Roger S. Greene
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- Sep 6, 1880The Captain Refuses to Stand DownA political storm erupts as a county official defies a court ruling to vacate his office, claiming his popularity trumps the law.Seattle, WA
- Apr 18, 1882The Sunday Saloon ScrambleA Seattle judge faces a conundrum from a frustrated Grand Jury: if a hotel or drug store is allowed to stay open on Sunday, exactly who gets to drink?Seattle, WA
- Jun 27, 1883The Temperance Boom Comes to SeattleFrances E. Willard, the national leader of the WCTU, receives a massive, star-studded welcome at Yesler's Hall to launch a campaign for moral reform.Territorial University, Seattle, WA
- Nov 4, 1883Is Puget Sound an Inland Sea?A landmark federal court ruling determines that Puget Sound is open sea, preventing shipowners from claiming 'inland' liability protections.Seattle, WA
- Nov 21, 1883Washington Celebrates Equal SuffrageLegislators, judges, and citizens gather in Olympia to hail the territory's historic move to enfranchise women.Olympia, WA
- Apr 15, 1884The First Grand Jury with Women JurorsA landmark challenge to women's right to serve on a jury in Washington Territory sets the stage for the April District Court session.Seattle, WA
- Jun 15, 1884The New Era: How Woman Suffrage Changed Seattle PoliticsAn eye-witness account of the 1884 election, where new female voters, juries, and a 'reformed' city hall signal a sea change in frontier culture.Front Street, Seattle, WA
- Mar 20, 1885Opium Seizure in the Third Judicial DistrictFederal authorities move to condemn fifty pounds of contraband opium found concealed within a house in Seattle.Seattle, WA
- Oct 20, 1885The Grand Jury's List of ComplaintsIn 1885, Seattle’s grand jury turned its attention to everything from jail conditions to the 'inhaling or smoking' of opium, highlighting a city struggling with the growing pains of a frontier boom.County Jail, Seattle, WA
- Aug 24, 1886The Political Shuffle Before StatehoodAs Washington Territory neared statehood in 1886, Republican leaders in Seattle scrambled to settle on a single, unified candidate for Delegate to Congress—a move that local power brokers hoped would avoid the bitter factionalism of the past.Front Street, Seattle, WA
- Aug 29, 1886The Republican Convention of King CountyA raucous 1886 political gathering reveals a party divided by railroad influence, local prohibition, and the intense anti-Chinese sentiment of the era.Seattle, WA
- Jan 1, 1891The Rat Out of the HoleA bitter public feud erupts between two of Seattle's major industrial firms over the construction of a city fireboat.Seattle, WA
- Aug 27, 1892The Prohibition Party Names a Full Ticket — and a Woman-Suffrage Lawyer for GovernorMeeting in Tacoma, Washington’s Prohibitionists nominated Judge Roger S. Greene and adopted a platform demanding national prohibition, votes for women, labor arbitration and a Saturday half-holiday.Tacoma, WA
- Nov 17, 1893The Unauthorized County Hospital ScandalTaxpayers sue King County officials for constructing a hospital on the county farm without voter approval or budget authority.Seattle, WA
- Feb 21, 1894Mapping the Waterfront: The Battle for Seattle's HarborsA critical report by the Chamber of Commerce warns that without a proactive plan for public waterways, the city's future commerce will be throttled by legal gridlock.Elliott Bay, Seattle, WA
- Jan 1, 1895When General Booth Packed the Seattle ArmoryWilliam Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, receives a civic welcome from Seattle’s mayor, clergy, and a capacity Armory crowd—then talks social reform, London’s slums, and a cure for drunkenness.Seattle, WA
- Jan 8, 1895The 1895 Push to Split Seattle From King CountyA Chamber of Commerce meeting with new state legislators turned into a drive to separate Seattle from King County—and to force the school board to live within its means.Chamber of Commerce, Seattle, WA
- Apr 22, 1895A Hospital Takes Shape in a Rented BuildingA charitable board leases the Avon building near Cedar Street and calls on churchwomen to furnish and oversee Seattle’s new general hospital.Seattle, WA
- May 17, 1895The Senator Who Came to Bless the CanalIllinois senator Shelby Cullom tours Seattle's proposed Lake Washington ship canal, flirts with a presidential run, and tells boosters their city needs 'a little Chicago push.'Seattle, WA
- May 26, 1895A Gold Rush Camp Called Ives Booms at the Mouth of the MethowA mining promoter describes a brand-new Okanogan County town of 400 souls, a five-stamp mill running night and day, and a valley filling with prospectors.Pateros, WA
- May 29, 1895A Hospital for the Poor, Not the Pauper House: Seattle General Prepares to OpenThe Seattle General Hospital will open June 15 in the leased Avon house on Front Street, offering free treatment to the needy and a training school for nurses—backed by a women's auxiliary that has already raised funds through lunchrooms.Seattle, WA
- Jul 2, 1895A Flag Over the Sick: Seattle's First General Hospital Opens Its DoorsA three-story wooden building on Front Street becomes a nonsectarian refuge for the poor and paying alike — raised by a woman's persistence and a city's donations, and dedicated under the Stars and Stripes.Seattle, WA