Allen Weir
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- Jun 19, 1888The Boomtown That Expected to Replace SeattleIn 1888, the 'Key City' of Port Townsend was convinced its massive rail subsidy and harbor status would make it the primary metropolis of the Pacific Northwest.Taylor Street, Port Townsend, WA
- Jun 22, 1888The Boomtown That Expected to Be 'The Next San Francisco'In 1888, the 'Key City' of Port Townsend was so convinced of its impending status as a transcontinental rail terminus that it began feverishly selling off the entire landscape.Taylor Street, Port Townsend, WA
- Jun 23, 1888Port Townsend Doubled Its Population Without a Boom CampaignIn 1888, Port Townsend boosters promised their city would become the next San Francisco by monopolizing the region's rail and shipping trade.Taylor Street, Port Townsend, WA
- Jan 29, 1889The City That Wasn't: Port Townsend’s Bold Pitch to Steal Seattle’s ThunderIn January 1889, the Mayor of Port Townsend published a scathing list of 'facts' in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, arguing that his town was the true commercial heart of the Pacific Northwest while Seattle remained a mere backwater.Port Townsend, WA
- Jun 23, 1892Embezzlement Scandal Rocks Spokane Insurance FirmThe secretary of the Washington Farmers’ Industrial Insurance Company is accused of missing funds and chaotic bookkeeping.Spokane, WA
- Jun 25, 1892The Statehouse HeistA political mob forcibly seizes company records from a government official in a Spokane hotel room.Hotel Spokane, Spokane, WA
- Jan 6, 1893The Crumbling Capitol Gets a Patch-UpAs legislators prepare for the 1893 session, the barn-like structure in Olympia receives a new roof and a desperately needed expansion.Olympia, WA
- Jul 2, 1893State Land Board Begins Overhaul of Public RecordsA newly formed commission finds local records missing and incomplete, setting the stage for a Supreme Court battle over tide land rights.Olympia, WA
- Apr 24, 1894The Oyster Bed LoopholeA Supreme Court ruling on tide lands inadvertently threatens the state's control over valuable oyster beds.Olympia, WA
- Jun 20, 1894The Spanking That Became a Fugitive HuntAllen Weir says a child-discipline complaint in Olympia was magnified into a criminal manhunt — and he wants the public to hear his side.Olympia, WA