• Artist rendering of Pioneer Square during Klondike Gold Rush

    Klondike Gold Rush - Seattle Unit

    National Historical Park Washington

HARD DRIVE TO THE KLONDIKE: PROMOTING SEATTLE DURING THE GOLD RUSH Historic Resource Study for Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park Chapter Four

Building the City

 

Seattle,1888


Poole Brothers Map, 1888
Poole Brothers Map, 1888. Darkened areas show city boundaries concentrated to the west, along the water. Compare to 1909 map of Seattle.

[Source: Seattle Public Library]

 

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Did You Know?

crowd on First Avenue in downtown Seattle

Seattle's population swelled from 40,000 in 1890 to 240,000 by 1910.