J. R. Chaplin
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- Oct 10, 1891The Streetcar Builder Who Refused to Buy His Own Right of WayJ. R. Chaplin tells Olympia's council that asking his Westside Railway to purchase Block 48 would insult the enterprise promising the city its first mile of track.Olympia, WA
- Jan 8, 1892The Prune Booster's Return: 140 Acres Sold to Twenty Michigan FamiliesJ. R. Chaplin came home from Michigan with buyers for Westside land and a plan to sell Olympia to the East.Olympia, WA
- Jan 11, 1892The $10 Million Dream to Turn Olympia Into the Hub of the NorthwestJ. R. Chaplin pitched a grand Olympia Improvement Company and a ship canal from Black Lake through the Chehalis to Grays Harbor—enough, he promised, to leave Seattle, Tacoma and Portland behind.Black Lake, Olympia, WA