Thomas P. Revelle the proponent for the founding of Seattle's Pike Place Market

Pike Place Market

Pike Place Market is a public market overlooking the Elliott Bay waterfront in Seattle, Washington, United States. The Market opened August 17, 1907, and is one of the oldest continually operated public farmers' markets in the United States. It is a place of business for many small farmers,...

. Revelle was born in Maryland but moved to Seattle in 1898 where he arrived to serve as a minister at a local church. He studied law at the University of Washington and became a member of the bar. He ran for City Council and served in 1906 through 1907. In 1910 he ran for Congress but lost the election. He served as a federal attorney for Western Washington. In this capacity Revelle prosecuted and convicted the former Seattle Police official turned bootlegger Roy Olmstead

Roy Olmstead

Roy Olmstead was one of the most successful and best-known bootleggers in the Pacific Northwest region of the U.S.. A former lieutenant in the Seattle, Washington, police department, he began to bootleg part-time...

 during Prohibition

Prohibition

Prohibition of alcohol, often referred to simply as prohibition, is the practice of prohibiting the manufacture, transportation, import, export, sale, and consumption of alcohol and alcoholic beverages. The term can also apply to the periods in the histories of the countries during which the...

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