Keyword(s): Alan J Stein
Luna Park, Seattle's "Coney Island of the West," enticed visitors with thrilling rides, garish amusements, and the "longest bar on the bay" for only six years, from 1907-1913. Once a decade, its ghost...
In April 1969, Seattle baseball fans got their first Major League baseball team. The Seattle Pilots had moved to town. On April 11, the Pilots shut out the Chicago White Sox, 7-0, in their temporary h...
The City of Skykomish, located in the northeast corner of King County, began in 1893 as a rail town for the Great Northern railroad. Nestled in mountain forests, and supported over the years by rail, ...
On September 27, 1940, the Kalakala rams the Colman Dock in Seattle.
On August 16, 1943, the Kalakala rams a barge off Glover Point near Bremerton.
In 1945, the ferry Kalakala stages an impromptu race with the ferry City of Sacramento.
On June 25, 1955, the ferry Kalakala starts service between Port Angeles, Washington and Victoria, BC. Thousands cheer the ferry's entrance into Victoria Harbor.
On August 6, 1967, the ferry Kalakala is taken off the Bremerton run and removed from service.
On October 3, 1967, Robert Resoff buys the ferry Kalakala and later moves her to Alaska.
On March 26, 1968, enthusiastic crowds greet Robert Kennedy (1925-1968) as he campaigns in Seattle.
On May 6, 1968, E. J. Brisker, vice president of the University of Washington Black Student Union (BSU), presents five demands to improve recruitment and treatment of minority students.
On June 17, 1968, KOL-FM inaugurates its "underground" format with host Robin Sherwood. The station begins playing "progressive rock" music by Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, the Rolling Stones, James Tay...
By July 1, 1968, the number of blacks serving in the Seattle Fire Department had risen to 16, up from one (future Chief Claude Harris) a year earlier.
On October 1, 1968, 7,000 people jam Seattle's University Way for a "Love-U District Festival."
On January 16, 1969, the University of Washington stops selling grapes in its food concessions, responding to requests by the United Mexican American students.
On January 27, 1969, the University of Washington resumes selling grapes at its food concessions in response to campus Young Republicans.
On February 3, 1969, the Seattle City Council approves the creation of the Department of Community Development, the General Services Department, and the Personnel Office. This is the first creation of...