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THE W O R L D - F A M O U S SPACE NEEDLE The symbol of the Seattle World's Fair opening in April 1962, is a graceful steel and glass sculptured structure called the Space Needle. Rising to an elevation of 730 feet above sea level, this most dramatic building supports a circular, glass-enclosed observation deck, a cocktail lounge and a restaurant which revolves 360 degrees once every hour. The building is believed to be the tallest west of the Mississippi, affording a breathtaking panoramic view of Puget Sound, Mt. Rainier, the Cascade and Olympic mountain ranges. Three elevators accommodating 29 passengers each will be located outside the central shaft and will take visitors to the restaurant and observation roof.

SEATTLE AND THE PUGET SOUND COUNTRY Before we look at modern Seattle, as shown in these scenic views, let's take a look at an earlier scene. Let's discover how Seattle's unusual setting developed, and how the city grew.

The story starts with the forming of Puget Sound, our city's link with the sea. Paul Bunyan, that mighty logger, had a contract some years back to carve out a channel from Vancouver Island to the Columbia River. He dumped the spare dirt from this job at several spots, creating the mountain peaks and the main body of the Cascades. Rockier material was dumped over by the ocean, forming the Olympic Mountains. Babe the Blue Ox got kind of balky during the job and Paul never got south of Olympia. Anyway, Paul dug us a nice harbor.

The scientific minds think the story of Paul digging Puget Sound is a bit exaggerated. "Oh sure," they say, "Paul may have put in a few of the details, like notching out Elliott Bay, or dabbing Little Tahoma on the side of Mount Rainier, but the real work was done by volcanos and glaciers." This is a pretty good argument, so let's take a look at what they say happened.

Baker, Glacier, Rainier, Adams and St. Helens—the major peaks in Washington's Cascade Mountains—are volcanic. If you doubt it, look into the crater on top of Mount Rainier and notice the steam rising out of the fissures. Puget Sound used to be a river valley, but at least twice in the past giant ice lobes pushed down from the north, right over the spot where the Space Needle is today, and broadened and deepened the valley. When the ice melted, tons of rock, gravel, clay and silt were piled up to form the hills of Seattle.

So—take your choice: the Sound might have been carved out and the mountains stacked up by Paul Bunyan, or glaciers and volcanos might have done the work. Whichever way it was, the early settlers felt that here was the place to set up shop. In 1851, they started cutting timber over at Alki Beach, but they needed deeper water to load the timber onto ships, so in 1852 they moved down to what is now the south part of our main business district. Mr. Yesler built a steam sawmill there and logs were skidded to the mill along a greased timber road, the original "Skid Road"!

More settlers came along and Seattle grew steadily until 1889, when the city burned to the ground. Any city worth its salt has to do this at some stage of its development! The fire was actually a blessing in disguise, because new buildings of brick and iron replaced the old wooden fire-traps, and a better city emerged from the ashes.

A rush of gold seekers to Alaska and the arrival of the railroad speeded up Seattle's growth in the 1890's. In fact, to make more space downtown, several hills were sluiced flat. If the Space Needle had been here before 1929 you would have looked over the top of a 300foot hill to see the business district. Now, though, most of that old slope is at the bottom of Elliott Bay, where the barges dumped it. To make space for industry, dirt was pumped and hauled to the swampy areas at the south of Elliott Bay, helping to form Harbor Island and much of the waterfront.

The marvelous panorama of water and mountains is pretty much the way Paul Bunyan left it, but the city has changed and grown vigorously since the days of clearing timber and sluicing off hill tops.

POINTS OF INTEREST LOOKING SOUTH l Harborview County Hospital. 2 Baseball park. 3 Hydroplane pits—home of thundering unlimited hydroplanes during major racing svents. 4 Seward Park—swimming, picnicking, fish hatchery. 5 Skier snows attract thousands of skiers a the slopes of the Cascades and Olympics, nton —Boeing jet aircraft plant.

7 White Pass-scenic route to southeastern Washington. Chairlift transis the key to striking alpine views.

8 Mount Rainier National Park—glaciers, rocky crags, tumbling streams, acres of wild flowers and alpine meadows he on the slopes of Mt. Rainier (highest point in Washington—14,410 feet). Moun-

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12 Seattle City Hall. 13 Jefferson Park and Golf Course. 14 Veterans' Administration Hospital. »

15 Smith Tower—tallest office building in the Northwest. 16 King Street and Union Stations — railroad passenger terminals. 17 Wholesale district. 18 Pioneer Square—city founded here in 1852. Colorful totem pole carved by , Alaskan Indians. 19 Federal Office Building. 20 Financial district. 21 Shopping district. 22 Monorail route to World's Fair

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rounds. 23 Battery Street Tunnel entrance. 24 Port f Seattle Bell Street Terminal. 25 Canadian Pacific

pier-steamer to Victoria. 26 Pike Place Public Market-bustling center for sale of fresh farm produce. 27 Alaskan Way Viaduct.

28 Colman Ferry Terminal. 29 Beacon Hill. 30 Boeing Field—King County Airport. Home of Seattle's famous products of the jet age

irport—major northest departure point for flights to all parts of the world. 32 Harbor Island—man-made site of heavy industries. 33 Elliott Bay. 34 Tacoma. 35 Vashon Island.

36 Admiral Way viewpoint—view of harbor—spectacular at night.

POINTS OF INTEREST LOOKING NORTH 1 Golden Gardens—steep cliffs overlook salt water bathing beach.

2 Shilshole Bay Marina—moorage basin for 1,000 commercial and pleasure craft, protected by three-quarter-mile-long breakwater.

