A Short Introduction To Seattle
- 1. Seattle: America’s Queen City Seattle Page 1
- 2. Seattle of Washington state is known to be the largest city in the Pacific Northwest region of the U.S. The Seattle metropolitan area has over 3.4 million inhabitants, making it the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country. It serves as a main trading port with Asia, making it the 6th busiest port in the U.S. Known for its humid summers and mild winters, Seattle is home to many avid outdoor sports. This makes the city ideal for outdoor recreational activities such as motor boating, kayaking, mountain climbing, swimming, and cycling all throughout the year. The history of Seattle is known to contain musical greats. The International District and Jackson Street were homes to over 24 great jazz clubs from 1918 to 1951. Seattle gave birth to some of the greatest jazz names from Quincy Jones and Ray Charles to Ernestine Anderson and many more. Rock superstar Jimi Hendrix and the “grunge” rock music genre with Nirvana, Melvins, Pearl Jam, and Alice in Chains all started in this city as well. A short history of Seattle: Around four thousand years before the first white pioneers from Europe entered the land which is now known as Seattle, Native Americans lived there. The first European who was ever recorded to have visited the area was George Vancouver in May 1792. Arthur A. Denny and his group of travelers reached Alki Point in November 13, 1851. The land was called “Seattle,” from the name of the Native American Duwamish and Suquamish tribe chief. Seattle Page 2
- 3. Logging was the first main industry of Seattle until it became a commercial and shipbuilding center in the late 19th century for the Klondike Gold Rush. Seattle became one of the 25 biggest cities in the United States in 1910. After it suffered from the Great Depression, it got its momentum back in World War II as the hub for the aircraft industry by the Boeing Company. Around the 1980s, Seattle turned into becoming a technology hub and expanded economic growth with the development of biotechnology, internet companies, and new software. Nowadays, the city is known to be a center for the environment friendly industry and an example for sustainable progress. Seattle Page 3