago · With the railroad, Seattle had supplanted San Francisco as the central transport point for the northern Pacific trade by the early 1880s. The period was marred by anti-Chinese riots, which resulted in the forced expulsion of nearly 200 Chinese residents in 1885–86.

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   When did Seattle get its name?

   • The city was settled on November 13, 1851, at what is now West Seattle. It was relocated the following year to a site across Elliott Bay near a Duwamish Indian village. It owes its name to the Native American leader Seattle, chief of the Duwamish, Suquamish, and other tribes of the Puget Sound area.

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   When did Seattle become a city?

   • The city was incorporated in 1869. It grew slowly—augmented by European immigrants recruited to work in the coalfields outside the city—until the arrival of an interstate railroad line. With the railroad, Seattle had supplanted San Francisco as the central transport point for the northern Pacific trade by the early 1880s.

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   Where is Seattle located?

   • Seattle is the chief city of Washington state and the largest metropolis of the Pacific Northwest.

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   What is the history of the Seattle area?

   • The early modern history of the Seattle area, like that of the Northwest generally, is closely connected with expeditionary efforts to find the Northwest Passage and the subsequent development of the overseas trade with North Asia.

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    Jun 19, 2024 · The name, Juneteenth, is a portmanteau, combining June and nineteenth. Its origins date back to June 19, 1865, when the last group of people enslaved in the southern U.S. were informed of their...