John Webster
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- May 18, 1861Port Madison Citizens Form Union GuardIn an immediate response to the Governor's call to arms, seventy citizens at Port Madison organize a volunteer militia company to support the Union.Port Madison, WA
- Mar 28, 1872The Day Seattle Rode the Rails to Lake UnionIn 1872, the completion of the Seattle Coal Company’s railway from the waterfront to the lake offered a thrilling, soot-stained excursion for a city eager to join the industrial age.Lake Union, Seattle, WA
- Jul 25, 1872The Miracle Cure of 1872A Seattle resident documents his miraculous recovery from twenty years of deafness under the care of a visiting traveling physician.Seattle, WA
- Feb 10, 1877A Home for Books Above the Liquor StoreAfter years of neglect, the Seattle Public Library relocates to a more central, if modest, home on Front Street—sparking a debate over the city's duty to provide spaces for 'public culture' over saloons.Front Street, Seattle, WA
- Jan 2, 1887The Clearing of the Ten AcresA dense forest in the pioneer village of Seattle was cleared by hand in 1861 to build a university, marking the humble birth of an institution that would grow with the frontier territory.Commercial Street, Seattle, WA
- Aug 2, 1889The Siege of Third StreetWhen tenants refused to vacate their boarding house, a Seattle landlord responded by nailing the gates shut and mounting a guard.Third Street, Seattle, WA
- Feb 1, 1895A Dead Woman’s Lot: The Fight Over Josephine Ward’s Seattle LandHer administrator says Josephine Ward’s ex-husband conveyed her share of a Law’s Addition lot in fraud—and that the Woodins now hold title they should never have had.Seattle, WA