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8 stories matching divid
- Puyallup Reservation Lands Distributed
After a long period of waiting, Puyallup families have finally received land patents as the reservation is divided into 167 tracts.
- The Republican Convention of King County
A raucous 1886 political gathering reveals a party divided by railroad influence, local prohibition, and the intense anti-Chinese sentiment of the era.
- The Seattle Mill Owners’ Secret Cartel
How local timber barons in 1886 fixed prices and controlled production to squeeze profits from the West Coast lumber trade.
- The Great Salmon Haul at Hat Island
A record-breaking catch of silver salmon near the mouth of the Snohomish River turns into a frantic struggle as nets break under the weight of the fish.
- The Last Train out of Carbonado
After miners descended on the coal camp to forcibly expel Chinese laborers, a group of workers recounted the indignity of their forced departure.
- The New Charter for a Growing Seattle
Newly enacted territorial legislation reshapes the city's government, ward boundaries, and municipal authority.
- The Utopian Dream of the Credit Foncier
A new cooperative colony, modeled after Pacific social experiments, seeks to organize city life through integral co-operation.
- Washington Territory's Eight-Year Push for Statehood
A Senate floor speech details the eight-year struggle for Washington Territory to shed its frontier status and become a state, including the controversial proposal to annex Idaho's northern panhandle.