History Channel International: right now

[statik_succubi]

On Haunted Seattle.

A historian just said over 2,000 prostitutes ran in underground seattle in the late 1800's. The city decided to tax prosti's & vices instead of running them out of town and that ultimately made 80% of city money- and was used to pave the cities firsts roads!! ANNND after the city's richest prosti died (missed her name), she

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[lady_ashe]

You should SERIOUSLY go do the Seattle Underground Tour (it's in Pioneer Square) VERY cool! Wish I could remember the tour guide we had when my husband and I took it, but he was HILARIOUS and very informative. But the tidbit about the richest prosti donating her fortune to open the first public schools, etc. wasn't a part of what they told us. VERY cool. ;)

Learn something new everyday.