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Captain Hale's death in 1887, Pamela continued with her civic and business activities, co-founding and serving on the boards of Olympia Light and Power Company and the Olympia Hotel, and building the Hale Block, an important building in downtown
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Charles into the household. Although the blended family was largely successful, Charles was briefly hospitalized in the insane asylum at
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