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During the summer of 2016 I relocated from Seattle to Las Vegas. Since then, I have not put up new posts here on New To Seattle, although visitors are free to comment on older posts, to which I often respond. In Sin City I've launched a new blog, New To Las Vegas, which continues my same tradition of observation, musings and commentary. Visitors can access my new blog by clicking here. Please visit and stay awhile.

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A century ago, the Great Seattle Boom was much bigger–and sketchier

Posted on November 20, 2015 by William P. BarrettNovember 20, 2015

Its origins were gold and vice

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Posted in Amazon, Costco, Seattle economy, Seattle government, Seattle history, Seattle infrastructure, Seattle politics, Starbucks | Tagged 500-room bordello, 500-room brothel, Burton J. Hendrick, Charles Wappenstein, Erastus Brainerd, Great Northern Railway, Great Seattle Boom, Hillside Improvement Co., Hiram Gill, James J. Hill, John F. Miller, Klondike Gold Rush, McClure's Magazine, Richard A. Ballinger, Seattle boom, Seattle red light district, Seattle vice, Skid Road Seattle, Washington State suffrage, William Hickman Moore, Yesler Way | Leave a reply

Monumental Seattle (Part 3)

Posted on April 17, 2013 by William P. BarrettJuly 6, 2014

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Did you know about the local tribute to Confederate veterans?

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Posted in Seattle culture, Seattle history, Seattle image, Seattle infrastructure, Seattle media, Seattle politics | Tagged 1201 Third Avenue Building, Alaska Gold Rush, Allen G. Newman, Alonzo Victor Lewis, Anne and Patrick Poirier, Anne Poirier, Charles Lindbergh, Confederate War Veteran's Memorial Seattle, Edward G. Messett, Empire Builder, Family Watching TV sculpture Seattle, Finn Frolich, George Washington statue Seattle, Great Northern Railway, Hiker Memorial statue Seattle, James J. Hill, James Wehn, King Broadcasting, KING-TV, Ku Klux Klan, Lake View Cemetary, Lorado Taft, Magnuson Park, Martin Luther King Jr., New Archetypes sculpture Seattle, Patrick Poirier, Richard Beyer, Robert E. Lee Chapter 885, Round-The-World Flight Monument, Sand Point Airdrome, Sand Point Airfield, Seattle monuments, Stone Mountain, Tom Brokow, United Daughters of the Confederacy, University of Washington, WaMu, Washington Mutual Bank, Washington Mutual Tower, World Flight Monument | 3 Replies

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