Port Townsend From a Birds-eye View 1878

ID: 124 ~ Source: PICRYL, The World's Largest Public Domain Source. Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/ ~ Creator: Glover, E. S. (Eli Sheldon), 1844-1920. A.L. Bancroft & Company. ~ Date: Jan 1, 1878

This file appears in: The Hanging of "Kanaka Joe"

This photo is an Illustration of what Port Townsend would have looked like in 1872 from a birds-eye view as you are looking north out to sea.

This file appears in: The Hanging of "Kanaka Joe"

The Hanging of "Kanaka Joe" – A savage crime led to an equally savage punishment on the frontier.

By Jacob Adamson

In June of 1873 settlers James and Selina Jane Dwyer were murdered on their homestead at Kanaka Bay on San Juan Island. James was shot as he worked in his fields. His pregnant wife was sewing baby clothes in their little cabin when the killer found…