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Revision as of 03:31, 22 July 2004 by Dino (talk | contribs) (info)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The Mercer Girls owe their existence to Asa Shinn Mercer, an American who lived in Seattle.
The young town of Seattle was attracting hoardes of men to work in the timber and fishing industries, but very few marriagable women were willing to make the trip to the remote Northwest corner of the United States. In 1864, with public support and private funding, Mercer traveled to the Eastern United States in search of single women to work in Seattle as teachers and in other respectable occupations. This trip, and a subsequent trip in 1866, introduced hundreds of women to the Pacific Northwest, most of whom eventually married local men. The descendents of the Mercer Girls still make up a significant portion Seattle's citizenry.
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