Fred Thompson
Named in 3 stories. Back to all names
- Apr 21, 1892A Valley of Perennial Wealth: The Excursion That Sold the Yakima BoomA Puyallup delegation rides the Northern Pacific to North Yakima, tours the new Sunnyside Canal, and comes home convinced that irrigated sagebrush is the richest farmland in Washington.Hotel Yakima, Yakima, WA
- Jun 30, 1892A 42-Acre Land Fight Near Zillah Ends—For NowFederal commissioners uphold local land officers in a long-running contest over 42 acres near Zillah, where the Bartholet family filed three times and paid $1.25 an acre trying to prove up desert land.Zillah, WA
- Apr 30, 1898The Poison That Was Too Weak to Hurt a ChildYakima County's fruit inspector found orchards sprayed and Paris green so adulterated that a child who ate it showed no serious symptoms.Yakima, WA