Puget Mill Company
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- Jan 22, 1872A Night of Music and Politics in 1872 SeattleA town gathering for a local official reflects a brief moment of unity in a territory weary of 'Carpet Bag' appointments.Seattle, WA
- Mar 7, 1872The Industrial Kingdom of Port GambleIn 1872, the Puget Mill Company reigned supreme over a company town that prioritized industrial output and 'refinement'—with a cemetery view to match.Port Gamble, WA
- Dec 16, 1876The Company Town That Built Itself: Inside Port Gamble's Lumber EmpireIn 1876, the Puget Mill Company turned a remote bay into a model industrial community, complete with its own fleet, brass band, and company-owned housing.Port Gamble, WA
- Sep 22, 1877A Steam-Powered Saturday at the BallgameIn 1877, a merry crew boarded the steamer 'Nellie' for a day of baseball and feasting at Port Gamble, capturing a rare moment of community harmony on the Sound.Port Gamble, WA
- Sep 29, 1883The Cyrus Walker Returns to ServiceAfter two and a half years of neglect and decay, the steamer Cyrus Walker has been completely rebuilt from the hull up.Port Ludlow, WA
- Jan 4, 1885A Gold-Headed Cane for the Mill SuperintendentWorkers in Whatcom (modern-day Bellingham) threw a New Year's ball to honor their boss, celebrating the tight-knit community of the Pacific Northwest milling towns.Bellingham, WA
- Nov 26, 1885The Industrial Empires of the Puget SoundHow corporate consolidation and the lumber boom transformed the Washington Territory into a global timber supplier.Kitsap County, WA
- Oct 26, 1886The Ten-Hour Day comes to Port GambleA major mill company unilaterally reduces labor hours without cutting pay, setting a new industry standard in the Puget Sound.Port Gamble, WA
- Nov 12, 1886The Fight for the Ten-Hour Day on the Puget SoundA historic, voluntary move by the Puget Mill Company to limit the workday sparks a push for better labor conditions in the mills.Seattle, WA
- Nov 16, 1886The Price of a Mill Hand's LifeAn anonymous laborer exposes the exploitative wage practices of the Puget Mill Company, detailing how the firm undercuts competitors by replacing white workers with Chinese laborers at subsistence wages.Seattle, WA
- Jan 1, 1895The Forest Empire That Built WashingtonA sweeping 1900 survey of the state's lumber industry counted billions of feet of standing timber, 250 sawmills, and $7 million a year in wages—proof that the trees, not the cities, came first.Seattle, WA
- Jan 1, 1895The Shingle That Carried Washington Through the Panic of 1893A year-end accounting of the state's sawmills and shingle mills shows a timber empire reaching twenty-two foreign countries — and a rail trade down 25 percent as the national depression bites.Seattle, WA
- Aug 11, 1911The Unfair Tax Burden on Everett's Small HomeownersLocal labor advocates expose how corporations and land speculators pay only a fraction of their property taxes compared to the working class.Everett, WA