Henry YeslerBy Jack Mccaw

EARLY LIFE!!!!

Henry Yesler came from a pioneering family. Yesler was born in the town his mother founded, Leitersberg, Maryland in1810.

How did Yesler come to Seattle

Seattle received a big boost when Henry Yesler arrived in 1852.

Yesler was 40 when he left Ohio behind for ever. Yesler came from Ohio via California and Portland. Yesler was 41 years old when he arrived in Seattle 1852. In the fall of 1852 Yesler arrived at Alki Point and eventually received a claim on Eliot Bay from Carsen Boren and Doc Maynard. He installed a saw mill at the bottom of Yesler way near what is now Pioneer Square.

HARD SHIPS

Yesler was a prosperous man but he had many hardships. Yesler was probably mentioned in more law suits than any other founder. Yesler suffered severe loses in the great Seattle Fire but they got re-built. The first building that got re-built was the pioneer building, and it is still very much in use today.

Role in helping seattle grow

Henry Yesler was very instrumental in the role in helping Seattle grow.

Yesler’s saw mill was under construction October 30 1852. Yesler’s saw mill started 1853. Yesler started the first water company. Yesler’s Saw mill provided industrial jobs to settlers and native laborers as they cleared the hill side for settlements . Yesler built a cook house in the early 1853. after settling in his first saw mill on Puget Sound in 1884,washington loggers cut more than 1,000,000 feet of wood planks per day. Yesler’s saw mill operates 24/7 depending on the natives. Yesler built three saw mills.

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