Ole Hanson (1874-1940), real estate developer and politician, co-founded Lake Forest Park, Washington in 1912 as a rural planned community for professionals in the Seattle area. He later became the 33<sup><small>rd</small></sup> mayor of Seattle, serving in that office from 1918 to 1919. While in office, he became famous for breaking the Seattle General Strike of 1919. Wikipedia
In 1902, a loose band of curious campers on Beacon Hill, became the first Seattlites to hear one of Ole Hanson 's famed political speeches. As on-lookers gathered around his prairie schooner, he explained the purpose of the second harness that hung from www.sanclemente.com/ole_hanson.php
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2 Ironically, the man who emerged as a genuine national figure through his actions in defeating the strike was Ole Hanson, mayor of Seattle and himself the son of Norwegian immigrants. www.naha.stolaf.edu/pubs/nas/volume30/vol30_03.htm
