If "Post No Bills" is a list rule, here's a four-count violation:
Many things "King" in Minneapolis are named for William S. King, a true city
father, a colonel, congressman and founder of the Minneapolis Tribune, whose
mansions were among the first on the city's riverfront and lakeshores. King
was the impresario behind the city's 1870s-80s bid for the state fair, the
"Great Northwestern Exposition," which is celebrated on the same site today
by the Seward neighborhood's biennial King's Fair event.
Speaking of Seward, I too believe the school and neighborhood are named for
William Henry Seward, President Lincoln's secretary of state. Seward
survived an attempted assassination nearly simultaneous with Lincoln's to
buy Alaska from Russia ("Seward's Folly") two years later. But some
additional Seward neighborhood vibe may be said to come from William Seward
Burroughs, the inventor of the adding machine, as well as his grandson, the
beat generation novelist also named William Seward Burroughs who wrote
"Naked Lunch."
Chris Steller
Nicollet Island-East Bank
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