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1. Inferno in the Olympics

   Citizens gather on Church Hill in Port Angeles to watch a massive timber fire burning in the Olympic Mountains.

   Jul 7, 1883Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerPort Angeles, Clallam CountyDisasters

2. The Political Value of Infrastructure

   Port Angeles residents celebrate Senator John B. Allen's success in federalizing local infrastructure projects.

   Jan 16, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPort Angeles, Clallam CountyCity Hall

3. A Tragic End for a Lovestruck Youth

   After his romantic advances were rejected, a Tennessee man took his own life in Port Angeles.

   May 27, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPort Angeles, Clallam CountyScandal

4. Port Angeles Taxpayers Revolt

   Citizens unite to investigate city council corruption and the misuse of public warrants after the council voted to pay its own members.

   Feb 11, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPort Angeles, Clallam CountyCity Hall

5. The Lonely Life of a Government Wireman

   Operating the seventy-six-mile telegraph line to the tip of the Olympic Peninsula was a grueling, low-paying job that pitted the weather bureau against the raw Washington wilderness.

   May 28, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPort Angeles, Clallam CountyWork & Pay · Strange But True

6. The Hunter and the Buck: A Wild Struggle near Port Crescent

   A local man's desperate wrestling match with a wounded buck turns into an endurance test.

   Oct 17, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPort Angeles, Clallam CountyStrange But True

7. The Special Agent's Unlucky Streak

   A United States land office agent fears a streak of bad luck after encountering three suicides in three weeks of travel across Washington.

   May 23, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPort Angeles, Clallam CountyStrange But True

8. Collector Victor Smith Removed from Port Angeles Post

   The controversial Collector of Customs for the Puget Sound District is dismissed, replaced by Fred A. Wilson.

   May 23, 1863Washington StandardPort Angeles, Clallam CountyCity Hall

9. Federal Pressure on Port Angeles Settlers

   Senator John B. Allen pressures the Land Department to resolve the stalled Port Angeles townsite survey.

   Aug 9, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPort Angeles, Clallam CountyFollow the Money

10. The 'Cigarette Fiend' of Port Angeles

    A desperate machinist attempts suicide, citing a struggle to overcome a tobacco habit that led to severe insomnia and mental decline.

    Nov 17, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPort Angeles, Clallam County

11. The Tragedy at Port Angeles

    A government signal officer takes his own life on the morning his divorce case was scheduled to be heard.

    Apr 29, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPort Angeles, Clallam CountyScandal

12. The State Moved the Line, and the Waterfront Went With It

    Tide-land owners at Port Angeles say they filled in the harbor in good faith, paid their money, and then learned the state had redrawn the meander line to swallow the most valuable frontage — and that the attorney general now refuses to issue their deeds.

    Jul 23, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPort Angeles, Clallam CountyFollow the Money

13. The Collector of Customs and the Steamer Eliza Anderson

    A dramatic standoff between a local Customs Collector and a naval lieutenant highlights the administrative dysfunction and power struggles in Port Angeles.

    Aug 8, 1863Washington StandardPort Angeles, Clallam CountyCity Hall

14. Port Angeles Cedar Cutters Sail for Hawaii — And Warn Puget Sound Is Losing the Trade

    A Port Angeles lumber schooner returns from Honolulu after delivering 650,000 feet of cedar ties, and its manager says California is capturing the island trade that Puget Sound should own.

    Jan 7, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPort Angeles, Clallam CountyWork & Pay · Boom & Bust

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