Acting Governor Laughton
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- Jan 26, 1891The State’s Office is a ‘Sailor’s Boarding House’: Olympia’s Desperate Search for a CapitolWith state officers scattered across the city in “miserably-ventilated” rooms and valuable records stored in sheds, Representative Collins introduces a bill to erect a temporary building on business property.Olympia, WA
- Feb 15, 1891An International Love-Feast at the BoundaryWashington and British Columbia celebrate the completion of the Fairhaven & Southern Railroad with silver hammers and toasts to a shared future.Blaine, WA
- Jul 21, 1892The Divorce That Recalled Acting Governor Laughton's 'Spicy Regime'Mrs. Marshall K. Snell's divorce exposed her husband's intimacy with his typewriter—Miss Bertha Denton, once the acting governor's private secretary.American Lake, Tacoma, WA
- Jan 25, 1893Political Deadlock and Dirty Tricks in OlympiaAccusations of corporate puppetry fly in the Washington State Legislature as the battle for the U.S. Senate seat intensifies.Olympia Hotel, Olympia, WA