St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company
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- Nov 12, 1891The Fifteen-Year Flood That Cut Puget Sound ApartA massive storm inundates Puget Sound lowlands, blocks the Northern Pacific, washes out county bridges, and sends Tacoma developers scrambling to control the Puyallup River.Tacoma, WA
- Mar 15, 1892The Morning the Land Office Doors Nearly Came Off Their HingesDozens of men stormed the Olympia land office at 9 a.m. to file on a timber township worth a fortune — but the filings were a railroad's opening move in a legal war over the public domain.Olympia, WA
- Oct 29, 1892The Bitter Rivalry Between Tacoma and SeattleA powerful committee of Tacoma businessmen lobbies state leadership to ensure no support is given to Seattle or local Republican candidates aligned with the city.Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, WA
- Mar 21, 1893The Great Industrial Tug-of-WarAs Everett grows, local boosters grapple with the aggressive strategies of Henry Hewitt, Jr., who is actively courting Tacoma's mills with bonus offers.Tacoma, WA
- Aug 30, 1894The Sky Turned to Smoke: Forest Fires Choke Puget SoundFires across Whatcom, Skagit and the Olympic Mountains destroyed bridges, barns and a shingle mill, derailed a Great Northern train and left Puget Sound under a suffocating haze.Bellingham, 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