Seattle is a coastal city and major seaport situated in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The city is located in the western portion of Washington State on a narrow strip of land between Puget Sound (an arm of the Pacific Ocean) and Lake Washington, about 96 miles south of the Canada – United States border. It is named after Chief Sealth, of the Duwamish and Suquamish tribes.

Yahoo! Travel describes Seattle's architecture as a “modern skyline of glass skyscrapers gleams across the bay, an emblem of three decades of aggressive urban renewal.” The Space Needle, dating from the Century 21 Exposition (1962), is Seattle's most well known landmark, having been featured in the logo of the television show Frasier and is featured in the establishing shots of the television series Grey's Anatomy and iCarly, and films such as Sleepless in Seattle.

History
Archaeological excavations confirm that the Seattle area has been inhabited by humans for at least 4,000 years. By the time the first European settlers arrived in the area, the people (now called the Duwamish Tribe) resided in at least seventeen villages in the areas around Elliott Bay.

On September 27, 1851, the Collins party encounters Denny party scouts at Duwamish Head. These two groups will be the first white settlers of the Seattle area, according to HistoryLink.org.

David Swinson ("Doc") Maynard, one of Duwamps's founders, was the primary proponent to rename the village "Seattle" after Chief Sealth of the Duwamish and Suquamish tribes. The term, "Seattle," appears on official Washington Territory papers dated May 23, 1853, when the first plats for the village were filed.