Port Townsend Southern Railroad
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- Jun 19, 1888The Boomtown That Expected to Replace SeattleIn 1888, the 'Key City' of Port Townsend was convinced its massive rail subsidy and harbor status would make it the primary metropolis of the Pacific Northwest.Taylor Street, Port Townsend, WA
- Jun 20, 1888The Boomtown Delusion of Port TownsendIn the late 1880s, Port Townsend boosters scrambled to convince the world that their city was destined to be the 'Frisco' of the Pacific Northwest.Taylor Street, Port Townsend, WA
- Jun 21, 1888The 'Key City' Hype Machine: A 19th-Century Real Estate Fever DreamBefore Seattle cemented its dominance, Port Townsend was positioning itself as the 'future great city of the New Northwest,' fueled by a massive, speculative railroad subsidy.Taylor Street, Port Townsend, WA
- Jun 22, 1888The Boomtown That Expected to Be 'The Next San Francisco'In 1888, the 'Key City' of Port Townsend was so convinced of its impending status as a transcontinental rail terminus that it began feverishly selling off the entire landscape.Taylor Street, Port Townsend, WA
- Jun 23, 1888Port Townsend Doubled Its Population Without a Boom CampaignIn 1888, Port Townsend boosters promised their city would become the next San Francisco by monopolizing the region's rail and shipping trade.Taylor Street, Port Townsend, WA
- Sep 4, 1888The Boom Town That Never Was: Port Townsend's Rail HopesA local investor promises five hundred men will grade the Port Townsend Southern Railroad within three weeks, fueling dreams of a transit metropolis that ultimately vanished into the fog of history.Port Townsend, WA
- Sep 1, 1894The Franklin Mine Dead Were Buried. Then the Miners Went Back Down.A relief fund swells with donations from Eddyville millmen and Seattle readers as surviving miners reopen the levels that did not burn.Black Diamond, WA
- Sep 2, 1894Seattle Opens Its Purse for the Franklin Mine Widows and OrphansA Post-Intelligencer relief fund nears $1,500 as post office clerks, university employees, railroad men and benefit audiences contribute to families of the miners killed at Franklin.Seattle, WA