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4 stories matching load
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- The Battle for the Snoqualmie Road
A fiery exchange in the Seattle Daily Post-Intelligencer reveals the tense intersection of local commerce, red tape, and the precarious state of rural King County infrastructure in 1885.
- The Price of Crossing the Cascades
A legislative proposal seeks $10,000 to bridge the Snoqualmie Pass, promising a new lifeline between Seattle and the inland valleys.
- Two Million Shingles and a Mill Go Up in Smoke
A fire that started in a waste pile destroyed Philo Rutherford's shingle mill on Tokul Creek—and an uninsured season's work with it.
- The Watermelon War at Snoqualmie
A young man's struggle against an aggressive hop ranch owner lands in federal court, ending in a victory for property rights.