Seattle National Bank
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- Jan 1, 1891The Banking Titans Building Modern SeattleA look inside the financial engine driving Seattle’s rapid expansion in the early 1890s through the lens of a newly rising financial institution.Ballard, Seattle
- Dec 31, 1892The Jailbreak of Port Angeles’ Fake BankerAfter fleecing investors and local organizations, Benjamin F. Schwartz slips past his jailer to disappear into the night.Seattle, WA
- Apr 15, 1894The Struggle to Keep the Lights OnA local electric utility faces receivership as debt and equipment failures threaten to leave the city's businesses in the dark.Seattle, WA
- Sep 1, 1894The Diamond Palace Jeweler Who Vanished With the StockSimon Rumpf’s 'Diamond Palace' is placed in receivership after creditors allege he conspired to transfer his stock and then disappeared.620 Second Avenue, Seattle, WA
- Sep 14, 1894The Midnight Watch Transfer That Split a Seattle CourtroomA judge dissolved an injunction against J.K. Basye & Co. but kept a receiver in place after a night-time removal of goods from Simon Rumpf's watch store.621 Second Avenue, Seattle, WA
- Jan 12, 1895The Man Who Thought He Owned Seattle Died Chasing a Ghost FortuneHenry Zechow spent nine years and a small army of lawyers trying to claim an uncle's imaginary empire—including a block of downtown Seattle—before his body turned up in the Fraser River.Seattle, WA
- Aug 15, 1899The Copper Bubble of 1899A classic 'get rich quick' advertisement disguised as financial journalism, peddling stock in a speculative Seattle mining company.918 Second Avenue, Seattle, WA