1897 Map of Seattle

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Whidbey Island and the sprawling waterways of Possession Sound anchor this late nineteenth-century landscape, revealing the Puget Sound region before the density of the modern metropolis. The shoreline is dotted with critical maritime and industrial points, from the Port Madison Indian Reservation to the developing docks of Everett. Inland, the settlement pattern follows the Snohomish River and a growing web of rails, including the Seattle and International RR and the Great Northern RR.