Hey Seattle history buffs. Join me for a FREE Pioneer Square history walk Saturday May 30 starting 10:45 am at the Chief Seattle fountain at Pioneer Place. Easy 60 to 90 minute walk around Pioneer Square. No signup required. The 10:45 am start time is to avoid confusion with the underground tours.

We’ll meet some characters you may not be aware of, visit forgotten places important to Seattle history, and attempt to reconstruct Dzidzilalich, Little Crossing Over Place, as it appeared in 1852 when Arthur Denny, Carson Boren, and William Bell beached their canoe on its shore in their search for a new townsite. We’ll talk about the physical changes over the next four decades that made Seattle into the modern city we would recognize today. We’ll meet the grandfather of a certain president, talk about the people who actually built Seattle, walk along the real “Skid Road”, and explode a couple of Seattle history myths while we do so.

Since I have no affiliation with either of Seattle’s two underground tours, this walk will be conducted entirely above ground, all via sidewalk. Follow this link to my Substack for more details: Seattle Pioneer Square History Walk