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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

A Return to “Boomtown” Fairhaven, Washington

Posted on May 30, 2014 by jpkenna

Summer of 1892. Two years have passed since Jimmy Scanlon’s July 4th beach-side idyll with Susie Taylor (see “Along Chuckanut’s Shore,” posted April 5, 2014). Sharing in the optimistic spirit of the time, Jimmy purchased three building lots in Fairhaven, the … Continue reading →

Posted in history, labor, railroading, writing | Tagged boom towns, Cascade Mountains, Everett Wash., Fairhaven Wash., Great Northern Railway, Jim Hill, Seattle Lake Shore & Eastern Railroad | Leave a comment

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