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From Gold Rush to Waterfront: The Journey of Seattle Sourdough
Seattle’s love affair with sourdough doesn’t begin in trendy cafés—it’s rooted in the rugged gold‑rush era and the bakeries that followed. As miners travelled to California and Alaska in the mid‑1800s, they carried jars of sourdough starter; without commercial yeast, starters were a lifeline. Smithsonian Magazine notes that during the California Gold Rush, miners brought…