The City of Haines was born amid a surge of economic growth and civic activity, according to records at the Sheldon Museum.
In the years after white settlement in 1879, the community grew slowly as a Presbyterian mission and a trading post. At a meeting in 1898, residents agreed to the name Haines, and to the width of streets and size of lots.
But by Jan. 6, 1910, when eligible voters — a group that…
