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Seattle is the county seat of King County and the largest city in the state of Washington. It is a community of steep hills that is situated between two large bodies of water in western Washington, which are Lake Washington to the east and Puget Sound to the west. Seattle has become one of the major ports in the U.S. as the result of its fine landlocked harbor.
There are several significant themes that relate to the personal or social experience in the rich heritage of the region. The emphasis is on important events and trends that have shaped the development and growth of the community. Although there are several books about the history of Seattle, there are few existing studies available that deal with King County history as a whole from public disclosure under state law to prevent the sites from being vandalized and looted.
The region currently named King County is situated within an area that has been named by archaeologists to be Southern Puget Sound, which is an area that has been considered by watershed and hydrological boundaries to extend approximately from the shoreline of Puget Sound, to the crest of the Cascade Mountains, to the Nisqually and Deschutes Rivers, to the Pilchuck River to the north. Since all of the archaeological work done in King County has been limited, the pattern of data derived from archaeological work in the larger area is required in order to understand the local prehistoric locations. The environmental settings that the prehistory of the area known as the southernmost Puget Sound area includes mountain and foothills, lowland and prairies, Lacustrine or lakeshore, and littoral or saltwater.
Most of the known archaeological locations can be found next to Puget Sound Shorelines, such as lakeshores and water next to riverbanks, despite of the diversity of local environmental settings. There are many different prehistoric locations, that include rock shelters, wet sites, burials, and shell middens. These types of resources reflect numerous cultural uses that include seasonal activity sites, such as food gathering, camps, and villages. Less than 100 prehistoric archaeological locations have been discovered in King County and registered on the official inventory of Washington State. The problem is that most of those have either been damaged or destroyed.
In order to mitigate the considerable or even total loss of the resources associated with them, some of these locations were subjected to excavation or data recovery. King County archaeological locations have yielded important information that have enabled the understanding of the region. For instance, the West Point locations not only provided information on an earthquake that dropped part of the location e to below sea level but also yielded a mass of information about the travels of food, for the people of Puget Sound. The same geological event could have easily affected numerous locations around the county. Information about the life on the plateau region of King County long before the Osceola Mudflow was provided by the Jokumsen location that was close to Enumclaw.
The archaeological data recovery, or surveys, excavation programs and studies that have been conducted in throughout the Pacific Northwest, have provided a quality of artifactual material and information prehistoric times. However, even with the scientific evidence that is currently available, much is still misunderstood about the prehistory of the area. When constructing a cultural sequence or constructing a time frame, is one of the most preferred techniques is carbon dating or the analysis of organic material. Another conventional technique was used to analyze the layered deposits of materials, such as soil, sand, or strata that might exist at the location. Information and artifacts and from many different locations are compared to correlations and established patterns for geographic area and districts.
In 1851, Seattle was first settled by five pioneer settlers, who were from Illinois at Alki Point at the southernmost end of Elliott Bay. In 1852, they relocated to the easternmost shore of the bay and in 1853, platted out a settlement. The name Seattle was in honor of a chief who was friendly to the pioneers, having a similar name.
In 1856, Seattle successfully withstood an attack by Indians, and the year 1869 brought the incorporation of Seattle as a city. In 1889, a very destructive fire nearly destroyed all of the business district. Then, in 1893, the Great Northern Railway arrived and the city became a major rail terminus, which grew quickly. During the gold rush of 1897, the community became a boom town and continued to prosper, and with the opening of the Panama Canal in 1914, became a major Pacific port of entry.
Seattle is the transportation and commercial center of the area. It is also the center of finance, trade, and manufacturing. Its important diversified industries include high tech products, forest and lumber products, fishing, apparel, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, fabricated metals, machinery, boat building, food processing, high technology products and aircraft.
In the mayoral race, the incumbent Mayor named Greg Nickels, easily won his bid for reelection in November of 2005. However, in 2009, Nickels wasn't successful in his bid for election for a third term. In a close race, Michael McGinn won the election.
