Oregon Steam Navigation Company
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- Jun 7, 1862The Carrie Ladd Runs AgroundA steamship meets its fate on a rock at Cape Horn, leaving passengers and crew to abandon the sinking vessel on the Washington side of the Columbia River.Cape Horn, Stevenson, WA
- Jan 10, 1863The Battle for the Cascades FranchiseLegislators trade accusations of 'blackmailing' and 'monopoly' while debating a massive infrastructure bill for the Columbia River.Olympia, WA
- Jun 5, 1876The High Cost of a Pole: Seattle’s Timber Boom and the Workers Who Cut ItAs thousands of telegraph poles flood the market from Thurston County, local laborers face volatile wages and dangerous conditions in the logging camps that fuel the city's infrastructure.Third Avenue, Seattle, WA
- Apr 19, 1877The River vs. The Rails: Walla Walla’s Plea for a Seattle LinkIn 1877, Eastern Washington leaders warned that relying on the Columbia River was a fatal mistake, urging the federal government to subsidize a railroad connecting their region directly to Seattle.Seattle, WA
- Nov 24, 1879Walla Walla Wheat Takes Sixteen HandlingsA 1879 editorial exposes the 16-step nightmare of shipping grain down the Columbia River, arguing that Seattle’s rail potential would end the monopoly and the waste.Seattle, WA