Postcard - Morton, Washington

"Morton, Washington. Morton, home of the Morton Loggers Jubilee each August, boasts national recognition because of the event. Here is seen a 'Blue Ribbon' load of logs."

Birthplace of Prohibition Party Presidential candidate (2004 & 2008) Gene Amondson (born in 1943).

This postcard is probably from the 1970s.

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Graves of Rev. Robert Edmund Dunlap (1850-1938) and Nellie R. Dunlap (1851-1940), Vashon Island, Washington.

Rev. Dunlap was active in the Prohibition Party and ran for Washington State Governor under that banner in the elections of 1896 and 1900. He also ran as the Prohibition Party candidate for Governor of Arizona in 1916.

Vashon Island was also the home of Prohibition Party presidential candidate Gene Amondson (1943-2009) who ran in 2004 and 2008. I interviewed Gene in 2007.

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Headstone in Tumwater, Washington for John R. Chaplin, Ohio Prohibitionist who founded a short-lived People's University in Olympia, Washington. A member of his circle, Arthur S. Caton, ran for Governor under the Prohibition Party banner a couple years after John died. I had no idea Mr. Chaplin died so young until I came across this grave by accident. His untimely death explains why the University failed to last.

John R. Chaplin
Apr. 30, 1851
Oct. 22, 1906

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Emma S. Chaplin-Overhulse
Feb. 20, 1861
July 14, 1931

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Grace R.
Daughter of
J.R. & E.S. Chaplin
June 1, 1882
Feb. 1902

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Oysterville, Washington

The marker reads:

Pacific County was the third county in Washington Territory, and Oysterville served as county seat from 1855 to 1893. In 1875, taxpayers built a courthouse and jail at this location and it served for all county business until “South Bend Raiders” came here on Sunday morning, Feb. 5, 1893, and carried away the records. This first county owned building then served for two years as the Peninsula College.

The school was also known as Peninsular College, directed by August Bernhardt Louis Gellerman, who later ran for Washington State Governor as a candidate for the Prohibition Party in 1916. The actual building blew down in a storm in 1940.

Vashon Island Bicycle in a Tree

I do not know the history of this small bicycle lodged inside a fir tree on Vashon Island, Washington. Apparently the original front wheel and handlebars were vandalized and replaced within the last decade. Unless you know how to find it, you won't know how to find it since it isn't graced with any signage. It's about 7 feet from the ground.

Vashon Island was the home of Presidential candidate Gene Amondson, who ran as the standard bearer of the Prohibition Party in 2004 and 2008. The Island was also home (and burial place) to Prohibition Party candidate for Governor (1896 and 1900) Robert Edmund Dunlap (1850-1938).

Update: be sure to check out the Mystery Solved post.