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Told by the Pioneers forest, and all the work had to be done by hand. Dynamite was unknown and it was done with axe, saw, pick and shovel; the men working 10 to 15 hours a day. The men had to agree to take their pay in land if the money was not on hand from sale of lands. The land was cleared in March and April, 1861, and by May the erection of the buildings was commenced. The mechanics came from Olympia and Steilacoom (both of these towns then being larger than Seattle.) :Most of the workmen brought their families with them and remained here. The permanent location of the University brought many families to Seattle and it was no longer in the milltown class. The first president of the University was Asa S. Mercer, a young man fresh from college and with the ambition and zeal typical of the West. In order to secure students, he had small circulars printed and distributed them among the logging camps and mills up and down the Sound. He promised the young men that they could get work on Saturdays, chopping wood for the steam boats to pay their expenses while going to school. He got 15 or 20 young men in this way. When not busy with the school, Mr. Mercer surveyed the town of Seattle as far back as Lake 'Vashington. The first school taught in the building commenced November 4, 1861, with about 30 students in attendance. Asa A. Mercer taught five months. Then Mrs. O. J. Carr taught a primary school in the room he had occupied. Again Mr. Mercer had circulars printed, hired two Indians with a canoe and traveled about 400 miles, visiting every logging camp an the east side of Puget Sound from Bellingham to Olympia, trying to induce young men to come to Seattle and enter the University. He succeeded in getting about a dozen from 20 to 25 years of age. He agreed to pay them $1.50 a cord for wood chopped from timber already down. These fellows were strong and made three dollars eyery Saturday and they got board and room for three dollars a week. On October 29, 1862, he opened another fiye month's term with 60 pupils. I have seen the list of names of those pupils and a number of them are ill Seattle today. • In 1865 :Mr. Mercer conceived the idea of going to the Atlantic Coast and bringing a ship load of women and girls to Seattle for women were very scarce at that time here. He went to New York and put flaming advertisements in the New York Tribune announcing that he would be at a certain place at a certain time for consultation. He did the same in Boston. He secured 80 women and girls and also brought 25 men and boys. 207
Told by the Pioneers They left New York in January, 1866, for San Francisco, where they were transferred to the brig "Tanner" and came to Puget Sound. These women were called the "Mercer girls" for years, even after they were married. One of them was my music teacher at the University and her name is attached to my diploma Sarah J. Russell. She was a bright woman and a great help in molding the youth of Seattle in those early da~·s. They were all fine. I must tell you how they were received. All the men that could get new suits before their arrival did so and others got new overalls and were on deck when the Tanner arrived. ~Ir. Mercer thought they seemed to think they would get a wife immediately, so he made a speech to them before they landed, telling them that the women were all of the best and if the men wanted them for wives they must do it in the good old way. ,Vhen thev came ashore thev were well treated and taken into homes • • until they were either married or got employment as milliners, dressmakers, teachers, etc. The peolpe all felt that Mr. Mercer had been a great help to the whole of Puget Sound. John Pike, for whom Pike street was named, was the architect of the building. The doric columns that have been preserved and are now in the Sylvan theater on the campus, were designed by A. P. Delin, and he and O. C. Shorey constructed them. . EARLY STRUGGLES FOR EDUCATION From an Interview ·with Edward McMahon, Head of History Dept., University of Washington King County At the State University in Seattle, I lived with Griswold and Karshner (both Seattle physicians now) at North Hall. I bought second hand furniture in the fall and sold it in the spring. A cook stove $1.50; table, 25 cents; and a few chairs. I brought bedding from home. Griswold and I had detachable collars which we had laundered, washing our shirts ourselves. Karshner had a celluloid collar which he sewed into his coat. I entered in 1894. I had brought two hundred and seventy-five dollars from my teaching income when I came to the University. The second year I worked for my board and room at Professor J. M. Taylor's, taking care of the cow and garden and doing other chores. The last two years I was assistant fireman at the University and with others lived in a shack owned by Professor Edmund S. Meany, who let us have it free. We 208
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WASHINGTON PIONEER PROJECT ADVISORY
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Name &: Count~·
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Told by the Pioneers Martial law wa
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Told by the Pioneers MINING EFFECTS
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Told by the Pioneer~ PERRY W. BAKER
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Told by the Pioneers THOMAS M. NEEL
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Page 236 and 237: BIBLIOGRAPHY Pratt, Aurelia Rosencr
Page 238 and 239: BIBLIOGRAPHY Mills, Henrietta E. Mi
Page 240 and 241: BIBLIOGRAPHr Padfic County Brown, C
Page 242 and 243: BIBLIOGRAPHY Ketchum, Abraham La Pr
Page 244 and 245: INDEX Aberdeen, Washington, 191 Abr
Page 246 and 247: INDEX Carr, Edmund, 206 Carr, O. J
Page 248 and 249: INDEX Dyer, 67 "Dying Californian's
Page 250 and 251: INDEX Harris, Lafe, 212 Hart, Charl
Page 252 and 253: INDEX Lake Union, 150 Lake Washingt
Page 254 and 255: INDEX Neah Bay, 37, 39, 145, 184 Ne
Page 256 and 257: INDEX Red Shirt, mine, 84 Reed, Cha
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INDEX Stewart, Mark, 40 Stitzel, Ja
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INDEX Whitworth, Harry, 17 Whitwort
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