The county seat of the state of Washington’s King County, Seattle, was first visited by explorer George Vancouver in 1792 as he went through the area to chart the Pacific Northwest. It was not, however, until 1851 when settlers began to move in. They named the village Duwamps. It was later named Seattle, after Chief Seattle of the Dumwamish tribe.
Regular Blogs
Covers Washington state politics and the press with a touch of satiric and sometimes thoughtful analysis.
http://www.horsesass.org/
The focus of this weblog is travel and tourism in Seattle, and it includes posts about various hotels, train trips, a local herb farm, eateries, and breweries as well as Pike Place Market and various museums.
http://blog.visitseattle.org
Maintained by a woman who moved from Italy to Seattle with her husband and infant, this blog offers recipes with an Italian style bent but using local ingredients, which are organic whenever possible.
http://www.saltyseattle.com/
Every day, give or take a day, this blog offers a different photograph of interesting and off-beat scenes from Seattle, along with a description of the scene.
http://seattle-daily-photo.blogspot.com/
Chronicles the events and people of the western part of Seattle and the communities nearby, with posts about construction projects, weather alerts, arrests, and the Christmas tree lighting.
http://westseattleblog.com
The author of this blog writes about his endeavor to visit every park within the city of Seattle in a year.
http://yearofseattleparks.blogspot.com/
