D. A. McKenzie
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- Apr 18, 1889The Great Redmond Trout BetrayalA friendly fishing wager among gentlemen turns into a formal, litigious scandal in Justice Miller's court.Redmond, WA
- Mar 26, 1892The Hidden Slavery of WhitechapelAn official investigation reveals a system of debt bondage and coercion trapping Japanese women in Seattle's waterfront districts.Seattle, WA
- Oct 19, 1892Wa Chong’s Trade Initiative Opens Seattle to the OrientA Chinese merchant bridges the gap between Montana and Hong Kong, pushing Seattle to become a major Pacific port.Seattle, WA
- May 17, 1893Seattle's Chinese Community Faces Forced RegistrationFollowing a Supreme Court ruling, local merchants express fear, defiance, and uncertainty over the restrictive Chinese Exclusion Act.Seattle, WA
- Jun 1, 1893The Mutinous Voyage of the Bark McNearA crew alleges their captain was perpetually intoxicated, abusive, and endangered the ship while failing to provide decent food.Port Townsend, WA
- Mar 17, 1895The 3,249-Acre Map That Laid Out Seattle’s WaterfrontIn 1895, King County appraisers filed the first full plat of Seattle’s tide lands—reserving broad rail avenues, harbor blocks and a street grid that still shadows the modern waterfront.Seattle, WA
- Mar 29, 1895Seattle's $100,000 Night: The Armory Meeting That Sold the Ship CanalBoosters packed the Armory in 1895 and pledged a fortune for locks and bridges on a Lake Washington canal—payable only after a ship made the passage from Elliott Bay.Armory, Seattle, WA
- Apr 30, 1895The State Tried to Plat Their IslandsBrawley and Kinnear went to court to stop a state tide-land plat from turning 140 acres of Elliott Bay into lots and streets.Seattle, WA
- May 14, 1895The Map That Erased a Business on the Seattle WaterfrontProperty owners revolt as tide-land appraisers redraw the shore and wipe an upland business house off the map.Seattle City Hall, Seattle, WA
- May 24, 1895Seattle Starts Building Its Own GroundContractors drive the first piles in the tide flats, launching a massive fill project that will remake the city’s waterfront and industrial south end.Seattle, WA