Organization

Canadian Pacific

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Mar 24, 1883Sprague's Railroad Shops Import 120 Workers—and Lose Others to CanadaAs old hands quit for the Canadian Pacific, the Baldwin works send a fresh corps of machinists and engineers to eastern Washington.Sprague, WA
Feb 19, 1885The Great Departure for British ColumbiaThree prominent Northern Pacific railroad men abruptly resigned their posts in Washington Territory to seek new fortunes across the border.Seattle, WA
Sep 26, 1886The Iron Stranglehold on Seattle’s WaterfrontA powerful railroad uses its monopoly on transportation to freeze out competitors and strangle the city's independent growth.Seattle Waterfront, Seattle, WA
Dec 4, 1887The Seattle Rail Boom of 1888A massive new contract with a Canadian firm promises to connect Seattle to the transcontinental rail line, fueling the city's rapid, foundation-building growth.Seattle, WA
Feb 2, 1889The Great Car Tax: How a Treasury Order Threatened Seattle’s Rail LifelineA new federal duty on foreign railroad cars threatens to strangle trade between the Pacific Northwest and the East, sparking fears of economic isolation for Washington Territory.Seattle, WA
Mar 12, 1889The $10,000 Gamble: How Seattle Citizens Bought Their Way to the WorldIn a desperate bid to secure a transcontinental rail link and outmaneuver rival Tacoma, local merchants pooled their own money to subsidize the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway.Seattle, WA
May 17, 1889The Rival Engineers Who Carved the Pacific NorthwestA look back at the lives of General Anderson and Major Rogers, the architectural titans whose competition through the Cascades and Selkirk mountains built the backbone of the region's railroad legacy.Seattle, WA
May 26, 1889Seattle vs. The Iron HorseA visiting U.S. Senatorial committee prepares to hear Seattle's grievances against the Northern Pacific Railroad's monopolistic grip on regional transit.Iron Horse, Seattle
Jun 25, 1893The Mysterious Disappearance of Commodore PostA missing Tacoma banker, once thought dead, turns up in China, revealing a tangled web of financial trouble and a high-society marriage plot.Tacoma, WA
Oct 25, 1893A Deadly Surprise at North BendA box of dynamite detonators exploded at a local tent, leaving a woman critically injured by metal shrapnel.North Bend, WA
Dec 26, 1893The Railway ShuffleCanadian Pacific looks to secure rail facilities into Seattle as local lines navigate receivership.Seattle, WA
May 7, 1894Seattle Breaks San Francisco’s Trade MonopolyHigh prices in California have opened the door for Seattle and Tacoma to secure the Honolulu grain trade.Seattle, WA
Jun 2, 1894The Great 1894 Northwest FloodCatastrophic rising rivers submerge farmland, destroy crops, and paralyze rail lines across Washington and British Columbia.Kent, WA
Jun 11, 1894The Columbia River in UpheavalUnprecedented flooding devastates communities along the Columbia River, washing away homes, bridges, and livelihoods.Okanogan, WA
Jun 21, 1894No Cars, No Shingles: Washington's Mills Faced a Statewide ShutdownWith floods and a strike choking the transcontinental lines, shingle men warned that every mill in Washington would close within two weeks.Tacoma, WA
Jun 21, 1894A Hillside Fell Into the Columbia—and Took the Railroad With ItForty acres of mountain slid into the Columbia near Marcus, wrecking miles of the Spokane Falls & Northern and cutting Stevens County off from its markets.Marcus, WA
Aug 27, 1894A Mill Owner's Warning: Free Trade and the Fight for Seattle's Lumber FuturePort Blakely's C. P. Holmes saw tariff-free lumber helping British Columbia, doubted the China-Japan war would rescue trade, and still believed Seattle's natural harbor would win.Bainbridge Island, WA
Jan 2, 1895Puget Sound Out-Sailed Every U.S. Port but New York in 1894Customs records showed a young Washington district building an Oriental trade from scratch, even as falling wheat and lumber values masked the boom in raw tonnage.Port Townsend, WA
Feb 10, 1909A Railroad Man Promises Tacoma the East in Two YearsThe North Coast road's division counsel says trains will be rolling out of the Cascades into Tacoma within twenty-four months — assuming the surveyors pick the right pass.Tacoma, WA