Robert G. Ingersoll
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- Aug 21, 1893Naming a Peak for an InfidelLocal climbers conquer a previously unclimbed mountain and name it after a controversial figure.Hoquiam, WA
- Feb 18, 1895The Pulpit vs. the Tax Assessor: Seattle Pastor Fights a Bill to Tax Church PropertyRev. Clark Davis told his congregation that a proposed state law would punish churches for doing the state's moral work—and warned that saloons and 'unbelievers' were cheering it on.Seattle, WA
- Feb 24, 1895Two Famous Authors on Tour — and Haweis Fires His First Shot at Ingersoll in SeattleThe Rev. H. R. Haweis and the explorer George Kennan lecture to overflow crowds at St. Mark's and the Seattle Theater, but the city gets a piece of history: Haweis's reply to the great agnostic was written here, in two days, at a local minister's suggestion.Seattle Theater, Seattle, WA