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| Title | Photo of Arthur Denny, ca. 1890 |
| Date | ca. 1890 |
| Notes | Arthur Denny is credited as the founder of the city of Seattle. He arrived at Alki Point on November 13, 1851, with his wife and children and other members of the extended Denny-Boren family group that had journeyed together from Illinois to the Pacific Northwest. After a winter at Alki Point, Denny relocated east, to the shore of Elliott Bay, and staked his claim on the waterfront of the site that would be named "Seattle, " to honor the Duwamish chief who welcomed these settlers. |
| Personal Names | Denny, Arthur |
| Location | United States--Washington (State)--King County--Seattle; |
| Digital Collection | King County Museum Collections
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| Note About Ownership | This record describes one of more than three hundred artifacts, photographs and documents, submitted by members of the Association of King County Historical Organizations. The King County Collects project took place during the county's sesquicentennial in 2001, to celebrate the shared collection of AKCHO's 205 members. The information presented here is the responsibility of the AKCHO organization which submitted the item for inclusion in the project. |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions, contact The Pioneer Association of the State of Washington, 1642 43rd Ave East, Seattle, 98112, 206-328-2716 |
| Credit Line | Pioneer Association of the State of Washington; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Pioneer Association of the State of Washington |
| Type | Image |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from slide as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit color, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using CONTENTdm's image import. |
