| The City of St. Claire | |
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| Country: | USA |
| State: | State of Washington |
| County: | Gerlord Country Seat |
| Founded: | 1849 |
| Incorporated: | TBD (1870?) |
| Named For: | ??? |
| Government: | Mayor-Council |
| Mayor: | Someone That's Mayor |
| Elevation: | 2,163 ft (659 m) |
| Coordinates: | 39°40'N, 107°04'W |
| Population (?): | 659,098 (city);
999,897 (metro) |
| Zipcode: | 98950, et al. |
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The City of St. Claire supports a mayor-council government that is the county seat and the most populous city of Gerlord County, Washington, United States. The United States Census Bureau estimated that the city population was 659,098 in 2007, marking it as the second most populous city in the state of Washington and the 20th most populous city in the United States. In 2007, the St. Claire Metropolitan Statistical Area had an estimated static population of 999,897. Year-round tourism and commercial interests have been known to artificially inflate this number.
Originally a mining town, St. Claire rests just west of where I-90 crosses the Columbia River. It has grown into a modern center of trade with somewhat under a million people, and has all the facilities (and problems) of a city that size. It has several suburbs, all to the west of the city. Most of the land to the east of town is on the Regan County side of the Columbia River, forested, either National or State Park land, or private land with the exception of Kent Crossing Township.
History
- See also: History of the Hidden Walk
- See also: The Environs of GarouMUSH
Founding
Natives information needed here.
In 1847, two prospectors, Lan Gerlord and Jebediah Regan, traveling through the area on a long-term prospecting voyage, discovered a vast silver vein in the local hills. The two made a small mine, managing to avoid any trouble with the local natives.
By 1849, after a return to St. Louis, Regan and Gerlord came back to the area intent on getting rich. With them was a small group of workers and other prospectors and, as word began to get out, the town of St. Claire was officially founded by that small population.
Silver Boom and Civil War
Among the group brought back by Gerlord and Regan was a young man, Jerrold R. Hilliard, and his equally young wife. Jerrold opened the first General Store in St. Claire, and later would be known for the gothic edifice Silverwood in the Knoll.
Great Depression and Urban Myth
Bonus supernatural stuff written as local myth.
Postwar Years
Everything else.
Geography
Physical Geography here.
Climate
Climate here.
Neighborhoods
St. Claire can be roughly divided into five sectors: Northeast, northwest, central, southeast, and southwest.
Northeast/Historic District
Northeast St. Claire is the historic district, which includes the bay and represents the heart and history of the city. A number of high-end businesses and well-established local firms make their homes here, along with newer businesses that make use of the artistic architecture or charm affiliated with things from the past. "Old Money" families tend to dwell in this area. The financial district, also in this area, is where the business powerhouses of St. Claire operate.
Northwest/Rich Town
Northwest St. Claire is the affluent aspect of the city, where the wealthy--both "old money" and the "nouveau riche"--mingle. The westernmost portion of the city houses a large number of well-patrolled mansions and estates. Shopping areas tend to be high-class and a number of private schools are located here, providing easy access for the elite that wish to shelter their children from the ravages of the public school system.
Central/Midtown
Central St. Claire is the proverbial midtown area. Here, government services and the majority of the city businesses exercise their craft. It is also home to the burgeoning middle class of city dwellers struggling to make ends meet while living the lifestyle of credit and being only a couple months paychecks away from losing everything. An art district also struggles to survive in this area.
Southeast/Wharf District
Southeast St. Clare used to be in better shape before the interstate highway system, in the form of I-90 and the trucking industry, ran roughshod over the local shipping industry. Dethroned from its prior status as the major means of goods transportation to St. Claire, the shipping industry has been significantly weakened and is more cut-throat--and this is reflected directly with the southeast section of the city. Wharfs and warehouses are in a poor state of affairs.
Southwest/Industrial District
Southwest St. Claire, life southeast St. Claire, has long been in a state of economic and moral decline. This section of town is composed of old factories bordering on being closed down or condemned. What work there is is tedious and low-paying. Most of the factories, after the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was enacted, promptly abandoned the area in favor of the much cheaper unskilled labor available in Mexico--leaving behind a swath of marginalized Americans. Littered with the dregs of society and intermingled with the poor, southwest St. Claire is the part of town you don't go to at night, and certainly don't go there by yourself. Everything about the area is dirty and tired
Parks and Recreation
General Information about parks.
Wolf Woods National Park
A grant from the United States Federal Government made possible the opening of Wolf Woods National Park east of St. Claire in 1908. Originally small, later grants allowed for the purchase of a great deal of local land.
Demographics
Toss out some numbers BS.
Government
Lalala politics.
Economy
Lord, save me.
GENOM Corporation
made of poo
Terminus Group
SEKRITS
Media
Magazines, TV stations, what-have-you.
Transportation
Stuff that moves people.
Tourism
Come to Fabulous St. Claire; we have... things. Shiny things.
Silverwood in the Knoll
In 1854, Jerrold Hilliard expanded his business and economic interests and branched out into lumber as well as funding prospecting miners, somehow managing to give himself a stranglehold on the local economy. Though he doesn't abuse this position, Jerrold uses the money from his enterprise, plus part of his wife's "inheritance" in conjunction with the loose land laws of the day to buy 100 acres of land to the northeast of St. Claire's, then current, location. He names the land, "Silverwood in the Knoll".
Having increased his personal wealth to tremendous proportions in a fairly short amount of time, Jerrold Hilliard begins construction of "Silverwood in the Knoll", a huge monolithic structure. The gothic monstrosity takes over six years to complete. People later speculate curiously as to the 'mysterious' wealth of the Hilliard Family as in the following year, many wagons arrive in St. Claire bearing expensive furnishings for the mansion. The furnishings are quite exotic and some are identified as Egyptian in origin.
Sports
KICK THE PUCK AND GET A HOMERUN ALREADY.
Religious Institutions
GAIA
Education
Info about public schools and ALL OF THE THINGS OK
St. Claire City University
Thank god there's info already.
Culture and Contemporary Life
SINGING AND DANCING
Adjacent Municipalities
The following are areas local to St. Claire, and offer housing alternatives to the crowded space of the city proper.
Kent Crossing Township
Infos.