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Populated places established in 1853

  • Atlantic City, New JerseyThe first commercial hotel in Atlantic City, the Belloe House, rose at the intersection of Massachusetts and Atlantic Avenues in 1853.
  • SeattleFor at least 4,000 years before the first European settlers arrived, Native Americans inhabited the land now known as Seattle.
  • Hollywood, Los AngelesOn the 1st of February 1887, Harvey H. Wilcox purchased 120 acres of land that would become the heart of a future entertainment capital.