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Asa Mercer And “Go West Young Woman” He got ambitious and decided to import 1,000 marriageable women. He didn't quite succeed in getting that many, but...

by | Oct 20, 2020

Asa Mercer was a "marriage arranger." He was from New England and went out to Seattle where he noticed a severe shortage of marriageable women. So...

by Mark Boardman | Jul 14, 2016

Asa Mercer left quite the legacy. As a young man, he was one of the early settlers of Seattle—where he helped found and became the first president...