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icago. However, the Boeing factory has stayed put in Seattle, where the company re-
mains the city's biggest employer with a workforce of 80,000.
TIMELINE
9000- 11,000 BC
The ancestors of the Duwamish, Suquamish, Coast Salish and Chinook tribes ar-
rive in Puget Sound.
1792
British sea captain George Vancouver sails through the Straits of Juan de Fuca
and Georgia.
1851
The Denny party arrives at Alki Point and settles in Puget Sound, already home to
the Duwamish people.
1889
The Great Fire sweeps through the city, gutting its core and destroying the mostly
wooden storefronts and log homes on stilts.
1897
The Klondike gold rush is sparked by the arrival of the shipPortland. The city's
population doubles by 1900.
1910
Seattle begins to grow up. Its population reaches a quarter million, making it a
clear contender for the preeminent city of the Pacific Northwest.
1932
A shantytown called 'Hooverville,' after President Hoover, forms south of Pioneer
Square. Made up of lean-tos and shacks, it houses hundreds of unemployed
squatters.
1942
