King County Board of County Commissioners
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- Dec 1, 1877The Business of Death in King CountyA stark 1877 notice reveals how Washington Territory handled the burial of those who died in poverty.Seattle, WA
- Dec 15, 1877Spanning the Black RiverAs Seattle grew in 1877, the County Commissioners sought to replace a private ferry with a permanent crossing over the now-vanished Black River.Seattle, WA
- Nov 25, 1883Who Should Own the Canal That Would Make King County?In a long letter to the editor, a Seattle correspondent takes apart the bill letting King County buy the Washington Canal — and warns that handing the region's only outlet to a private company would 'sell the birthright of the future citizens.'Seattle, WA
- May 18, 1886The Price of Keeping the PeaceAfter anti-Chinese riots rocked Seattle in 1886, the city found itself with a massive bill for martial law and the cost of keeping the peace.Seattle, WA
- Aug 14, 1887The Paper Trail That Went Up in SmokeA King County tax assessor admitted that sworn property records were routinely burned, sparking a public outcry over local fiscal transparency.Seattle, WA
- Feb 1, 1891The County Courthouse That Wasn't: King County Sells Its Own HomeIn a bizarre twist of civic bureaucracy in January 1891, King County is forced to auction off the very building housing its courts because the new one isn't finished yet.Seattle, WA
- Feb 10, 1895The Path to the Ship CanalA new law empowers King County to condemn land for the long-awaited government canal connecting Puget Sound to Lake Washington.Lake Washington Ship Canal, Seattle, WA
- Feb 23, 1895Streetcar Workers Demand Open County MeetingsSeattle’s Street Railway Employes’ Union petitions the legislature to force county commissioners to do the public’s business in public, after years of closed-door executive sessions.Seattle, WA