W. H. Fife
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- May 7, 1882The Mailroom Kerfuffle in New TacomaA secret telegram, a local feud, and a postmaster who chose 'higher law' over departmental secrecy.Tacoma, WA
- Jul 19, 1892Pushing for the Puyallup Reservation BillSeattle property owners pressure U.S. Senators to open the Puyallup reservation for development.Puyallup Reservation, Tacoma, WA
- Aug 22, 1892A Sinking Buggy, a Borrowed Team, and a Reservation About to OpenIn 1892 a newspaperman packed his wife and infant into a rickety buggy to cross the soon-to-open Colville Reservation, fording the Kettle River and leaning on Native families along the way.Osoyoos Lake, Oroville, WA
- Jan 9, 1893The Desert Blooms: Ellensburg's Massive Irrigation ProjectA multi-million dollar canal project is set to transform thousands of acres of sagebrush into fertile farmland, signaling an era of prosperity for Kittitas Valley.Kittitas Valley, Ellensburg, WA
- Jan 15, 1893The Gold Rush on the Pacific BeachesA Tacoma syndicate aims to extract gold and platinum from the sands of Beard's Hollow near Ilwaco.Ilwaco, WA
- Feb 27, 1893Tacoma’s 'Pig in a Poke' Water DealTaxpayers revolt against a dubious multi-million dollar municipal purchase of water and electric assets.Tacoma, WA
- Mar 9, 1894Tacoma's Richest Taxpayer Warns the Boodlers Are Eating the CityW. H. Fife, the city's largest taxpayer, says boodle government is eating his property alive—and warns Tacoma will fall behind Seattle if the machine is not driven out.Tacoma, WA
- Sep 18, 1894The Many Lives of J. S. Howell: Gold Miner, Town Founder, Tacoma BrokerA Tacoma pioneer dies at his Twelfth Street home. His obituary is a tour of the nineteenth-century American West — Wisconsin lumber, Colorado gold, an Iowa townsite he platted and owned, and finally real estate in a rising Tacoma.Tacoma, WA