Tacoma Mill Company
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- Apr 5, 1879The Ghost of Tacoma's Original DowntownBefore the railroad turned Tacoma into a boomtown, the city's future was fought over by competing pioneers and land speculators.Old Town Tacoma, Tacoma, WA
- Sep 5, 1885The Night the Hue Jacket Struck the TacomaA federal admiralty complaint lays out a Strait of Juan de Fuca collision, a missing lookout, and a $15,000 claim against a square-rigged ship.Neah Bay, WA
- Nov 8, 1885Chinatown Ash and Ember: A City Under SiegeA devastating fire levels the Chinese quarter in Tacoma, leaving the community in ruins and stoking the fires of anti-Chinese agitation.Tacoma, 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
- Mar 24, 1886The Great Chicken Crackdown of TacomaA local crime spree left Tacoma poultry-less until an arrest at a YMCA service broke the case.18th Street, Tacoma, WA
- Nov 25, 1886The Eight-Hour Day Battle at the Port Madison MillAfter the mill workers in Port Madison held a meeting to demand the eight-hour day, they successfully pressured management into alignment with the major mills in Tacoma and Seattle.Port Madison, Bainbridge Island, WA
- Jun 19, 1888The Shadowy Legal Battles of Territorial SeattleWhile the territory grew, its supreme court faced a backlog of land disputes, maritime claims, and corporate friction that mirrored the rapid expansion of the Pacific Northwest.Seattle, WA
- May 25, 1893The Northwest Lumber Cartel Forms in TacomaMajor mill owners from across the Puget Sound region organize to stabilize prices and set standard grades for timber.Tacoma, WA
- Sep 3, 1894Free Wool, Free Lumber: Washington's Mill Towns Brace for the Tariff ShockSeattle and Tacoma manufacturers warn that the new Havemeyer tariff will cut wages, ruin sheep raisers and hand the lumber trade to Canadian timbermen.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
- Apr 26, 1895The Dead Land Commissioner and the Missing $22,000A Northern Pacific audit turned up another unrecorded land payment—this one made through a Seattle agent—as suspicions deepened about the late Schulze's books.Tacoma, WA
- Jun 19, 1895Puget Sound Lumber Sails for South AfricaA new steamship and clipper line carries Northwest timber to Delagoa Bay and the gold fields of Johannesburg.Port Blakely, Bainbridge Island, WA
- Jan 2, 1904The Price of a Moment’s Forgetfulness at the MillAfter finishing his shift at the Tacoma mill, a worker suffered a horrific injury when he walked into the path of a circular saw.Tacoma, WA
- Jun 30, 1904Old Town Mill Shuts Its Doors After 37 YearsEconomic slump and overproduction force the closure of a historic Tacoma institution, leaving 250 workers in limbo.Old Town, Tacoma, WA
- Jul 6, 1904New Rail Line to Olympia PlannedThe Northern Pacific considers a new shore-line route to Olympia to bypass difficult mountain grades and expand its reach into Tacoma's waterfront.Old Town, Tacoma, WA