Samuel Wilkeson
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- Jan 19, 1878The Bankrupt Giant and the Tacoma Land RingA skeptical editor exposes the Northern Pacific Railroad's questionable finances and a suspicious telegraph campaign used to inflate land values in Tacoma.Tacoma, WA
- Jan 13, 1889The Lake That Wasn't: A Territorial Identity CrisisIn January 1890, a prominent New York journalist claimed Washington Territory wanted to be called 'Tacoma.' The Seattle Post-Intelligencer fired back with a scathing editorial, proving that the name 'Washington' was not just a political compromise, but a point of fierce local pride.Seattle, WA
- Mar 2, 1893Tacoma Petitions to Throw Open the Puyallup ReservationBusinessmen, railroad men and politicians circulate petitions to oust the Puyallup Indian agent and dismantle federal restrictions, arguing the reservation's lands and rail routes should be 'opened' — a dispossession dressed as progress.Tacoma, WA
- Mar 9, 1894Tacoma's Richest Taxpayer Warns the Boodlers Are Eating the CityW. H. Fife, the city's largest taxpayer, says boodle government is eating his property alive—and warns Tacoma will fall behind Seattle if the machine is not driven out.Tacoma, WA