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- Jul 20, 1894Seattle's Central Market Burns in the City's Largest FireA night blaze destroys the Central Market building, kills a lineman, and leaves hundreds of commission merchants and market gardeners ruined.Seattle, WA
- Aug 30, 1894Ballard's Electric Company Sold for $1,210—Franchise and AllA receivership sale handed the Ballard Electric Light Company's property and franchise to a mortgagee, while the company's subscription stockholders were written off as 'wholly irresponsible.'Seattle, WA
- Jan 2, 1895Bags of Gold and a Streetcar Auction in TacomaA sheriff's auction outside the Pierce County courthouse transfers the Point Defiance end of the street railway to General Electric for $82,000—with $100,000 in gold sitting in a hack.Tacoma, WA
- Apr 19, 1899The Power Struggle for Seattle’s FutureAs the city council investigates the Cedar River water rights dispute, a fierce corporate war erupts between the Snoqualmie Falls Power Company and the Union Electric Company, threatening to monopolize the region's energy supply.Seattle, WA
- Apr 27, 1923The Ghost City That Never WasA century ago, corporate giants promised a $100 million industrial empire at Priest Rapids, envisioning a city of 40,000 where only sagebrush grew.Columbia River, Priest Rapids, WA
- Nov 23, 1923The Promised Industrial MetropolisA massive 100-million-dollar hydroelectric and industrial project proposed for the Columbia River promises to transform the region into a global manufacturing hub.Priest Rapids, White Bluffs, WA
- Feb 15, 1924The Promised Metropolis on the ColumbiaA booster report envisions a massive industrial city of 50,000 residents rising from the sagebrush desert at Priest Rapids.Priest Rapids, White Bluffs, WA
- Mar 6, 1925Priest Rapids Dam License Brings White Bluffs a City DreamA century ago, boosters dreamed of a massive industrial city on the Columbia, promised by the General Electric Company as a 'second Niagara Falls.'Priest Rapids, White Bluffs, WA
- Mar 20, 1925A $100 Million Power City Planned at Priest RapidsA grand, hundred-million-dollar vision for an industrial city rises on the Columbia—though for now, it exists only on paper.Priest Rapids Dam, Priest Rapids, WA