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Sent Across the Nation
On September 8, 1864, Governor William Pickering sends the first official telegram from Washington Territory to his old friend, President Abraham Lincoln....
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Elvis Shakes Up Seattle on September 1, 1957
Elvis' performance at Sicks' Stadium drew an estimated 16,200 people (90 percent of them teenage girls) -- the biggest crowd for a single performer in...
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Beatles Play Two Concerts at Seattle Center Coliseum
Some who missed the day's events hoped to see the Beatles on their next tour -- but that wasn’t to be...
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Bellevue Square Opens On August 20, 1946
Bellevue Square was the first regional suburban shopping center in the Pacific Northwest...
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First Air Crossing of Columbia River
On August 3, 1905, 18-year-old Lincoln Beachey piloted the dirigible City of Portland on the first controlled flight over the Columbia River into Vancouver, Washington....
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Lofty Heights at Mount Rainier
In 1896, Olof Bull carried his violin to the summit if Mount Rainier and played "Nearer, My God, To Thee."...
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Heading North: Seattle and the Alaska Gold Rush
On July 21 and 22, 1869, former Secretary of State William Seward toured Puget Sound on his way to Alaska and spoke out on the...
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Seattle’s Light-Rail Era Begins
On July 18, 2009, Seattle's light-rail era begins as Sound Transit's Link light-rail trains carry their first passengers between downtown Seattle and Tukwila in south...

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