. A volume of memoirs and genealogy of representative citizens of the city of Seattle and county of King, Washington, including biographies of many of those who have passed away. v-^ %. SFUdiAC LIBRARY! I T!tlȣN i^OUWO^TIOWB. SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY. 241 of that period he determined to go to the Pacific coast. He first made hisway to San Diego, Cahfornia, but finding that business was not very activeat that point he decided to make his way to the Puget Sound country, andpurchased a ticket to Tacoma, but when the boat upon which he had takenpassage stopped at Seattle he went ashore and was so
. A volume of memoirs and genealogy of representative citizens of the city of Seattle and county of King, Washington, including biographies of many of those who have passed away. v-^ %. SFUdiAC LIBRARY! I T!tlȣN i^OUWO^TIOWB. SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY. 241 of that period he determined to go to the Pacific coast. He first made hisway to San Diego, Cahfornia, but finding that business was not very activeat that point he decided to make his way to the Puget Sound country, andpurchased a ticket to Tacoma, but when the boat upon which he had takenpassage stopped at Seattle he went ashore and was so pleased with the cityand its prospects that he immediately determined to remain, and lost no timein having his baggage transferred from the boat to the town, and thus, inAugust, 1888, took up his residence here. It was then the custom for nearly everyone who came to this locality totake a claim, and Mr. Ainsworth went to the Olympic Mountains and secureda tract of land of one hundred and sixty acres on Lake Cushman, where heremained for six months. He then sold his claim and returned to the city,where, in connection with Arthur G. Dunn, he became engaged in the fishbusiness at
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