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Arthur A. Denny, Pioneer Days on Puget Sound

The leading founder of the town of Seattle, Arthur A. Denny (1822-1899) has long stood among the most prominent pioneers in the history of the Pacific Northwest. In 1851 he left Illinois and migrated westward with family and acquaintances. Intending initially to settle in the Willamette Valley, he learned about the country around Puget Sound and determined to go there.

The Denny Party sailed from Portland, landed at Alki Point in November 1851, and four months later staked claim to land along the eastern shore of Elliott Bay, in what would become the city of Seattle.

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A surveyor by trade (among other things), Denny helped lay out the real estate that formed a large part of the pioneer economy. He also served as postmaster, merchant, banker, and legislator (Bagley 1916, II:758-61). Over the course of his life, Denny witnessed or participated in most of the key events in early Seattle history—the foundi Arthur A.

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