Sheltered areas for watching boating activities. 3 Interbay railroad freight yards. 4 Chittenden

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Pass. Nearby lakes, parks, beaches, rocky cliffs and views of San Juan Islands make this a scenic center. 9 Lake Washington Ship Canal—connects Lakes Washington and Union to the Chittenden Locks. 10

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Fine examples of early Northwest archiings. 13 George Washington Memorial Bridge—carries U.S. 99 across ship canal.

14 Green Lake—Aqua Theater, lakeside races, swimming, cycling, rowing. 15

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streams are home to the famed fighting steelhead. 16 Mount Baker— 10,778 foot peak. Excellent ski runs and facilities. 17 University _ ftK»

Shopping District. 18 Freeway Bridge—doubledecker carrying 18 lanes of traffic. 19 Lake Union - (re,

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boats and commercial ships. 20 University of Washington-campus overlooks Lake Washington and mountains. 21 Portage Bay Showboat Theater, Fisheries and Oceanographic Departments.

22 Water Skiing—Lakes Washington and Sammamish, and other smaller lakes, provide ideal settings for water skiing enthusiasts.

POINTS OF INTEREST LOOKING EAST 1 Naval Reserve Training Center-headquarters for Naval Reservists. 2 Lake Union. 3 University Stadium—unusual doublespiralled grandstand. 4 Children's Orthopedic Hospital. 5 Sand Point Naval Air Station. 6 Museum of History and Industry— of the Northwest. 7 Union Bay. 8 Kirkland. 9 Glacier Peak—10,436 feet. 10 Laurelhurst. 11 St. Mark's Cathedral. 12 Capitol Hill. 13 Seattle Art Museum—in wooc Park. Houses one of th. collections of Oriental art and

world. Features the Japanese teahouse, a gift from the people of Tokyo. 15 Evergreen Point Floating Bridge (under con-secondfloatingconnection to ittle from the east. 16 Hiking—the in finds miles of trails and unrfews in the Cascade MounPass-high-

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site of unlimited hydroplane races, Seafair celebration. 26 Skiing—chair Ufts and rope tows carry thousands to the crest of exciting runs at Snoqualmie Pass, Stevens Pass, White Pass, Mt. Rainier, Mt. Baker and other skiing centers in the Cascade Mountains. 27 First Hill—medical center, apartment buildings. 28 Denny Regrade—major hill flattened for city expansion.

POINTS O F INTEREST L O O K I N G WEST 1 Alki Beach. 2 Duwamish Head. 3 Alki Point-Seattle's original settlers landed here in 1851. Lighthouse, "Birthplace of Seattle" monument. 4 Blake Island. 5 Boating—sail and power boats of all sizes dot Puget Sound, Lake Wash-

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Protected cruising waters extend nor th through the San Juan Islands to the Inside Passage and Alaska. 6 Bremerton—Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, shipbuilding and refittinj; center for vessels of the U.S. fleet. "Mothball fleet" in harbor. 7 Bainbridge Island. 8 The stance — 7,745 feet.

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festoons of moss. Home of deer, bear and Roosevelt elk. Streams filled with flashing rainbow and steelhead trout. 12 Magnolia Bluff —views of harbor, downtown, Mt. Rainier and Olympic Mountains.

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campsite on the shores of Puget Sound. 15 Fort Lawton—U.S. Army post. 16 Salmon fishing—seasonal runs of king, silver and blackmouth salmon offer exciting sport fishing on Puget Sound.

THE P A N O R A M I C V I E W M A P These complete and accurate views of Seattle are the product of a combination of skills. A full circle of reference photos was taken from a helicopter hovering directly above the Space Needle at an altitude of 1,500 feet. This height above sea level provides good closeRobert Morgan then designed and illustrated the booklet, using the aerial photos as an aid for the detailed and colorful scenes.

Technical mapping problems were solved by Dr. Willis R. Heath and John Campbell, with aerial photography by Hal Porter, and lithographic preparation by Van Dyke and Brant Litho Plate Company.

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Follow the "Trident and Trees" markers to see Seattle's many delightful scenic a t t r a c t i o n s .

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SEATTLE SCENIC DRIVES South on Alaskan Way. 1 Waterfront views. 2 Aurora Bridge—ship canal, Lake Union. 3 Zoo, rose gardens, picnic grounds. 4 Salt water beaches. 5 Moorage for 1,000 small boats. 6 Chittenden Locks—connecting link between fresh and salt water. 7 Fishermen's Terminal—winter home of Alaska fishing fleet. 8 Magnolia Bluff—view of harbor, city and mountains. 9 U. S. Navy Depot. 10 Queen Anne Hill—early architecture, view of city and World's Fair grounds.

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Northeast on Olive Way. 1 Art museum, botanical garden. 2 Yacht clubs, houseboats. 3 Campus tour. 4 Laurelhurst, Windermere residential districts. 5 View of Lake Washington and Sand Point. 6 Indoor and outdoor swimming, bicycling, Aqua Theater. 7 Monorail.

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South on 5th Ave. 1 Chinatown. 2 Views of Lake Washington, floating bridge, Cascade mountains. 3 Views of Duwamish industrial area.

4 Fish hatchery, swimming. 5 Hydroplane race pits. 6 Lakefront drive.

7 Japanese Tea Garden, trees and plants from around the world. 8 Museum of History and Industry. 9 Interlaken Park—winding forest drive.

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South on Marginal Way. 1 Harbor and industrial views. 2 Harbor Island — shipyards, industry. 3 Views of city, harbor, World's Fair.

4 Saltwater beach, lighthouse. 5 Heated outdoor pool, trails. 6 Chinatown—International Settlement. 7 Pioneer Square—birthplace of Seattle.

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