Historical Biography: Arthur Armstrong Denny and Henry Leiter Yesler
1 November 2003
G&FH Agenda
When: Saturday, 1 November 2003
10 AM to 12 AM.
Speaker: Lorraine McConaghy,
former instructor in Genealogy and Family History course
Topic: Historical Biography:
Arthur Armstrong Denny and Henry Leiter Yesler
Venue: National Archives, 6125 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA
Lorraine McConaghy completed her doctorate in United States urban history at the University of Washington in 1993, and has published and taught Pacific Northwest history ever since. Her Raise Hell and Sell Newspapers, with Sherry Boswell, is a biography of Washington state's most powerful publisher, and The Seattle Times Centennial Series is a reprint of historical articles published in the newspaper that explore the city's history from 1896 to the present. In 1999, she received the Charles Gates Research Award for her article in Pacific Northwest Quarterly, "Cold War Pulitzer Prize: The Albert Canwell Committee Hearings."
She has taught at the University of Washington and Pacific Lutheran University, and joined the staff of Seattle's Museum of History & Industry in 1997. As historian, her primary responsibilities involve research and writing, but she continues to teach through a variety of museum programs.
She is the executive editor of a forthcoming Sasquatch Press book that will be an interpretive anthology of the historical collections of Seattle and King County: structures, oral histories, artifacts, photographs, maps, diaries and correspondence.
Topic: Historical Biography: Arthur Armstrong Denny and Henry Leiter Yesler
Please join us for a presentation by Lorraine McConaghy on these two remarkable men, founders of Seattle. She will emphasize the methods and resources she is using to explore their biographies in this ongoing research project.
Arthur Armstrong Denny was the youthful leader of the group of American settlers from Illinois and Ohio who landed at Alki in 1851, and moved to the eastern shore of Elliott Bay in 1852. Surveying land claims on the shoreline, Arthur and David Denny planned Seattle as a city, sketching "Depot Street" on the plat, eagerly awaiting the arrival of a northern-tier transcontinental railroad. When Henry Yesler arrived, prepared to build Seattle's first industry - a steam-powered sawmill on Elliott Bay - he was welcomed with open arms.
These two men - Arthur Denny and Henry Yesler - both dreamed of a great industrial city, linked with worldwide systems of rail and ship transportation, and were generous and active in pursuing their urban vision. Yet they were never friends - never even friendly. Their differences are as interesting as their similarities, as Seattle grew in the 19th century.
G&FH Agenda
When: Saturday, 1 November 2003
10 AM to 12 AM.
Speaker: Lorraine McConaghy,
former instructor in Genealogy and Family History course
Topic: Historical Biography:
Arthur Armstrong Denny and Henry Leiter Yesler
Venue: National Archives, 6125 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA
Lorraine McConaghy completed her doctorate in United States urban history at the University of Washington in 1993, and has published and taught Pacific Northwest history ever since. Her Raise Hell and Sell Newspapers, with Sherry Boswell, is a biography of Washington state's most powerful publisher, and The Seattle Times Centennial Series is a reprint of historical articles published in the newspaper that explore the city's history from 1896 to the present. In 1999, she received the Charles Gates Research Award for her article in Pacific Northwest Quarterly, "Cold War Pulitzer Prize: The Albert Canwell Committee Hearings."
She has taught at the University of Washington and Pacific Lutheran University, and joined the staff of Seattle's Museum of History & Industry in 1997. As historian, her primary responsibilities involve research and writing, but she continues to teach through a variety of museum programs.
She is the executive editor of a forthcoming Sasquatch Press book that will be an interpretive anthology of the historical collections of Seattle and King County: structures, oral histories, artifacts, photographs, maps, diaries and correspondence.
Topic: Historical Biography: Arthur Armstrong Denny and Henry Leiter Yesler
Please join us for a presentation by Lorraine McConaghy on these two remarkable men, founders of Seattle. She will emphasize the methods and resources she is using to explore their biographies in this ongoing research project.
Arthur Armstrong Denny was the youthful leader of the group of American settlers from Illinois and Ohio who landed at Alki in 1851, and moved to the eastern shore of Elliott Bay in 1852. Surveying land claims on the shoreline, Arthur and David Denny planned Seattle as a city, sketching "Depot Street" on the plat, eagerly awaiting the arrival of a northern-tier transcontinental railroad. When Henry Yesler arrived, prepared to build Seattle's first industry - a steam-powered sawmill on Elliott Bay - he was welcomed with open arms.
These two men - Arthur Denny and Henry Yesler - both dreamed of a great industrial city, linked with worldwide systems of rail and ship transportation, and were generous and active in pursuing their urban vision. Yet they were never friends - never even friendly. Their differences are as interesting as their similarities, as Seattle grew in the 19th century.
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