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  1. A Kitchen Fire on the Hill — and a Town Saves the House

    Capt. Willoughby's kitchen burned with $800 in utensils and stores, but quick-acting citizens kept the blaze from taking the main building.

    Sep 8, 1876Puget Sound Weekly ArgusPort Townsend, Jefferson CountyDisasters

  2. A Convent Escape and a Steamer Waiting: The Elopement That Ended in Port Townsend

    When her parents opposed the match on religious grounds, Mary Emma Kealy was cloistered in a convent. She escaped in a carriage, reached a waiting steamer, and married Ward Debeck in Port Townsend.

    Mar 23, 1877Puget Sound Weekly ArgusPort Townsend, Jefferson CountyScandal

  3. The Night Port Townsend Refused a Boatload of Strikebreakers

    Twenty-eight destitute men from a Nanaimo miners' strike were shipped to Port Townsend aboard the North Pacific. Sheriff Miller met them at the wharf and said they could not land.

    Mar 23, 1877Puget Sound Weekly ArgusCustom House, Port Townsend, Jefferson CountyWork & Pay · City Hall

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