Betty Burns papers on Robert Moran, 1888-1988.

Moran, Robert, 1857-1943

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6988tkz (person)

Shipbuilder and mayor of Seattle, Washington Born 1857 in New York City, Robert Moran served as mayor of Seattle and acquired a large estate on Orcas Island, much of which he donated to be turned into a state park. Moran was mayor from 1888 to 1890, during the great fire that destroyed much of the city. In 1904 he retired to his Rosario estate on Orcas Island. Before his death in 1933, Moran deeded much of his land to the state, which turned it into Moran State Park. ...

Moran Brothers Company (Seattle, Wash.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pw18n6 (corporateBody)

Robert Moran, born in 1857 in New York, moved to Seattle in 1875 and was employed as a steamboat engineer in Puget Sound, British Columbia, and Alaska. Other members of the family followed Moran to Seattle, and in 1882 they opened a small machine shop on Yesler Wharf, expanding into larger quarters on Western Avenue. The Seattle fire of 1889 destroyed that factory, whereupon the firm moved to Charles Street and organized into the Moran Brothers Company. The Morans were large stockholders in the ...

Moran family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61d0s7x (family)

Burns, Betty M., 1917-2004

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6058280 (person)

Robert Moran was born in New York City on January 26, 1857. He came to Seattle in 1875, and as a mechanical engineer, engaged in shipbuilding and marine engineering. With his brothers Frank and Sherman, he established Moran Bros. Marine and Sawmill Machinery Co. in 1882, which later became Moran Bros. Co. (ship and engine builders) in 1890. In 1898, the firm built -- in the record time of only four months -- a fleet of 12 steamers and 10 barges, and delivered them on the Yukon River to carry foo...

Nebraska (Battleship)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v74852 (corporateBody)