Postal Telegraph Company
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- Oct 30, 1886The Wire War: Railroad vs. TelegraphA legal standoff erupts between the Postal Telegraph Company and the Northern Pacific Railroad along the tracks between Tacoma and Kalama.Tacoma, WA
- Jun 19, 1892Smallpox Scare Deepens in SnohomishA messenger boy and a recent arrival from Seattle have contracted the virus, forcing schools to remain closed and court sessions to be postponed.Snohomish, WA
- Aug 23, 1892Monte Cristo's Railroad Is Racing the Rain to TownEverett & Monte Cristo crews expect to reach the boomtown by December, with a tunnel breakthrough only weeks away.Monte Cristo, WA
- Mar 4, 1894The Passing of the Pacific’s Pioneer TelegrapherJohn Leatch, a veteran operator who laid the wire between Port Townsend and Olympia, dies in San Francisco.Port Townsend, WA
- May 27, 1894The Tacoma News Taken by SheriffA newspaper's own creditors seize the presses as bankruptcy fears trigger a legal showdown in Pierce County.Tacoma, WA
- Jan 3, 1895The Storm That Snarled the Wires: Seattle's First Snow of 1895Three inches of snow fall on the city in a single evening, telegraph lines between Portland and Tacoma go dead, and the streetcar companies send out their plows to keep the tracks clear.Seattle, WA