The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 31, 1919, Page 30

THE SEATTLE STAR--WEDNESDAY, DEC. 31, 1919. Schooner Brought First 24 Pioneers to Alki and Seattle was Incorporated 18 Years Later BY HAL ARMSTRONG Sixty-eight years ago the little schooner Exact, wind- blown and carrying 24 pioneers, half of them children and all of them worn out from a long battle against adverse Weather, dropped anchor off Alki Point, and one of those who came ashore that ¢ was Louisa C, Frye, then Louisa A. Denny, daughter of A. A. Denny. That was the beginning of the city of Seattle, altho Se- i not incorporated until 1869, The party had come Knox county, Illinois, leaving April 19, 1851, and ar- riving at The Dalles, Ore., on August 11. Prairie schooners | were the means of conveyance—prairie schooners and five) es. The party reached Portland) ——————— HR ORBIT ON August 22 and left November 5 for| children studied Mra, Blaine did her | Puget sound, passing Astoria on November 7. It was November 13) when they beached at Alki Whey did not come at once to the — site of the business district. are six of the party alive to- @ay who remember the first Christ WiAa spent on the windy headland Jutting out from West Seattle “We built four log cabins,” said Frye. “They were crude, but . comfortable. In these four we cvlebrated the first Christ: | ; of Seattle, The day was bright Bhd clear. The presents were all of ‘Mecessity useful articles. | ‘ Many Wild Ducks | “But they brought us as much ‘Pleasure as the expensive articles eld in the stores today, and there no such thing as high cost of then, salt marshes furnished wild is, the waters of the sound gave & bountiful supply of salmon, and had potatoes and other garnish: raised in the virgin soil. ‘About six years paswed by before washing and ironing and attended to/| other household duties, ‘The early ploneers selected the | present location of Seattle because | ed It pomseawed the best | ra harbor, They did not | until they were satisfied they und a harbor deep enough for big ships | The first vessel to leave this port | was loaded by hand with timber. That nearest the shore was taken first and laden, plece by piece with great exertion, on the vessel, This was shipped to San Francisco Dreamed of Great City “I always thought Seattle would grow to be a great city. All the! people, even in those early days, | looked forwarded to this being a great big city some time. They |talked of the time when the tide flats would be filled in, And they anticipated that some day a canal! would be built, just as the Lake | Washington canal now lies. “I have lived to see the fulfiliment | of many of the early dreams of the | PMN AUN Do You Really Enjoy Breakfast? Breakfast is your most important meal. From it you derive the nourishment and strength nec- essary to begin the day's work. If it is poorly cooked or of insufficient quantity not only you suffer but your work does as well. A tremen- dous factor in the success of any breakfast is GOOD coffee. Unless you really enjoy your morning:cup, the best breakfast on earth would leave a bad taste in your mouth and unfit you for the day. Good coffee isn’t common now-a- days. There is one kind, though, whose rich quality never varies—never disappoints—GOLD SHIELD. The coffee that’s “always” good. Try a cup tomorrow morning and REALLY enjoy your breakfast. Good grocers recommend it. SCHWABACHER BROS. & CO., Inc. Importers and Roasters of Coffee, Seattle's Oldest Business House, BMali colony of children saw) ittie band of pioneers that came Claus. Two of the young men,! here on the little Exact more than F. Frye and Ira Woodin. cae.” t it would be great sport to e ade ves 0X: 4008 hanks up as Kris Kringle. They ob % x d all the available sugar candy kind that comes in wooden nd with a few red apples and Oranges and a couple of bags trinkets descended early Christ Morning upon the homes where children lived, and joy reigned » It was a great surprise, these carly Santa Clauses wore ets and looked more like than our modern idea of the old fellow. In 1864 the first ¢ Observance of Christmas in was held in Yesler hall with GOLD SHIELD VACUUM PACKED COFFEE ‘was a Mrs. Blaine. The first was Tocated where the Dex mn bank now stands. 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