James Crawford
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- Apr 13, 1878The Price of Frontier Survival: A Seattle Sheriff's SaleA 1878 legal notice reveals a bleak snapshot of life in early Seattle, where debt-ridden families faced the auction block under the gaze of a booming young city.King County Courthouse, Seattle, WA
- Jun 15, 1878The Price of Panic: Foreclosures in 1878 SeattleA wave of Sheriff’s sales, spurred by defaulted debt and legal judgments, reveals the precarious financial reality of Seattle property owners during the late 1870s.Seattle, WA
- Jul 27, 1878A.A. Denny's Addition Property Sold for 1878 JudgmentsA wave of sheriff's sales across King County in 1878 signals the brutal fallout of debt and property litigation in a young, boom-and-bust frontier city.Seattle, WA
- Dec 8, 1883The Passing of a Pioneer MerchantJames Crawford, who helped build Seattle's mercantile reputation, dies at age 46 after a struggle with consumption.Third Street, Seattle, WA
- Mar 1, 1889The Real Estate Auction That Built Seattle’s First SuburbsIn March 1889, just months after the Great Fire devastated downtown, executors of James Crawford’s estate sold off dozens of city lots in a public auction at Occidental Square. These parcels would become the foundation for neighborhoods like Judkins and Bellevue.Seattle, WA
- Mar 23, 1894The Fight Over the RiverWashington's Fish Commissioner clashes with Oregon courts over the right to arrest fishermen on the Columbia River.Astoria, WA
- Jul 14, 1894The Great Columbia Salmon Run Was Dying — and Oregon and Washington Couldn't Agree Who Should Save ItIn 1894 a Portland memorial to Congress warned that the Chinook were vanishing: a $31.5 million trade, thousands of jobs, and a two-state turf war over who got to regulate the river.Ilwaco, WA