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  1. A Seattle Church Honors the Bishop Who Built Black Methodism on the Coast

    The African Methodist Episcopal church on Jones Street fills for memorial exercises for Bishop Thomas M. D. Ward, a Pacific Coast missionary and the denomination's tenth bishop.

    Jul 30, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King County

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  1. The Great Nooksack Potlatch

    Hundreds gather near Lynden for a traditional gift-giving feast and solemn reburial of ancestors.

    Dec 10, 1908The Lynden Tribune (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-CurrentLynden

  2. The Congressman Who Preferred Silence

    Incumbent W. E. La Follette justifies his legislative record in a direct address to the Fourth District.

    Aug 18, 1916Coulee City DispatchCoulee City

  3. The Paper Trail That Went Up in Smoke

    A King County tax assessor admitted that sworn property records were routinely burned, sparking a public outcry over local fiscal transparency.

    Aug 14, 1887Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle

  4. The Farcical Business of Assessing Land

    A scathing look at state tax commissioners who fly through town to set property values based on faulty data.

    Jul 30, 1914The Kennewick Courier-ReporterKennewick

  5. The Pioneer Priest Who Cleared the Forest for a Church

    In 1883, Father Frefontaine laid the cornerstone of a grand new cathedral in Seattle, reflecting on a journey that began with clearing dense timber by hand to serve a tiny, fractured congregation.

    May 9, 1882Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerThird Street, Seattle

  6. A Short-Lived Union

    A Snohomish County couple files for divorce just two months after their wedding day, citing incompatibility and the isolation of ranch life.

    Jul 31, 1903The Evening StatesmanEverett

  7. A Debt Paid in Full

    A Kennewick church celebrates financial independence by burning their mortgage document in a ceremonial act.

    Sep 13, 1917The Kennewick Courier-ReporterKennewick

  8. A Landmark Ruling for Donation Land Claims

    The federal government establishes a precedent for canceling land claims after a Puyallup Valley settler failed to live on his property.

    Jul 10, 1883Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerPuyallup Valley, Puyallup

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