William Rankin Ballard, early Seattle, Washington area developer, also associated with the development of the area's streetcars. With Thomas Burke and John Leary, he purchased 700 acres of land around Salmon Bay; the resulting city of Ballard was annexed by Seattle in 1907.
Date
circa 1890
date QS:P,+1890-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source
Frederic James Grant, History of Seattle, Washington with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers, American Publishing and Engraving Co., 1891, p. 480. Captured with PRTSC from https://books.google.com/books?id=YK3yZNFmdbUC&printsec=titlepage#PPA1,M1
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== Summary == {{Information |Description=William Rankin Ballard, early Seattle, Washington area developer, also associated with the development of the area's streetcars. With Thomas Burke and John