This photo of Seattle pioneers Carson D. Boren, Mary Ann Boren Denny, Rolland Herschel Denny, Louisa Catherine Denny Frye, and Mary Low Sinclair was taken on November 13, 1905 in front of a granite obelisk erected to commemorate the fifty-fourth anniversary of their arrival in Seattle. These individuals were the remaining members of the 24 person party led by Arthur Armstrong Denny, who had landed with the schooner Exact at Alki Point on November 13, 1851. The party had left Illinois on April 10, 1851, drawn by favorable descriptions of the climate, soil, and terrain of the Northwest that had been filtering eastward after the recent passing of the Donation Land Law.
Inscribed on recto: Peiser, 11/13/05. Survivors of First Landed Settlers Written on verso: (l to r) Louisa Catherine Denny Frye, Carson D Boren, Mary Ann Denny, Rolland Herschel Denny, Mary Low Sinclair, 11/12/1905 Photographer's number: 353
Caption information source: "City's Birthday Impressively Observed," Seattle Daily Times, November 13, 1905, page 2
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 8 x 6 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant. Metadata updated as part of a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Library Services and Technology Act, through the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State. View the finding aid for this collection at https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv35104
Credit: MOHAI, George and Louisa Frye Family Papers, 1990.45.89, photo by Theodore E. Peiser