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Seattle is the county seat of King County and the largest city in the state of Washington. It is a community of steep hills that is situated between two large bodies of water in western Washington, which are Lake Washington to the east and Puget Sound to the west. Seattle has become one of the major ports in the U.S. as the result of its fine landlocked harbor.
There are several significant themes that relate to the personal or social experience in the rich heritage of the region. The emphasis is on important events and trends that have shaped the development and growth of the community. Although there are several books about the history of Seattle, there are few existing studies available that deal with King County history as a whole from public disclosure under state law to prevent the sites from being vandalized and looted.
The region currently named King County is situated within an area that has been named by archaeologists to be Southern Puget Sound, which is an area that has been considered by watershed and hydrological boundaries to extend approximately from the shoreline of Puget Sound, to the crest of the Cascade Mountains, to the Nisqually and Deschutes Rivers, to the Pilchuck River to the north. Since all of the archaeological work done in King County has been limited, the pattern of data derived from archaeological work in the larger area is required in order to understand the local prehistoric locations. The environmental settings that the prehistory of the area known as the southernmost Puget Sound area includes mountain and foothills, lowland and prairies, Lacustrine or lakeshore, and littoral or saltwater.
Most of the known archaeological locations can be found next to Puget Sound Shorelines, such as lakeshores and water next to riverbanks, despite of the diversity of local environmental settings. There are many different prehistoric locations, that include rock shelters, wet sites, burials, and shell middens. These types of resources reflect numerous cultural uses that include seasonal activity sites, such as food gathering, camps, and villages. Less than 100 prehistoric archaeological locations have been discovered in King County and registered on the official inventory of Washington State. The problem is that most of those have either been damaged or destroyed.
In order to mitigate the considerable or even total loss of the resources associated with them, some of these locations were subjected to excavation or data recovery. King County archaeological locations have yielded important information that have enabled the understanding of the region. For instance, the West Point locations not only provided information on an earthquake that dropped part of the location e to below sea level but also yielded a mass of information about the travels of food, for the people of Puget Sound. The same geological event could have easily affected numerous locations around the county. Information about the life on the plateau region of King County long before the Osceola Mudflow was provided by the Jokumsen location that was close to Enumclaw.
The archaeological data recovery, or surveys, excavation programs and studies that have been conducted in throughout the Pacific Northwest, have provided a quality of artifactual material and information prehistoric times. However, even with the scientific evidence that is currently available, much is still misunderstood about the prehistory of the area. When constructing a cultural sequence or constructing a time frame, is one of the most preferred techniques is carbon dating or the analysis of organic material. Another conventional technique was used to analyze the layered deposits of materials, such as soil, sand, or strata that might exist at the location. Information and artifacts and from many different locations are compared to correlations and established patterns for geographic area and districts.
In 1851, Seattle was first settled by five pioneer settlers, who were from Illinois at Alki Point at the southernmost end of Elliott Bay. In 1852, they relocated to the easternmost shore of the bay and in 1853, platted out a settlement. The name Seattle was in honor of a chief who was friendly to the pioneers, having a similar name.
In 1856, Seattle successfully withstood an attack by Indians, and the year 1869 brought the incorporation of Seattle as a city. In 1889, a very destructive fire nearly destroyed all of the business district. Then, in 1893, the Great Northern Railway arrived and the city became a major rail terminus, which grew quickly. During the gold rush of 1897, the community became a boom town and continued to prosper, and with the opening of the Panama Canal in 1914, became a major Pacific port of entry.
Seattle is the transportation and commercial center of the area. It is also the center of finance, trade, and manufacturing. Its important diversified industries include high tech products, forest and lumber products, fishing, apparel, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, fabricated metals, machinery, boat building, food processing, high technology products and aircraft.
In the mayoral race, the incumbent Mayor named Greg Nickels, easily won his bid for reelection in November of 2005. However, in 2009, Nickels wasn't successful in his bid for election for a third term. In a close race, Michael McGinn won the election.