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- May 13, 1854The San Juan Boundary StandoffA dangerous confrontation between American custom officials and British authorities at San Juan Island risks international conflict.San Juan Island, Friday Harbor, WA
- Oct 1, 1858The Hudson's Bay Company Puts a Price on Washington TerritoryA proposed £500,000 sale of the company's Puget Sound land claims alarmed settlers and left Congress uncertain about who really owned the ground.Steilacoom, WA
- Dec 10, 1858The Winter War Blueprint: An 1858 Campaign to Subdue the TribesA field letter from the Indian war in Oregon and Washington urges the Army to occupy the Colville Valley, cut off Indigenous trade, and expel missionaries and Hudson’s Bay Company employees.Colville Valley, Colville, WA
- Aug 26, 1859Two Governors, One Island, and a War Called Off by LetterGen. W. S. Harney writes to Queen Victoria's man at Victoria to explain why United States infantry are dug in on San Juan; Gov. James Douglas writes back hoping no 'collision' follows. The boundary quarrel that became the Pig War, in the principals' own words.Friday Harbor, WA
- Dec 9, 1859San Juan Islanders Draw a Line in the Salish SeaAt a packed meeting in the little town of San Juan, American settlers pass defiant resolutions against the Governor of Vancouver Island and thank the U.S. troops sent to hold the island — an early scene in the boundary standoff remembered as the Pig War.Friday Harbor, WA
- Jan 19, 1861The San Juan Island StandoffTensions between American settlers and British authorities on San Juan Island flare in the territorial legislature, sparking a debate over sovereignty and the treatment of American interests.San Juan Island, Friday Harbor, WA
- Apr 5, 1862The Battle for St. James MissionA legal ruling uncovers the history of the Catholic mission at Vancouver and its tenuous claim to the land during the transition from Hudson's Bay Company rule to U.S. authority.St. James Mission, Vancouver, WA
- Apr 12, 1862The Great Vancouver Land WarA government ruling unravels decades of competing claims between the St. James Mission, the U.S. Military, and the heirs of Amos Short over the heart of Vancouver.Fort Vancouver, Vancouver, WA
- Feb 14, 1863The Broken Promises of Washington TerritoryJames G. Swan argues that federal mismanagement and bureaucratic neglect are the true causes of unrest, urging the government to honor its treaty obligations to Indigenous nations.Neah Bay, WA
- Dec 29, 1879The Gold Rush Trail to the SkagitAs prospectors flock to the Skagit River, old-timers debate the best route through the wilderness to reach the promised riches.Seattle, WA
- Aug 7, 1885The Pioneer Who Built a Territory on GritBefore Seattle became a titan, early settlers like Col. M.T. Simmons faced the high-handed monopoly of the Hudson’s Bay Company to carve an American life in the Pacific Northwest.Seattle, WA
- May 2, 1887The Fraser River Gold Rush and the Fear of 'Foreign' HighwaysHow the 1858 gold fever in British Columbia forced the United States to confront its own regional expansionism and the presence of a 'foreign highway' at its northern border.Puget Sound, Seattle, WA
- Apr 11, 1892The Apple Trees That Sailed From England in a Sea Captain's CabinSeeds saved from a farewell dinner in 1833 were planted at Fort Nisqually and grew into the finest apple trees north of the Columbia. Now an editor wants Tacoma to move them to a park before the squirrels of Rosston are their only company.DuPont, WA
- Mar 21, 1899The Glass Blower’s Death Sentence: How Machinery Turned a Skilled Trade into a Fast Track to the GraveIn Washington state, glass blowers are earning less and dying younger as machines replace men. A union president tells an industrial commission that the 'pace that kills' has turned a once-respectable craft into a brutal struggle for survival.Seattle, WA
- Jun 3, 1909The 1825 Millstones That Fed the Oregon Country Headed for SeattleA Stevens County man sent the Hudson's Bay Company's oldest Pacific Coast millstones to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, where they joined the state historical exhibit.Meyers Falls, WA
- Jul 14, 1910The Old Hudson's Bay Fort at Kettle Falls BurnsA fur-trade blockhouse said to be among the oldest buildings in Washington is destroyed by fire near Kettle Falls.Kettle Falls, WA
- Jun 8, 1923Honoring the Forgotten Pathfinder of the ColumbiaAfter decades in an unmarked pauper's grave, the explorer who first traced the Columbia River to the sea finally receives his due.Spokane, WA