at the museum of history and industry (1st thursday free day) i learned: there's something called the "seattle spirit", a "never-say-die optimism" that got the city thru the great fire of 1889 and allowed it to rebuild, stronger and better than ever. maybe i AM supposed to be here...
of note: i also learned seattle is named after chief seattle of the native duwamish tribe; seattle had the nation's first general strike in 1919; seattle is home to the nation's first female city mayor, bertha knight landes; and early settlers shipped in "the fairer sex" from the east coast b/c seattle was overwhelmingly male - funny how some things never change..
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