Puget Sound Agricultural Company
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- Apr 1, 1854The Shadow Monopoly Over Washington TerritoryLegislators in 1854 struggle to reconcile the existence of a British-owned agricultural monopoly with American settlement goals.Olympia, WA
- Oct 1, 1858The Hudson's Bay Company Puts a Price on Washington TerritoryA proposed £500,000 sale of the company's Puget Sound land claims alarmed settlers and left Congress uncertain about who really owned the ground.Steilacoom, WA
- Jul 22, 1859The Fur Company’s Land Empire Is Declared Public DomainA letter from Washington City reports that the Hudson’s Bay and Puget Sound Agricultural companies’ territorial claims have been ruled forfeit, opening their Nisqually and Fort Vancouver lands to American survey and settlement.Fort Nisqually, DuPont, WA
- Feb 28, 1861The Land Company That Claimed Puget Sound — and the Settlers Who Fought BackA federal surveyor's report from Olympia questioned the sprawling British land claims around Steilacoom and Fort Steilacoom, siding with American settlers who had built farms inside the company's alleged grant.Fort Steilacoom, Steilacoom, WA
- Dec 20, 1862Street Shooting Over a Libel AllegationA legislative-era street fight in Olympia leaves one man dying after an accusation of arson.Olympia, WA
- Oct 31, 1872The Delegate Who Sold Seattle’s Future for Five Thousand DollarsA scathing editorial in the Puget Sound Dispatch accuses Territorial Delegate George Freeman Willard of betraying Seattle’s interests—specifically the mud flats of Duwamish Bay—to secure his own political and financial gain, while simultaneously accepting bribes from rival railroad companies.Duwamish Bay, Seattle, WA
- Feb 28, 1883Death of George B. RobertsA long-time employee of the Hudson’s Bay Company and former Puget Sound Agricultural Company manager dies in Cathlamet.Cathlamet, WA