I too struggle happily when walking in a place so changed that most know not that it even had anything different than now. My place is Cedar Mtn. 135 years go there was a town, several mines and a whole host of different roads accessing the area. I spend hours looking at petitions for these first roads in the King County Road Maintenance Map Vault. They were mostly muddy trails in the 1880s that barely supported wagons. Then we have the bridges built, torn down and replaced over and over.
This feeling of standing with one foot in today's world and the other in a past no one knows certainly gives us historical vertigo.
Also of note is the location of “Curleys camp” seen on the first map upper left near the Sawdust. And then Tehumsechs camp”, on a later map called “Indian camp” , lower area of maps. I believe these names refer to two different chiefs or sub chiefs named Curley, whose relative Peggy Curley and Christian Scheuerman raised 10 of their own children as well as 2 of her other children in early Seattle.
"Little known version by Robinson and Jackson. (no clue when or why)" UGH! That is a Hewitt Robinson Jackson from 1972. It was part of his prep for his drawing of the Decatur which takes this map and lays it out behind the ship. It is reprinted in Maritime Seattle (2002) on page 11 credited Courtesy of the artist, Hewitt Jackson. It may also have been a mural at Pier 70.
It makes me sad that people don't know Hewitt's work. His watercolors of maritime ships are just amazing
I too struggle happily when walking in a place so changed that most know not that it even had anything different than now. My place is Cedar Mtn. 135 years go there was a town, several mines and a whole host of different roads accessing the area. I spend hours looking at petitions for these first roads in the King County Road Maintenance Map Vault. They were mostly muddy trails in the 1880s that barely supported wagons. Then we have the bridges built, torn down and replaced over and over.
This feeling of standing with one foot in today's world and the other in a past no one knows certainly gives us historical vertigo.
Brave Mrs Holgate, amidst the throng of Indians 😆🤦
especially as the updated map redefined the indians as "Hostile"
Also of note is the location of “Curleys camp” seen on the first map upper left near the Sawdust. And then Tehumsechs camp”, on a later map called “Indian camp” , lower area of maps. I believe these names refer to two different chiefs or sub chiefs named Curley, whose relative Peggy Curley and Christian Scheuerman raised 10 of their own children as well as 2 of her other children in early Seattle.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/258775875/rebecca_scheuerman
Have you read A Wild Heavenly Place by Robin Oliviera? Set in Seattle in the late 1800s!
Jenna, I have and enjoyed it. I was lucky enough to be able to provide some information to Robin about early Seattle. David
Well thanks for giving information! I sure loved the book and the historical details made the story so immersive 😍
"Little known version by Robinson and Jackson. (no clue when or why)" UGH! That is a Hewitt Robinson Jackson from 1972. It was part of his prep for his drawing of the Decatur which takes this map and lays it out behind the ship. It is reprinted in Maritime Seattle (2002) on page 11 credited Courtesy of the artist, Hewitt Jackson. It may also have been a mural at Pier 70.
It makes me sad that people don't know Hewitt's work. His watercolors of maritime ships are just amazing
Thanks for the information. Sorry to be so clueless. Where can I/one learn more?
This lovely article is a nice start. https://saltwaterpeoplehistoricalsociety.blogspot.com/2015/05/hewitt-jacksons-historical-drawings.html