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Alaska- Yukon- Pacific Exposition (Seattle’s forgotten world fair) Rough Draft “Gold!! Gold!! Gold!!” I heard a newsboy crying out the Seattle Post- Intelligencer morning’s headline at the Puget Sound area on July 17, 1897.The Puget Sounds residents gathering at the small waterfront were been attracted by the tempting title. The message had sent shock waves across the entire North America. Within days, I saw thousand of fortune seekers were gave the risks of their lives and times steps on to the unknown adventures of finding “Gold”. The stampeders were eagerly to bought the supplies and then boarded ships bound for the wild unknown of Alaska and Canada. As a lumber worker, I did not have much interest on gold as those fortune seekers did. As far as I know, the cry of “Klondike gold rush” had become the first impression of then world’s imagination to thought of Seattle. From my understanding, the frenzy activity had ensured Seattle position …show more content…

This is the glory and fascinating period to let me memorized Seattle, and the birth of Alaska- Yukon- Pacific-Exposition. (Klondike Gold Rush museum) The thought of promoting Seattle and the Northwest had appeared in my mind. Since Pacific Northwest had abundant natural resources and Seattle had becoming the principal city, Why not hold a world’s fair in Seattle and promote it to the world? The decisions of holding a world’s fair had finally officially announced to public. The colorful flyers and the significant graffiti were posted around in Seattle. People were excitingly held the flyers and keenly waiting for the count down of Alaska- Yukon- Pacific exposition started. There were different designs of the flyers. The one

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