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| People fishing by the Seattle Waterfront |
On Thursday, after our friends drove back to Vancouver, we took a guided walking tour in downtown Seattle.
This was the second tour we took with "Seattle's Only Pay What You Feel Tour". The first one we took was Historic Seattle and the second tour was Seattle 101.
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| Miners Landing at Seattle's Waterfront |
This tour lasted for two hours and we learned more about Seattle's recent history and development.
This tour ended by the Seattle waterfront.
We visited the Miners’ Landing at the Waterfront Park.
This was the exact spot where two ships and some miners sailed in with their bags of gold in the late 1800's and started the gold rush to Yukon.
Instead of a modern building, this building has been built and decorated with the theme of the gold rush era.
Statues of sailors, old pictures in wooden frame of prospectors and their tools depicting their adventures lined the walls of the Miners' Landing building.
We felt as if we were carried back in time to the early 19th century.
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| The Sourdough Restaurant at Miners Landing |
A restaurant specializing in serving sandwiches made with Sourdough,beckoned visitors to enter and try their food.
We did and tried a sandwich with sourdough bread which was one of the staple food items for the prospectors.
This restaurant was charming with its old fashioned decorations.
I heard of the gold rush in North America.
As a very young girl, I was told of the stories of the gold rush in California..
Many people with dreams of finding gold and big hopes, including people from as far as China, were lured to America which they named the Gold Mountains.
Stories of the gold seekers staking their claims on the mountains and trying to find gold abound.
Thousands of people went to Alaska to find gold during the 1900's gold rush period.
Many of these stampeders came through Seattle to set sail for their gold seeking dream.
Prior to their journey, these stampeders stopped in Seattle to buy and stock up on their supplies.
Unfortunately, of the 100,000 people on their journey seeking gold, only about 50 people did.
Instead of the miners making a big fortune mining gold from the gold rush in California, the merchants of Seattle, who sold supplies to the thousands of them coming through Seattle, did.
The city of Seattle benefited from the gold rush and had an economic boom. Hence, the phrase - Mining the Miners, was born.
Another attraction at the Miners' Landing is the Great Wheel which provides a good view of Seattle from above.
However, it was foggy and drizzling so we would not be able to see much from up there.
We gave up the attempt to take a ride on the Great Wheel.
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| In front of Sammy Davis Jr. and his band, Miners' Landing, Seattle |
It was an informative visit to Miners' Landing, an interesting educational, and FREE attraction in Seattle!
R.T.
Miners\ Landing
Waterfront Park
Seattle
USA
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