M. J. Carrigan
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- Aug 31, 1892Two Hundred Axes Clear the Woods for a 2,500-Soldier ColonyPort Angeles turned out an ax-and-saw brigade to fell forty blocks of townsite timber before a Michigan colony of veteran soldiers arrived — and the Secretary of the Interior steamed in to bless the work and the squatters' shaky claims.Port Angeles, WA
- Nov 14, 1893The Townsite Scandal: Port Angeles Residents RevoltSettlers on the Port Angeles military reserve hang an appraiser in effigy after discovering their land values were arbitrarily jacked up.Port Angeles, WA
- Dec 11, 1893The Squatters of Port AngelesA government land reservation intended for protection is caught in a web of bureaucratic delays, shifting administrations, and local political infighting.Port Angeles, WA