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1 story matching kappin

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  1. The Great Hotel Fight: Olympia’s Race for a First-Class Inn

    As the state capital swells with new residents, locals realize private developers won't build what they need. So they take matters into their own hands, raising $10,000 in days to force the construction of a grand hotel before the constitutional convention arrives.

    Mar 9, 1889The Seattle Post-IntelligencerOlympia, Thurston CountyBoom & Bust

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