New York Alki: The Landing That Founded Seattle
On November 13, 1851, the Denny Party stepped ashore at Alki Point from the schooner Exact — the rainy landing now remembered as the founding of Seattle.
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A Timber Baron's Airplane Company Takes Off
On July 15, 1916, lumber millionaire William E. Boeing founded the Pacific Aero Products Company in Seattle — the company that became Boeing.