Junius Rochester, whose family has shaped the city for many generations, is an award-winning Northwest historian and author of numerous books about Seattle and other places.
Allegedly based on several characters from his hometown of Weston, Oregon -- the fictional town in Oregon Detour was called "Creston" -- the book caused something of a scandal in Oregon.
In time, the great western lands and waters attracted Nordics to familiar professions: dairying, logging, fishing, mining, and village businesses. During the late 1880s Scandinavians found their way to the Pacific Northwest.
An 1853 edition of the Columbian, the newspaper of record at that time, reported that "fourteen sawmills" were in operation on Puget Sound, most of them run by waterpower from nearby streams and rivers.
By the early 1920s Alonzo Victor Lewis's fame was recognized throughout the Pacific Northwest and beyond. His mostly somber herculean statues loomed in many parks, nooks and street-corners.Â
The Denny-Terry-Lander deeds stipulated that the 10-acre site downtown on Universty Street was to be dedicated forever to educational purposes. That stipulation was met.
McCarthy's autobiographical book, "Memories of a Catholic Girlhood," tartly describes a convent upbringing in Seattle in a barbed and entertaining memoir.
Carl Sandburg was called upon to give a talk and play his guitar at the 1962 Seattle World's Fair. His talk was a success, but he left the stage without touching the lonely guitar.