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Up the Inside Passage

Posted on February 10, 2015 by jpkenna

July, 1898. 16-year-old Mike Scanlon has let himself be detained, quite willingly, at a new Utopian socialist colony along the upper reaches of Puget Sound, north of Seattle. He is now “back on track” following the original plan of his … Continue reading →

Posted in history, labor, love, nostalgia, railroad construction, Utopian Movement, writing | Tagged Alaska Steamship Co., Captain Johnny OBrien, Egg Island, Equality Colony, Inside Passage, Michael J. Heney, Skagway, White Pass & Yukon Railway | Leave a comment

A Day Trip to New Whatcom

Posted on January 22, 2015 by jpkenna

In May of 1898, 16-year-0ld Mike Scanlon travels west from New Jersey to meet up the with his brother Jimmy in Skagway, Alaska, to work on building the White Pass & Yukon Railway. The brief war taking place in … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Populism, Socialism, Utopian Movement, writing | Tagged Bellingham Wash., Brotherhood of Co-operative Commonwealth, Chuckanut Bay, Fairhaven Wash., Klondike gold rush, New Whatcom Wash., Panic of 1893, Puget Sound, San Juan Islands, Skagway Alaska, Spanish-American War, Utopian colonies, White Pass & Yukon Railway, Yukon | Leave a comment

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