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Washington Territory's first governor remains as controversial today as he was to his frontier contemporaries during the Pacific Northwest's most turbulent era--the mid-1850s. Indian wars, martial law, and bitter political disputes, as well as the establishment of a new governmental system, characterized Isaac I. Stevens' years as governor (1853-57).Richards, Kent D. is the author of 'Isaac I. Stevens Young Man in a Hurry' with ISBN 9780874220940 and ISBN 0874220947.
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