Seattle, Washington
King County · Population 737,015 · Card no. 0036
The largest city in the state, on an isthmus between Puget Sound and Lake Washington, built on timber, then shipping, then aircraft, then software.
- The regrades of the early 1900s washed entire hills into the tideflats.
- Pike Place Market, opened in 1907, is among the oldest continuously operating farmers markets in the country.
- The 1962 World's Fair left the Space Needle and the monorail.
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