George A. Barnes
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- Oct 20, 1877How Washington Territory's Public Printing Became a Corrupt Political PerkA Seattle editor rails against the patronage and fraud in the territory's printing contracts, revealing that one printer paid Secretary Smith $2,000 for the appointment.Olympia, WA
- Jul 20, 1887The Bid to Bring the Rails to OlympiaWhen the Puget Sound and Gray's Harbor Railroad Company looked to move its terminal away from the shallow waters of Little Skookum Bay, a committee of Olympia’s finest set out to land the contract.Budd Inlet, Olympia, WA
- Oct 28, 1891Sheriff’s Hammer Sets the Price: Hotel Olympia Sold for $48,322.30With no other bidders, A. H. Chambers and J. F. Gowey bought in the hotel for the Hotel Olympia Company—then the trustees named T. I. McKenny president.Hotel Olympia, Olympia, WA
- Nov 19, 1891A $25,000 View, a Deed, and a Debt: The Land Fight South of OlympiaBen Turner says George A. Barnes took an 80-acre donation-claim tract as mortgage security—then refused to deed it back after Turner tendered the money.Olympia, WA
- Nov 27, 1891The Settler Who Watched Olympia Get ClaimedR. C. Smith, who crossed the plains in 1848, recalls the canoe landing where Edmund Sylvester took the claim that became Olympia.Olympia, WA
- Feb 24, 1892Women, Workers, and a $40,000 School BondOlympia prepared to vote on a new high school, with women at the polls and labor demanding that local hands build it.Olympia, WA