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Turning Point 16: When Worlds Collide: From Contact to Conquest on Puget Sound

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...

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2 Timeline Entries

Edison agents turn on first central incandescent-lighting plant west of the Rockies in Seattle on March 22, 1886.

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 ...

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Warren Magnuson wins second U.S. Senate term, defeating Walter Williams, on November 7, 1950.

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...

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