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Prohibition’s Roy Olmstead: The Man Who No Longer Exists

Did you catch the PBS series on Prohibition this week? As the “King of the Puget Sound Bootleggers,” Seattle’s legendary Roy Olmstead made an appearance in the second episode of the three-part series. I’m writing to add more to his story after he was arrested and convicted of bootlegging. When Olmstead was sent to prison [...]

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The redemption of Roy Olmstead

He’s been gone for almost half a century, still he has been mentioned in the local Seattle media at least a half dozen times in 2010 alone.  The life of Roy Olmstead (1886-1966) is a compelling story since he is considered by some as one of the most romantic figures in Seattle’s history.  It’s no [...]

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