George Kinnear

[2] On retiring from the county clerkship, he concentrated his energies upon the development and cultivation of his land and, while still farming, he would purchase corn in the fall and place it in cribs, selling it when the market reached, as he believed, its high point.

He was most favorably impressed with the site of the fledgling Seattle and before he returned to Illinois he purchased what is now known as the G. Kinnear addition on the south side of Queen Anne Hill.

[2] Clarence B. Bagley wrote of him: …from the beginning of his residence on the Sound he did everything in his power to make known to the country the possibilities and opportunities of the northwest and to aid in the development of the city in which he had located.

[2]In 1878–1879 he labored strenuously to secure the building of a wagon road over the Snoqualmie Pass and as the organizer of the board of immigration he had several thousand pamphlets printed and sent advertisements to the newspapers throughout the country.

[2][3] In 1887 he donated 14 acres of land overlooking the Sound from the west side of Queen Anne Hill to the young city; this now constitutes Kinnear Park.