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Construction crews working on the Great Northern Railway discovered an ancient, mysterious cache of weapons while carving through an Indian grave site near Rock Island.
“The present generation of Indians have no knowledge whatever of those ancient people, and look upon their graves with awe rather than veneration.”
A spectacular fire tears through the Moses Coulee trestle, halting traffic and forcing a massive rebuilding effort in the Washington wilderness.
“When discovered all the trestle on the east approach to the bridge was enveloped in flames.”
With tracklayers advancing west from Spokane and a tunnel still to be bored, John F. Stevens tells Seattle he needs men—and expects to connect the line by mid-November.
“What we need now is men. We have 2,000 to 2,500 west of the mountains and 1,000 or more east of the mountains, but we want more.”
Tracklayers near the river as construction crews work around the clock to connect the Big Bend country to the Seattle market.
“The people of the Big Bend country are anxiously awaiting the opening of this thoroughfare to the Seattle market.”
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