J. W. Cusick
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- Jul 9, 1908Twenty Thousand Acres vs. the River: Calispel Valley Takes Its Case to CongressFarmers around Usk and Cusick organize a diking district and send a committee to Spokane to beg a rivers-and-harbors congressman for a dredge, a dike, and a federal appropriation.Cusick, WA
- Apr 15, 1909A Contractor Corrals the Cusick Valley: Jones Onesrud Buys Out a Rival's LandPaying $85 an acre, Contractor Jones acquires J. W. Cusick's holdings south of the Calispel River, consolidating some of the valley's best land and planning to dike it.Cusick, WA
- Nov 11, 1909The Last Steamboat Ties Up as the Railroad Reaches MetalineWith the Idaho Washington Northern extension complete, the Pend Oreille River's freight and passenger boats went out of service — ending an era that old-timers remembered as romantic and hard-won.Newport, WA
- Feb 3, 1910Cusick’s New Water WorksA local entrepreneur brings modern infrastructure to a growing valley town.Cusick, WA
- Apr 14, 1910A Town Determined to Stay on the MapCusick lays fresh sidewalks to the depot, grades its muddy streets, breaks ground on a drainage dike, and chases a long-idle sawmill back to life.Cusick, WA
- Jul 28, 1910The Railroad That Became a LeveeProperty owners along the Calispel petition to join Diking District No. 2, where a rail embankment and a concrete culvert will hold back the Pend Oreille and reclaim a swath of farmland.Newport, WA
- May 26, 1916Newport Jury Convicts J.W. Cusick of MurderAfter a trial in Newport, a defendant who was free on a significant $10,000 bail bond has been remanded to the sheriff's custody.Newport, WA