Seattle Weekly Dispatch
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- Nov 17, 1877The Great Railway Monopoly Struggle of 1877An editorial from the Seattle Weekly Dispatch reveals the town's early, bitter fight against the Northern Pacific Railroad's land-grabbing tactics.Elliott Bay, Seattle, WA
- Dec 15, 1877The Skunk of the PressA bitter 1877 public feud erupts in the Seattle Weekly Dispatch between an editor and a physician accused of editing a scandalous rival paper.Commercial Street, Seattle, WA
- Mar 2, 1878The Ghost of the 1873 Crash Still Haunts SeattleAs the Seattle Weekly Dispatch reflects on the long, agonizing economic recovery from the Panic of 1873, the parallels to our modern housing and labor struggles reveal a century-old cycle of debt and instability.Seattle, WA
- Jun 29, 1878The Railroad GambleIn an 1878 editorial, the Seattle Weekly Dispatch argues that the economic survival of the region depends on using Chinese labor to build the Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad, claiming that white capital refuses to invest unless labor costs are kept low.Seattle, WA