Mayor Smith
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- Apr 25, 1882The City's Private Water PioneerBefore the city operated its own utility, one visionary resident sank a deep well on Ninth Street, betting his own fortune that he could out-pump the ground itself to supply a growing Seattle.Ninth Street, Seattle, WA
- 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
- Sep 20, 1892The Veterans' Colony at Port AngelesA dedicated movement settles hundreds of Union veterans in a planned colony, promising a new boom for the Olympic Peninsula.Port Angeles, WA