Blazing the Way; Or, True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget SoundDenny, Emily Inez
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Blazing the Way; Or, True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound
Denny, Emily Inez
Indians of North America -- Northwestern States; Oregon Territory -- History; Washington (State) -- History
"Rev. and Mrs. D. E. Blaine, pioneers; A. A. Denny, brother of D.
T. Denny; Loretta Denny, sister of D. T. Denny; Lenora Denny,
daughter of A. A. Denny; Rev. and Mrs. Daniel Bagley, pioneers of
1852, Oregon, Seattle 1860; Mrs. Clarence B. Bagley, daughter of
Thomas Mercer, 1852; C. B. Bagley, pioneer, 1852 Oregon, Seattle
1860; Hillory Butler, pioneer; Mrs. Gardner Kellogg, daughter of
Bonney, Pierce County 1853; Walter Graham, pioneer; Rev. Geo. F.
Whitworth, pioneer; Thomas Mercer, 1852 Oregon, Seattle 1853;
David Graham, 1858; Mrs. Susan Graham, daughter of Thomas Mercer;
Mrs. S. D. Libby, wife of Captain Libby, pioneer; George Frye,
1853; Mrs. Katherine Frye, daughter of A. A. Denny; Sophie and
Bertie Frye, granddaughters of A. A. Denny; Mrs. Mamie Kauffman
Dawson, granddaughter of Wm. N. Bell, pioneer; Mr. and Mrs. D. B.
Ward, pioneers (Mrs. Ward, daughter of Charles Byles, of Thurston
County, 1853); Mrs. Abbie D. Lindsley, daughter of D. T. and
Louisa Denny; the Bryans, all children of Edgar Bryan, a pioneer
of Thurston County; J. W. George, pioneer 1852; Orange Jacobs,
pioneer of Oregon."
In another chapter it has been shown how D. T. Denny was the first of
the name to reach Puget Sound. Not having yet attained his majority he
was required to consider, judge and act for himself and others. Like the
two spies, who entered the Promised Land in ancient days, Low and Denny
viewed the goodly shores of Puget Sound for the sake of others by whom
their report was anxiously awaited.
As before stated, Low returned to carry the tidings of the wonderful
country bordering on the Inland Sea, while David T. Denny, but nineteen
years of age, was left alone, the only white person on Elliott Bay,
until the Exact came with the brave families of the first settlers. From
that time on he has been in the forefront of progress and effort,
beginning at the very foundation of trade, business enterprises,
educational interests, religious institutions and reforms. From the
early conditions of hard toil in humble occupations, through faith,
foresight and persistence, he rose to a leading position in the business
world, when his means were lavished in modern enterprises and
improvements through which many individuals and the general public were
benefited, said improvements being now in daily use in the City of
Seattle.
One of these is the Third Street and Suburban Electric Railway, built
and equipped by this energetic pioneer and his sons.
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