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- Jul 19, 1876The Shipyard of the WorldIn 1876, a local editorial argued that Puget Sound’s immense timber wealth and strategic harbor position would inevitably make it the global hub for shipbuilding, urging Seattle business owners to subsidize the relocation of Eastern industry.Seattle, WA
- Nov 20, 1876The Struggle to Launch Seattle’s Shipbuilding FutureA century and a half ago, Seattle’s local editors argued that the city’s vast timber resources should have made it a global marine power, but capital and labor were held back by East Coast monopolies.Seattle, WA
- Jan 12, 1877A Deadly Souvenir of the Battle of SeattleTwenty-one years after the 1856 Battle of Seattle, a local man struck a hidden relic in a fir tree that could have turned lethal.Second Street, Seattle, WA