Port Townsend Argus
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- Sep 12, 1872The Tax Swindle: How Seattle’s Printer Defrauded His NeighborsIn 1872, the publisher of the *Puget Sound Dispatch* exposed a collusive scheme between local tax collectors and a rival newspaper to overcharge delinquent taxpayers for legal notices, sparking a bitter war of words in the territorial press.Seattle, WA
- Jul 27, 1876The Paper War: Port Townsend vs. SeattleIn 1876, a small rival town accused Seattle of economic sabotage over who printed their business cards.Port Townsend, WA
- Mar 31, 1877Sheriff Blocks 28 Miners From Landing — a Newspaper Calls Out the 'Chronic Pauper Hunter'In 1877, a steamboat captain brought 28 out-of-work miners from Victoria to Port Townsend. The sheriff said they were paupers and refused to let them off the boat. This Seattle editor wasn't having it.Port Townsend, WA
- Aug 3, 1878A Kingdom Waiting for RailsIn 1878, Eastern Washington farmers were literally building homes out of willow poles because the cost of shipping lumber across the Cascades was ruinous.Seattle, WA
- Apr 16, 1882The Shadow of the Anti-Chinese MovementAn editorial from 1882 captures the local fervor of the Chinese Exclusion era, warning of an economic 'calamity' should the two races continue to mix in the workforce.Seattle, WA
- May 7, 1882The Trial of Ferdinand FalkenbargA shooting incident involving the 'Duke of York' and his family sparks outrage in Port Townsend, revealing the complex, fading status of local Indigenous leaders in the frontier era.Courthouse, Port Townsend, WA
- Apr 25, 1886When Seattle Tried to Break the Railroad's GripBefore the city was a tech hub, it was a battleground for political autonomy against the suffocating influence of the Northern Pacific Railroad.Seattle, WA