L. S. J. Hunt
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- Aug 2, 1885The Coal Mine Hidden in the Cascade FoothillsA rare 1880s investment pitch reveals a vast, forgotten coal tract for sale near Seattle, showcasing the city's early hunger for industrial dominance.Arcade Building, Seattle, WA
- May 8, 1887Miners' Solidarity in the Aftermath of the Nanaimo DisasterWhen disaster struck a British Columbia coal town, Seattle's working class miners—many of whom faced daily peril—stepped up to provide aid for the widows and orphans left behind.Newcastle, WA
- Jun 23, 1889The Real Estate Tycoons of Early SeattleA look at the men and the infrastructure driving the 1889 expansion of the city's streetcar lines and the booming Renton Addition.Seattle, WA
- Nov 16, 1891The Newspaper Owner Who Disavowed His Own EditorialFrancis Murphy reads L.S.J. Hunt’s letter to a Seattle crowd, disowning the Post-Intelligencer’s anti-temperance editorial and sending $200 for the cause.Seattle, WA
- Apr 7, 1895The Sudden Death of the Man Who Ran Seattle’s Newspaper, Bank and Republican PartyGeorge H. Heilbron, banker, Republican kingmaker and editor of the Post-Intelligencer, died without warning. Rival Seattle papers agreed the city had lost one of its most useful citizens.Seattle, WA
- Apr 12, 1895The Alderman, the Cable Road, and the Broken Promise to Double-Track YeslerA former cable-road owner accuses a Seattle alderman of slander and demands the city force the Yesler Avenue line to honor its franchise and double-track Yesler and Jackson.Seattle, WA