Spokane Chamber of Commerce
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- Dec 3, 1903Waitsburg's Railroad Dream: A Cut-Off That Could Change the RegionCommercial clubs from Waitsburg, Dayton, Walla Walla and Spokane are pushing the O. R. & N. to build a new rail line between Dayton and Starbuck.Waitsburg, WA
- Dec 12, 1903The Fight for Washington’s CourtsEastern Washington leaders protest a state court division scheme they claim would favor Seattle and Tacoma at the expense of local attorneys.Walla Walla, WA
- Dec 14, 1903The Fight to Unlock Eastern Washington’s WaterWalla Walla leaders push for state irrigation reform to access millions in federal reclamation funding.Walla Walla, WA
- Feb 25, 1910The Unseen Cost of a Growing CityA desperate letter from a laboring family illustrates the crushing reality of poverty in a booming Spokane, where basic survival was becoming an unreachable luxury.Manito Park, Spokane, WA
- Jun 18, 1914The Hard Sell for Inland Empire FarmsSpokane boosters and Kennewick business leaders draft a regional campaign to recruit farmers for 'untilled' lands, pivoting away from the era's wild land speculation.Kennewick, WA
- Dec 31, 1914The Inland Empire Land RushA massive regional promotion campaign is drawing interest from the Midwest, though Kennewick risks being left off the map.Kennewick, WA
- Sep 2, 1915The Pastor’s Sales Pitch for KennewickRev. C. D. Rarey returns from an Indiana lecture tour, selling the Northwest as a land of opportunity to those weary of rain-soaked, failing harvests.Kennewick, WA
- Nov 23, 1916A Gas Boom in Benton County, Complete With a Camp Lit by Its Own WellBackers of the Benton County gas field planned a December 7 excursion to show off a well that powered engines, lit the driller’s houses, and they hoped would soon fuel a pipeline to Walla Walla.Kennewick, WA