George Gelbach
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- Nov 28, 1891Tumwater's Mass Meeting Cast 65 Votes With Only 50 Voters in the RoomA local nominating meeting for council seats turned harmonious—and hilarious—when the ballots outnumbered the attendees.Tumwater, WA
- Dec 2, 1891A Tinker's Alibi: How Tumwater Witnesses Overturned a Tacoma Murder ConvictionGeorge Stowe was serving twenty years for shooting Enoch Crosby on a Tacoma street. Then residents of Tumwater swore they had watched him mend tinware miles away on the day of the murder.Tacoma, WA
- Dec 22, 1891A Road Along the Water — and a Pitch to Merge Olympia and TumwaterA Tumwater booster argues a beach road is the only sensible link between the two towns, and floats consolidating them into one city to build it.Olympia, WA
- Jan 14, 1892The Streetcar That Would Wake Olympia: A $250,000 Bet on Electric Rails to Tumwater FallsOlympia's gas and electric companies merge, buy up the Deschutes waterfalls, and float gold bonds to run the first electric cars between town and Tumwater.Olympia, WA