Skid Road Author:Murray Morgan Seattle-1852-1971 The city began with Doc Maynard, the optimistic pioneer trader who went to a small settlement on the advice of his Indian friend, Chief Sealth (Seattle). He was followed by other generations of men and women, charged with the same optimism, who built a city on hills too steep to build on, and netted a sea trade destined for o... more »ther ports. The railroads needed land, the miners needed supplies, the loggers needed women. This is the story of the people and the place that answered these needs, and of the three generations that have shaped Seattle today.« less