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4 stories matching puyallup
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:puyallupallup, payallup, pup
- The Broken Promise of the Puyallup Coal Road
A political scandal erupts as Seattle accuses an attorney of pocketing fees while failing to stop the Northern Pacific Railway from seizing massive swathes of King County land.
- The Eagle Mills Expansion
A major local manufacturer relocates to North Seattle, prioritizing a white, coin-paid workforce.
- The City That Waited Too Long
A scathing editorial from 1880 chides Seattle’s civic leaders for their 'supine' failure to build the roads necessary to secure the region's economic future.
- The Unpolished Potential of the White River Valley
A traveler’s 1880 excursion into the agricultural heart of King County reveals a land of 'enormous yield'—and farmers who leave their hogs to eat their own profits.