The Guy Who Single-Handedly Made Phinney Ridge

By Johnine Larsen | July 10, 2014

Before Guy Carleton Phinney (1851-1893) came to Seattle, the land west of Green Lake was wilderness. You might have found a few homesteaders there, but the rest was dense forest and wild animals. Hinterlands. In 1879, the entire 4 square miles around Green Lake could claim only a few hundred residents. Now, the neighborhood of…

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