Keyword(s): Greg Lange and Walt Crowley
The 16th essay in HistoryLink's Turning Point series for The Seattle Times focuses on the cultural interactions between Puget Sound's Native peoples and the first European explorers and early settlers...
On March 22, 1886, representatives of Thomas Edison demonstrate the first electrical generator in Seattle. The Seattle Electric Company's steam-powered dynamo, located in Pioneer Square, is the first ...
On November 7, 1950, first-term Democratic U.S. Senator Warren G. Magnuson (1905-1989) defeats Republican challenger W. Walter Williams (1894-1983) by a vote of 397,719 (53.4 percent) to 342,464 (46 p...