Show ole hansons dansons Han sons early ambitions in the worlds work ole hanson thus relates the unique circumstances of his first night at seattle when I 1 came to seattle in 1002 1 I pitched my tent on beacon hill a close in bonset tied part of the city the first night I 1 arrived I 1 stood on the hill and saw the child city spread out before me below rue me to the west were the tide lands covered with bulrushes bul rushes rulies with an occasional street od on stilts running over them to the north was the city ablaze with light with small buildings narrow streets a station house for a depot and hills and hills covered with forests around the fire that night I 1 told the curious who had bad gathered to watch the strangers that we had come to seattle to make it our home to be a part of its growth and that some day I 1 bould be its mayor of course they laughed at the idea of the redheaded red headed beaded stranger with his team and covered wagon becoming the mayor of their city of people |