A New Town is Born in the Rain
The residents of Port Orchard vote overwhelmingly to incorporate as a new municipality.
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Monday was election day for the new municipality of Port Orchard, and, with the exception of a merry war of words between two of the prominent citizens, it passed off very quietly. The whole number of votes cast was 84. The incorporation scheme carried, the vote being 73 for and 10 against. The officers-elect are all young men of intelligence and spirit, and on their mettle for the good of the place they have made their home.
“The officers-elect are all young men of intelligence and spirit, and on their mettle for the good of the place.”
This election marked the formal beginning of Port Orchard as a municipality. It captures a moment of civic optimism for a 'live, industrious community' during the turbulent economic climate of the 1890s.
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