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As Seattle dreamed of a transcontinental railroad, settlers in the Kittitas Valley argued that a simple wagon road was the true key to their economic survival.
“The railroad company centralizes their labor, and the earnings of the company, which is wrung from the producer by extortionate rates of freight, are very seldom distributed in the rural districts.”
A leaked cache of letters reveals how Republican candidates were buying influence in the 1892 Senate race.
“We must have money to treat the boys.”
A railroad company’s failed legal attempt to ban saloons in Kittitas County on the grounds that drinking made workers careless with explosives.
“The employees... were induced by the presence of saloons... to become unfitted for the safe use of these instrumentalities, and thereby caused loss to the corporation.”
A road construction project in the mountains has sparked a local rebellion, pitting frustrated residents against the private toll-road operators.
“The road was barricaded, and permission refused him to pass. He then procured resident help, and with an axe hewed his way through the barricade.”
A settler from Kittitas Valley writes a fiery open letter to Seattle, advocating for a direct mountain passage to boost the region’s agricultural potential.
“This locality, like all new countries, has no use for croakers, grumblers, and upstart aristocracy. We want men and women—not things.”
A sick man discovers his homestead has been stolen out from under him while he was confined to his bed.
“The mills of justice grind sure, but they grind fearfully slow nowadays.”
How a lone merchant’s log store over the Cascades sparked the settlement of the Kittitas Valley.
“The dream of the blunt merchant is no longer a dream. His pack-saddle, as if by magic, has been transformed into a thriving, busy town.”
Kittitas farmers face a labor shortage, prematurely ripened grain and a dry-weather hay crop as barley and fall wheat come in.
“The laborers are not in the country. All the Indian men, willing and able, who know anything about work, are sought after and utilized.”
The Interior Department rejects land claims in the Yakima and Walla Walla districts.
“The lands referred to are found to be south of the territory affected by the definite location.”
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