Editing SeaTac, Washington (section)

==History==
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The Highline area, which includes modern-day SeaTac, [[Burien, Washington|Burien]], most of [[Des Moines, Washington|Des Moines]], and unincorporated communities such as [[White Center, Washington|White Center]] and [[Boulevard Park, Washington|Boulevard Park]], was settled by [[European Americans]] in the mid-1850s. The federal government finished construction of a [[military road]] from [[Fort Steilacoom]] to [[Fort Bellingham]] in 1860, passing through the Highline area to the east of modern-day SeaTac.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dorpat |first1=Paul |author-link1=Paul Dorpat |last2=Crowley |first2=Walt |author-link2=Walt Crowley |date=May 31, 2003 |title=SeaTac — Thumbnail History |url=http://www.historylink.org/File/4181 |work=[[HistoryLink]] |access-date=February 17, 2018}}</ref> One of the more prominent roads of travel from Seattle to Tacoma early in the 20th century is [[Des Moines Memorial Drive]] (originally called the High Line road), which passes directly through the middle of the region, particularly through SeaTac and Burien.

Incorporating the area as a city was proposed by local residents in the 1980s, while a competing proposal sought annexation into Des Moines or another city.<ref>{{cite news |last=Godchaux |first=Erik |date=December 9, 1987 |title=Sea-Tac area eyes cityhood |page=B1 |work=The News Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98617264/sea-tac-area-eyes-cityhood/ |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=March 28, 2022}}</ref> Local residents voted for incorporation on March 14, 1989, and the city incorporated on February 28, 1990. Des Moines amended their annexation territory following the decision. The original ballot used the name "Sea-Tac", but the incorporation petition to the county government omitted the hyphen.<ref>{{cite web |last=Wilma |first=David |date=March 15, 2006 |title=City of SeaTac incorporates on February 28, 1990. |url=http://historylink.org/File/7689 |work=HistoryLink |access-date=February 17, 2018}}</ref> In 2014, Gavin Kelly of The [[Resolution Foundation]] wrote that "A generation ago SeaTac was what Americans would call a middle-class town. A jet-fueller or baggage handler could earn a decent living."<ref name=KellyGavinSmallt>Kelly, Gavin. "[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/22/seatac-minimum-wage-increase-washington?CMP=twt_fd SeaTac: the small US town that sparked a new movement against low wages]." ''[[The Guardian]]'' (''The Observer''). Saturday February 22, 2014. Retrieved on February 24, 2014.</ref>