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  • Co-founder of Microsoft and one of the world’s richest men, he continues to run the company today.

  • Recognizing the need for airplanes as the United States entered World War I in 1917, William E. Boeing hired pilot Herb Munter to design a sea-plane for the Navy. The rest of the giant Boeing Corporation’s success is history.

  • This Kung-Fu legend and movie star lived in Seattle.

  • Seattle draws its name from the Duwamish leader.

  • In 1851, Chief Sealth of the Duwamish Tribe greeted Arthur A. Denny and his group of European settlers at West Seattle’s Alki Point. Subsequently, Denny served as a delegate to the Monticello convention, which gave rise to the states of Oregon and Washington.

  • The inventor of the goose-down parka opened his first store of clothes and sporting goods in Seattle.

  • This non-profit professional theater company not only benefits the region’s adult audiences, but also maintains educational outreach for schools and youth associations.

  • On the first Friday of each month, art galleries organize self-guided art walks to local studios and establishments including the Fremont Foundry’s Gallery, Fremont Coffee Co., and Black Lab.

  • Based in an elementary school’s 1892-vintage power-house, this community organization supports creative expression and artists.

  • The city’s smallest and most charming library draws the resident literati to spend hours here instead of purchasing the latest author’s masterpiece online.

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