Canadian Pacific Railway
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- Jun 16, 1886The Blasting Accident at the Railway CampA railroad contractor working on the Canadian Pacific line met a sudden, tragic end while clearing stumps near Vancouver.Vancouver, WA
- Oct 13, 1886The Strategic Expansion of the Oregon Improvement CompanyBoosterism and railroad strategy collide as company leadership plans expansion to protect their stake in the Pacific Northwest.Seattle, WA
- Jul 24, 1887The Waterfront Property War: A Seattle Legal StandoffA real estate battle over water frontage reveals the cutthroat competition between rival companies in 1887 Seattle.Seattle, WA
- Sep 27, 1887The Great Seattle Land Rush of 1887When cheap rail tickets from the Canadian Pacific triggered a real estate stampede into Seattle.Seattle, WA
- Oct 16, 1887The Steamship Anderson Limps HomeA Puget Sound workhorse suffers a catastrophic machinery failure at the mouth of the Sound, sparking a scramble for repairs and questions about the vessel's future.West Point, Seattle, WA
- Feb 4, 1891The Dream of an All-Rail Path to the NorthA proposal for a massive rail corridor connecting Vancouver, B.C., to Alaska is being hailed as the natural evolution of Pacific commerce.Seattle, WA
- Mar 22, 1892The Brotherhood at a StandstillWhen the Canadian Pacific Railway attempted to force workers to abandon their unions, the entire Pacific division walked off the job, halting freight and leaving the region’s supply chains in chaos.Seattle, WA
- Mar 2, 1893Tacoma Petitions to Throw Open the Puyallup ReservationBusinessmen, railroad men and politicians circulate petitions to oust the Puyallup Indian agent and dismantle federal restrictions, arguing the reservation's lands and rail routes should be 'opened' — a dispossession dressed as progress.Tacoma, WA
- Jun 4, 1893Broken Rails and Broken PromisesA construction company sues the Canadian Pacific Railway for failing to deliver materials on time, causing a project to stall.James Street, Seattle, WA
- Jun 4, 1894Devastating Floods Paralyze the Pacific NorthwestMassive flooding across the Fraser Valley and regional rivers has severed communications, washed away farms, and cut off rail travel.Seattle, WA
- Jul 14, 1894James J. Hill Tells Seattle the Strike Never Should Have Come WestThe Great Northern president calls the Pullman boycott pointless on the Coast, warns idle men will struggle to find work again, and stays coy about his deal with the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company.Seattle, WA
- Aug 8, 1894The Girl With a Tag and a Basket, Half a World From HomeHilda Kanniainen left Finland in June, crossed the Atlantic and the continent without speaking English, and arrived in Seattle bound for her sister in San Francisco. Strangers took her in for the night.Seattle, WA
- Jan 1, 1895Seattle’s Iron Dream: The $3 Million Plant That Promised to Remake Puget SoundIn the wake of a depression, boosters announced a blast-furnace and steel-works complex on Salmon Bay — plus a freight-car factory — predicting thousands of jobs and 25,000 new residents.Seattle, WA
- Jan 6, 1895Seattle's $3 Million Steel Dream on Salmon BayA new blast furnace and steel works promised thousands of jobs, a freight-car plant, and 23,000 new residents—if the boosters were to be believed.Salmon Bay, Seattle, WA
- Mar 23, 1899The $12.50 Gold Rush: How a Railroad Rate War Flooded Seattle with Hope and SkepticismAs Canadian Pacific slashes fares to half the price of American lines, local merchants debate whether the coming wave of homeseekers will build the city or break it.Seattle, WA
- Aug 2, 1899The City’s Missing Depot: A Railway Power StruggleWhen the Seattle Star reached out to the Canadian Pacific Railway, they found the railroad giant had no interest in building a union station in the city.Seattle, WA
- Jun 2, 1903The Human Cost of the Canadian Land RushFederal authorities in the Pacific Northwest scramble to intercept desperate immigrants crossing the border on foot, fleeing failed colonization schemes in Western Canada.Spokane, WA