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2 stories matching destroy

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  1. The Pioneer Who Built Port Townsend's First Wharf

    Captain Enoch S. Fowler, a Maine-born mariner turned merchant and officeholder, dies at 63, leaving a town shaped by his ships, wharves, and stone buildings.

    Dec 1, 1876Puget Sound Weekly ArgusAdams Street, Port Townsend, Jefferson County

  2. Before the Next High Tide

    An 1878 editorial warns that hauling gravel and pulling drift logs off the Point Hudson spit has already helped flood Port Townsend twice—and calls for an ordinance before the winter storms return.

    Oct 6, 1876Puget Sound Weekly ArgusPoint Hudson, Port Townsend, Jefferson CountyFollow the Money · City Hall

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