Skid Row In Seattle at Myra Dealba blog

Skid Row In Seattle. Back in the 1850s, lumber was the lifeblood of the pioneer town of seattle, washington. the first skid row was in seattle. View looking west to yesler’s mill at the end of. In logging camps, a skid road was the name for a path carved out of the forest on which teams of oxen would drag the felled logs to the sawmill. like the tearing down of the methodist church, ensign’s “skid road” shows that for more than 100 years, poor people. two photos of original “skid road” (mill street, now yesler way) in seattle, washington, — top image: “the term “skid road”—or “skid row”—has its origins in the lumberjack camps of the pacific northwest dating back to the earliest pioneer days, where teams of oxen and horses would haul out cut timber along a road carved out of the wilderness. the term “skid road,” now synonymous with poverty and homelessness, likely originated in seattle, referring to yesler way, where lumber was skidded downhill to henry yesler’s mill on the waterfront.

like the tearing down of the methodist church, ensign’s “skid road” shows that for more than 100 years, poor people. the first skid row was in seattle. In logging camps, a skid road was the name for a path carved out of the forest on which teams of oxen would drag the felled logs to the sawmill. the term “skid road,” now synonymous with poverty and homelessness, likely originated in seattle, referring to yesler way, where lumber was skidded downhill to henry yesler’s mill on the waterfront. Back in the 1850s, lumber was the lifeblood of the pioneer town of seattle, washington. two photos of original “skid road” (mill street, now yesler way) in seattle, washington, — top image: “the term “skid road”—or “skid row”—has its origins in the lumberjack camps of the pacific northwest dating back to the earliest pioneer days, where teams of oxen and horses would haul out cut timber along a road carved out of the wilderness. View looking west to yesler’s mill at the end of.

Skid Row 2009 Yesler Way in downtown Seattle, the inspirat… Flickr

Skid Row In Seattle View looking west to yesler’s mill at the end of. the term “skid road,” now synonymous with poverty and homelessness, likely originated in seattle, referring to yesler way, where lumber was skidded downhill to henry yesler’s mill on the waterfront. the first skid row was in seattle. two photos of original “skid road” (mill street, now yesler way) in seattle, washington, — top image: like the tearing down of the methodist church, ensign’s “skid road” shows that for more than 100 years, poor people. Back in the 1850s, lumber was the lifeblood of the pioneer town of seattle, washington. “the term “skid road”—or “skid row”—has its origins in the lumberjack camps of the pacific northwest dating back to the earliest pioneer days, where teams of oxen and horses would haul out cut timber along a road carved out of the wilderness. In logging camps, a skid road was the name for a path carved out of the forest on which teams of oxen would drag the felled logs to the sawmill. View looking west to yesler’s mill at the end of.