timblesworldtour

Seattle is one of the city’s I like in the USA, affectionately known by seattleites as the emerald city, due to it’s surrounding lush greenery, the city centre is relatively compact. In my opinion, the people of seattle are generally much friendlier than in many other USA cities.

Seattle has an interesting history, not least of which is the fact it is named after a native american, Chief Noah Sealth. The name Seattle is an anglicised version of his name. It is reported his grave inscription reads “Seattle, Chief of the Suquamps and Allied Tribes, Died June 7, 1866. Firm Friend of the Whites, and For Him the City of Seattle was Named by Its Founders,”

According to history, he was unusual in that he worked with many of the white settlers, although ultimately like most native americans, he ultimately lost out in the end.

Many of the place names are taken from native american names in the washington area, and the town we are staying in is issaquah (which I think is also native american), just outside Seattle.

See, a whole paragraph about Seattle, and no mention of the Space Needle. Damn!