Garoonka Xeegada ee Jefferson Park waxa la furay Maayo 1915. Wuxuu ahaa garoonkii xeegada ee dawladda hoose lahayd ee ugu horeeyey ee Seattle iyo garoonkii xeegada ee saddexaad degmada King. Garoonku wuxuu ku yaalaa Goobta S Minnaarad 4101 ee agagaarka Taagga Minnaaradda Seattle. Sannadkiisii u horeeyey, 26,309 qof ayaa ku ciyaaray Jefferson Park 18 kiisa god. Maanta, garoonka wuxuu cabbirkiisu yahay 6,182 tallaabo waxaanu leeyahay meelo tabobarasho iyo 27 god. In ka badan 60,000 oo wareeg xeeggo ayaa lagu qabtaa sannad kasta. Ilaa intii la furay, garoonka xeegadu wuxuu u adeegay dadka deggen seattle iyo soo booqdayaasha dhammaan qoomiyadaha iyo heerarka dakhliyada laga soo bilaabo horyaalka feedhka miisaanka culus Joe Louis 1936 ilaa Tiger Woods ka 16 jirada ah 1992, ka soo bilaw xubnihii u horeeyey ee Kooxda Xeegada Shiinaha Seattle 1950ii ilaa xubnihii Maraykanka madaw ee Kooxda Xeegada Gobolka Fir ilaa ardaydii ururka aan macaashdoonka ahayn ee Tee-da u Horaysa ee maanta.
Garoonka Xeegada Dawladda Hoose ee Jefferson Park
- By David Wilma and Catherine Hinchliff
- Posted 2/24/2001
- HistoryLink.org Essay 3015
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