The Dispatch
Named in 2 stories. Back to all names
- Jun 27, 1872The Rowdiest Port in the Pacific NorthwestAn 1872 report describes the brutal realities of the maritime labor market in Port Townsend, where sailors were coerced into service and returned to shore battered and bruised.Port Townsend, WA
- Jun 1, 1878The Great Seattle Printing ConspiracyWhen the Dispatch editor exposed a 'plunder' scheme by rival newspapers to inflate public printing costs, he revealed the messy, graft-filled reality of 1878 municipal administration.James Street, Seattle, WA