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6 stories matching log
- The High-Tech Logging Boom on the Deschutes
A glimpse into a massive 1882 timber operation near Olympia, where steam power and railroad infrastructure were transforming the Pacific Northwest forest into an industrial machine.
- The Doctor Who Swam for His Life: Marcus Whitman’s Forgotten Struggle
A newly published account reveals the physical toll and near-death experiences of the missionary whose name is etched into Pacific Northwest history.
- The Unfinished Promise of the Lake Washington Canal
In 1882, a concerned citizen urged Seattle's 'capitalists' to stop ignoring the massive economic potential of linking Lake Washington to the Puget Sound.
- Turning Stumps into a City: Seattle's Great Transformation
For a quarter-century, the residents of Seattle have been waging a slow, expensive war against the forest, clearing timber, leveling hills, and filling ravines to make way for a modern city.
- The Territory That Demanded Its Right to Grow
When Washington was treated like a 'rotten borough' in Washington D.C., the local press fired back to prove the territory was ready for statehood.
- The Sound’s Secret: How Deep Waters and Giant Trees Built a City
A reprinted editorial from New York reveals why Puget Sound is the 'Mediterranean of the West,' detailing its impossible depth, massive timber resources, and the strange phenomenon of forests with only small and giant trees.