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2 stories matching prestig
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- The Senatorial Tug-of-War Over the Puget Sound
In 1892, Washington’s first senators fought to prevent their state from losing its autonomy to Oregon’s political muscle in a dispute over customs districts.
- The Last-Minute Fight Over Olympia's First Real High School
On the very morning of the school-bond election, board member J. C. Rathbun fires back at the district clerk's eleventh-hour argument against building — insisting a proper high school would make Olympia the educational capital of Washington.