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Arthur Denny recounts the 1852 Monticello Convention that successfully petitioned Congress to split the Washington territory from Oregon.
“The southern part of Oregon territory, having a majority of voters, have controlled the territorial legislature, and Northern Oregon has never received any benefit.”
Federal authorities threaten legal action against local mills for choking the Columbia River with industrial waste.
“Every day’s continuance of any such obstruction shall be deemed a separate offense.”
A tragic drowning at Ilwaco Beach recalls the erasure of a pioneer town by the shifting Cowlitz River.
“Eva had no birthplace, the spot where she was born being now about the middle of the channel of the Cowlitz river.”
Pro-Union citizens meet in Monticello to nominate local candidates and pledge loyalty to the Lincoln administration.
“The nominees of this meeting shall be unconditional Union men, without an if, an and, or a but.”
Massive logging operations begin in Longview as the city prepares for its grand industrial opening.
“Between 5 and 6 million feet will be ready for transportation by rail... before July 1, the date of the opening of the huge mill.”
A rare brass pistol, dredged from the riverbed near Longview, is sent to London in search of its origins.
“The weapon was untarnished and unstained and bore upon one side a London, England, trade mark.”
A pioneer who survived the brutal trek to the Pacific Northwest finds her final rest after a life of hardship and service.
“The funeral train a week ago Saturday wound solemnly through the little cemetery to the grave of Mr. Huntington, and beside his remains were deposited those of his lifelong partner in frontier life.”
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