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How Skid Road Birthed a Literary City

True tales from the most interesting place on earth.

How Skid Road Birthed a Literary City

Season 11 Episode 5 | 7m 26s | CC

Henry and Sarah Yesler were Seattle founders, and Yesler’s waterfront sawmill was the city’s first major industry. The two of them used some of their logging fortune to build the foundation of Seattle’s literary culture. It started with a small library and a connection to Jack London.

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