Allen C. Mason
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- May 15, 1887Tacoma’s Growing Pains: A New City Government Takes RootFreshly inaugurated in 1887, Mayor Tawse calls for unity as the growing city navigates a contentious municipal transition and plans a massive Fourth of July celebration.Tacoma, WA
- May 22, 1888The Outlaw Who Bought His Way Into a SaloonFrank Mossman, a notorious repeat offender with three prior jail breaks, walked into a Port Townsend saloon on Sunday night and refused to leave—until he threw rocks at the bartender.Port Townsend, WA
- Mar 13, 1889The Third Time's the Charm: Tacoma Court Begins Murder Trial of Mortgage Foreclosure KillerWilliam M. White faces his third trial for the fatal shooting of James McMillan over a farm dispute in the Puyallup Valley, a case that has dragged on since 1886.Tacoma, WA
- Jan 8, 1892A Rail-and-Timber Empire Offers Its Workers a CutA new corporation tied to former governor Elisha P. Ferry acquires the Mason County Central railroad and Shelton sawmill, plans a Grays Harbor line, and sets aside $50,000 in stock for employees.Olympia, WA
- Mar 7, 1894The Real Estate Titan Who Fell to EarthAllen C. Mason, the man who built the Tacoma boom, sees his mortgage empire collapse under the weight of taxes and hard times.Tacoma, WA
- Jul 4, 1899The Bid to Bring Whitworth College to SeattleA committee from the Chamber of Commerce scrambled to secure land donations in 1899 to woo Whitworth College to relocate, pitting Seattle neighborhoods against Tacoma’s industrial waterfront.Ravenna Park, King County
- Aug 6, 1904The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Claims Tacoma’s TideflatsNinety-one acres of waterfront land have been purchased, signaling the long-awaited arrival of a new transcontinental rail competitor.Tacoma, WA
- Aug 10, 1904The Railroad's Quiet FootprintA petition for tide lands reveals the hidden hand of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway preparing for its Tacoma entrance.Tacoma, WA