This is a true story of my own experiences. I was one of the first 20 to build a shack upon the property of the Seattle Port Commission located upon Seattle's waterfront -- bounded by Railroad Avenue on the east, Dearborn Street on the north, Connecticut Street on the south* and the waterfront to the west -- that was destined to pass through many difficulties, and grow to a little shanty city of 600 shacks and 1,000 inhabitants. ...