Joshua Green (businessman)

For other individuals by this name, see Joshua Green.

Joshua Green
Joshua Green as a young man
Born(1869-10-16)October 16, 1869
Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.[1]
DiedJanuary 24, 1975(1975-01-24) (aged 105)
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)sternwheeler captain, businessman, banker

Joshua Green (October 16, 1869 – January 24, 1975[2]) was an American sternwheeler captain, businessman, and banker. He rose from being a seaman to being the dominant figure of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet, then sold out his interests and became a banker.[2][3][4] Living to the age of 105 and active in business almost to the end of his life, he became an invaluable source of information about the history of Seattle and the Puget Sound region.[2][3][4] According to Nard Jones, Green was one of the city of Seattle's last fluent speakers of Chinook Jargon, the pidgin trade language of the Pacific Northwest.[5]

  1. ^ "Joshua Green, Seattle's Citizen Of Century, Dies Saturday Night". Clarion-Ledger. Jackson, MS: Mississippi Pub. Co. January 27, 1975. p. 3. ISSN 0744-9526. OCLC 137343271 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b c The Green Family in Seattle Archived 2009-04-18 at the Wayback Machine, Joshua Green Corporation. Accessed 2009-10-16. Much of article is verbatim identical to James R. Warren's article on HistoryLink, which it credits.
  3. ^ a b Speidel, Bill (1989). Through the Eye of the Needle. USA: Nettle Creek. ISBN 0-914890-04-2., pp. 34–39, 55, 60, 62.
  4. ^ a b James R. Warren, Green, Joshua (1869-1975), HistoryLink, September 27, 1999. Accessed 2009-10-16.
  5. ^ Jones, Nard (1972). Seattle. Garden City, New York: Doubleday. p. 97. ISBN 0-385-01875-4..