Seattle And Environs 1852-1924 Hanford, Cornelius H. Pacific Northwest Americana,Western Americana

Three volumes. 4to. Pp. 679 Vol. 1, 643 Vol. II, 630 Vol. III. Frontis. photographic portrait of Cornelius H. Hanford, the editor. Illustrated throughout with black & white photographs and maps, some of them behind tissue guards. Appendix. Dictionary of Chinook Jargon. Index. Marbled endpapers. Vol. I includes fold out map. Bound in green cloth, gilt titles on spine. Marbled edges. Slight wear to cloth; faint ring on front board Vol. III; signature on page 5 of of Vol I of Samuel L. Shuffleton, an electrical engineer mentioned on page 486 of the same volume. Withal, one of the better sets we've handled. A standard history of the founding and development of the Queen City, presented by Cornelius Hanford, who participated in the the very growth of the village. His family followed the recommendation of his uncle, John Holgate, who in 1850 had paddled a canoe from Olympia to the area now known as downtown Seattle. In 1867. When Hanford was 18 years old, he was employed by Gardner Kellogg, then post-master in Seattle, to carry mail on horseback from Seattle to Puyallup, known as "Franklin" at the time.Hanford writes, "the valleys of the Duwamish, White River and Puyallup were thinly settled." There were no towns established along the way, including Puyallup; most post offices were established at farm houses in convenient localities for the settlers. At the time, Seattle, which "contained less than one thousand inhabitants," received mail once weekly via steamer. Eventually Hanford studied law and became a respected judge; late in life he followed the pursuit of many Western pioneers in documenting the history of the settlement of the regions in which they lived. SMITH, 4041.