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It’s a story of innovation and survival…15,000 years in the making! Sit back and discover the history of our amazing region. Episode 1 of “Seattle” opened at the end of the last Ice Age and zoomed forward to the Klondike Gold Rush. In Episode 2, we explore Seattle’s first World’s Fair, two World Wars, reshaping the city, cool jazzy nightclubs, Prohibition and the Great Depression. Learn about Boeing’s beginnings, the infamous “Iron Chink”, Luna Park, tunnels under Lake Washington, building the Space Needle, the founding of our national parks and of course, Keeping Clam. Watch Seattle transform from a Gold Rush town to a bustling world city through 50 years of relentless innovation and passion. Created by John Forsen.