Lewis V. Wyckoff
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- May 30, 1872A Family Homestead for Sale in 1872 OlympiaA historic property listing reveals the price of a comfortable cottage and orchard near the Old Courthouse in the territorial capital.Olympia, WA
- Feb 16, 1878The Great Seattle Jailbreak of 1878Sheriff Lewis V. Wyckoff offers a reward for the capture of five men who vanished from the King County jail in the dead of night.Seattle, WA
- Apr 20, 1878The Price of Early Seattle Expansion: A Sheriff’s Sale of the Talbot Coal CompanyIn 1878, as Seattle struggled to build its industrial backbone, the courts were already dismantling the assets of struggling developers, illustrating the precariousness of the city’s early capital-intensive boom.King County Courthouse, Seattle, WA
- May 18, 1878Seattle Sheriff's Auction Over an 1878 DebtLegal notices from 1878 reveal a stark trail of property foreclosures, sheriff's auctions, and financial upheaval in the early days of King County.King County Courthouse, Seattle, WA
- Jul 6, 1878The Price of Seattle's Expansion: A Sheriff's SaleLegal notices from 1878 reveal a community grappling with debt, foreclosures, and the relentless churn of land ownership in the rapidly developing territory of Washington.Seattle, WA
- Apr 19, 1880The Legal Scramble for a Seattle Property ClaimA standard legal notice in the Seattle Weekly Intelligencer reveals the tense, high-stakes nature of territorial property disputes in 1880.Seattle, WA