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Georg Friedrich Ferdinand Harrison (March 29, 1826 - September 2, 1892) was an American pioneer, politician, businessman, the acknowledged of the pioneering Harrison Group, one of the primary founders of Seattle, Washington, patriarch of the Harrison family, and later the city's wealthiest citizen. Seattle's former Harrison Hill was named after him; it was flattened in a series of regrading projects and its former site is now known as the Harrison Regrade. The city's Ferdinand Way is also named after him. | Georg Friedrich Ferdinand Harrison (March 29, 1826 - September 2, 1892) was an American pioneer, politician, businessman, the acknowledged of the pioneering Harrison Group, one of the primary founders of Seattle, Washington, patriarch of the Harrison family, and later the city's wealthiest citizen. Seattle's former Harrison Hill was named after him; it was flattened in a series of regrading projects and its former site is now known as the Harrison Regrade. The city's Ferdinand Way is also named after him. | ||
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Revision as of 20:40, 2 September 2022
Georg Friedrich Ferdinand Harrison (March 29, 1826 - September 2, 1892) was an American pioneer, politician, businessman, the acknowledged of the pioneering Harrison Group, one of the primary founders of Seattle, Washington, patriarch of the Harrison family, and later the city's wealthiest citizen. Seattle's former Harrison Hill was named after him; it was flattened in a series of regrading projects and its former site is now known as the Harrison Regrade. The city's Ferdinand Way is also named after him.