seattle, bellingham, townsend, small,, they were all small is communities of 52 a few hundred people. of theo becoming transcontinental. at the conclusion of the civil war and the announcement that the railroad was coming -- every community hoped that they would be the terminal city, they would be chosen for the railroad. being betweeno seattle, tacoma and olympia. by 1873, by early 1873, the transcontinental was being built in two directions. rail,n't have just one the big decision was congress in the charter for the railroad had dictated that the section from the columbia river needed to be completed and the railroad company needed to bring steam engines to saltwater by december of 1873. in july of that year, the traps and been laid for columbia pathway to where it is today on i-5 and then it was in july of that year. all the time, the railroad had been entertaining offers from the various communities, cash, land, port facilities, whatever the the community city could put together to lower the railroad there. in january or july of 1873, july 14, the final decision between seattle an

seattle, bellingham, port all were olympia, communities ofsh 52 a few hundred people -- 50 to a few hundred people prior to the arrival of the transcontinental. at the conclusion of the civil war and the announcement that the railroad was coming, every community hoped that they would be the terminal city, that they would be chosen for the railroad. it came down to really being between seattle, tacoma, and olympia. by 1873, early 1873, the transcontinental was being built in two directions. it was not not just -- it was not just one railhead. congress in the charter for the railroad had dictated this section from the columbia river to puget sound needed to be completed and the railroad company needed to bring steam byines to salt water december 1873. year, the tracks had been laid from the columbia about half way to where it is today on i-5. the robertthat year, litan entertaining offers in the various communities. facilities,port whatever a community or city could put together to lower the railroad there. 14, theof 1873, july final decision between seattle and tacoma was made. tacoma was se

, governor richard bellingham, from drowning. mrs. atkins put down roots in the north end, then a black community. its burial ground cops hill includes thousands of black burials now largely forgotten. blackness is often erased. unless, as is the case of phillis wheatley, the historical evidence is undeniable. mrs. atkins may have been one of the first african children born in boston. that speculation is based on her age when she enters the historical record. if she were 30 in 1670, which is likely, she would have been born around 1640, two years after the desire arrived and a year before slavery became law in the commonwealth. samuel sewall and cotton mather, two judges, were contemporaries. sewall was the only salem witch trial judge to make a public apology for his role. he seemed to have been a reflective sort who did not always go a long with the status quo, even if it was popular. she took a separate stance relative to slavery. dissenting from the notion that the bible condoned slavery. there were slaves in the bible. so th