Seattle's History

  • Duwamish and Tuquamish Tribes

    Duwamish and Tuquamish Tribes

    They were the first tribe in Seattle.
  • Arrival of the Denny Party

    Arrival of the Denny Party

    Denny party was originally in a cabin
  • Battle of Seattle

    Battle of Seattle

    Europeans-Americans fought native Americans for their land
  • University  of Washington

    University of Washington

    First college in Seattle.
  • Seattle's first incorporation

  • First Catholic Church

    People prayed there in pubic.
  • First street car

    First street car

    Helped people transport faster and easier
  • First ferry service

    First ferry service

    it helped people travel across water which saved time
  • Union Organizing

    When people finally got together to make rules in Seattle.
  • Great Fire

    Great Fire

    when the whole city of Seattle burned downed and had to be built again
  • Klondike Gold Rush

    Klondike Gold Rush

    the Klondike gold rush was the very hard for the people doing it people because they had to carry so much stuff a year worth of things
  • Seattles creates plan to develop the city

  • Shipbuilding Boom

    it peaked during ww1 and crashed right immediately thereafter
  • Seattle became an arts center

    Seattle became an arts center

    The Frye and the Henry families put on a display of the art museum
  • Pike Place market was established

    It brings in 9 million visitors a year.
  • Metro came into existence

    Metro came into existence

  • Starbucks

    Starbucks

    The first Starbucks was in Seattle.
  • Bill Gates and Paul Allen

    Bill Gates and Paul Allen

    They moved from New Mexico to Seattle to start Microsoft out of there house.
  • Microsoft

    Microsoft

    Microsoft was made in Seattle.By bill gates and Paul Allen.