F. A. Blackwell
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- Nov 9, 1907The Railroad Was Ready—Until a Court Order Stopped the Trains at Fourth and UnionThe Idaho Washington Northern planned passenger and freight service out of Newport, but a temporary injunction barred trains from a stretch of track across Fourth Street and Union Avenue until a Colville hearing.Newport, WA
- Apr 30, 1908The Rails Come to Newport: Yards, Depots, and a Town Betting Its Future on the I. & W. N.Railroad brass walk the ground for new yards, surveyors push down-river, a depot rises, and the town council is asked for a franchise — as high water stalls the Great Northern bridge at Albeni Falls.Newport, WA
- May 7, 1908The Councilman Who Lived Across the State LineA lawyer’s residency challenge nearly voided a railroad franchise—and forced Councilman Eckerson to offer his resignation.Newport, WA
- Nov 12, 1908The Railroad Comes Down the River: Metaline Line to Run by SummerWith the financing closed and the election safely out of the way, the Idaho & Washington Northern will start building south from Newport this month — and Newport merchants are already counting the payroll.Newport, WA
- Dec 3, 1908Eighty Men, a Night Crew, and a Forest of Logs: Newport's Timber Boom in Full SwingNew rail spurs and new mills put scores of men to work across the Pend Oreille country — until the cold snap and the frozen lake threaten to slow the saws.Newport, WA
- Jul 15, 1909Steel on the Grade: The I.W.N. Pushes North From UskTwelve carloads of steel arrived in Newport this week as the Idaho & Washington Northern extension resumed tracklaying, with a new station open at Usk and a tunnel still to finish at Blueslide.Usk, WA
- Aug 5, 1909The Man Who Told James J. Hill There Would Be Two RailroadsF. A. Blackwell came west from Pennsylvania with cash, timber sense and nerve — now his Pend Oreille line is racing the Great Northern to the Canadian border.Newport, WA
- Oct 7, 1909Steel on the Grade: Railroad Nears Ione, Newport Mail Speeds UpThe Idaho & Washington Northern pushes to within ten miles of Ione, moves its steamboat terminus to Jared's, and the Great Northern's fast mail cuts hours off Newport's eastern post.Ione, WA
- Nov 4, 1909The Rails Reach IoneTracklayers beat their deadline, a first freight train rolls in, and a new passenger schedule is set for Nov. 8.Ione, WA
- May 12, 1910A Spokane Banking Combine Swallows Newport's First National BankThe Union Securities Co., which already controls 25 Inland Empire banks, buys into Newport's First National — and installs its own man as president.Newport, WA