West Seattle High School - Kimtah Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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b I3 l85l The landrng was called New Yorlf. Allqr and was deslrme fo become 'lhe melropolrs of +he Pacrlrc Narlhwesrl Advances made raprdly rncludrng a change rn name lo merely Aller ln lhe years +ha+ followed a lhrrvrng selllemenl was burlf by lhe arduous walls of lhousands ol hands around lhe srle of lhe orrgrnal landrng Transporlahon had grown hom a small laollrarl lo a cable car befween +he ferrydock a+ Faunlleray and lhe summrl' The real eslale boom was on Agarn o lapse of lrme broughl farlh many changes all due la lhe unlrrrng ehfar+s of +he people +o be++er lherr lrvrng condrlrans Wes+ Seallle progressed from Jrhe hny group of wef mrserable selllers an a lonely landrng lo a communrly where crvrc sprrrl and prrde ran hrgh among rls crlrzens All was accomplrshed by Jrhe worlf. of many hands worlqrng cooperahvely logelher large sorled hands al laborers clean skrlled hands of prolessronal people lender and lovrng hands ow molhers and even lhe lrny hands of lhe small chrldren lo whom Wesl Seallle wrll be lhe grealesl rnherrlance lhe older generalron can alter Foreward W' 'li f ,, 1 A , A handful of sefllers drsembarleed from lhe schooner Exacl No 411 fx I 0, f P l X r xX - ll 'u filly ,fl Ir we 'y f 1 ff ,f NW' ,Y X r ' ff .. .. .,yfLf'f'xr l ,'af er' , . U '. U D re Z9 .. r 9 xfl,,sr' . . .' . if . ctflwri A as K r

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. , Aj! J JA xl' 1 ,JJ y We J .1 I 1 r '.' s. 'N I! . Dedrccrtron rl fy kr A l 1 Trme warls lor no man bul even lhe one hundred years lhal have elapsed from lhe landrng of our frrs+ selllers al Alkr unlrl now rrolhrnq could have been accomplrshed wrlhoul lhe help of man The Pacrlrc Coasl was a logrcal spol lo beqrn preparafron for homes schools and churches for lhe famrlres who had braved lhe wrlderness ll offered raw malerrals proper clrmale and olher necessary fodors for lhe developmenf of a sefllemenl lhal was made 'ro lasl' l-lusky men and courageous women loughl agarnsl hme +0 erecl +h lrrsl shellers rn whrch 'ro spend fhe wrnler Many hands make lrqhl work and rl look many hands wrlh lhe ard of few lools lo complel lhese prorecls Those begrnnrng years were exfremely hard on lhe slorekeepers who had fo lurnrsh fhe necessrlres lo lhe proneers bul had l++Ie rn re+urn lor 'rhemselves To lhose merchanls and lo The busrness men of +oday who wrlh Jrrme have burll 'rhrs greal Cammunrly we dedrcale lhrs book g,,I .J aw-Q-111,