Levi F. Compton
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- Sep 17, 1894From Vera Cruz to Seattle: The Improbable Life of Levi F. ComptonA Mexican War veteran, gold rusher, bridge builder and Odd Fellows patriarch died at his Spring Street home, leaving a civic record that stretched from Virginia slavery to a Chehalis reform school.211 Spring Street, Seattle, WA
- Sep 19, 1894The Pastor Broke Down: Seattle Buries the Pioneer Who Built Its Reform SchoolA crowded North Seattle church, a room full of old pioneers, and a eulogy so affecting that the minister — a friend since 1849 — had to stop and compose himself.Seattle, WA
- Sep 19, 1894The Mayor, the Commissioners and a City Hall TruceSeattle's police board waits for Mayor Phelps to make his next move after a judge sides with Commissioners Cheasty and Niggle.Seattle, WA