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106 stories
- Vigilante Attack on Reservation Fishermen
A group of armed men harassed Indigenous fishers and opened fire on the reservation below Union Gap.
- The Great Rabbit Drive: Blood, Snow, and the Hunt for Sport in Yakima
Hundreds of men, boys, and ladies converged on a four-mile line to corral hundreds of jackrabbits into a killing field, resulting in more broken bones than dead rabbits.
- Fatal Poisoning in the Reservation
A Yakima Indian dies instantly after consuming lemon extract laced with strychnine, prompting a medical investigation.
- The Drive to Open the Yakima Reservation
Federal agents inspect the Yakima Reservation as momentum grows to seize and redistribute tribal land to white settlers.
- Violence and Racial Tension in the Labor Camp
A physical altercation between a white cowboy and a Chinese cook over breakfast coffee results in a stabbing and a manhunt.
- Poisoned and Ambushed on the Road Home
A local rancher survives a harrowing highway robbery attempt involving a spiked flask and a desperate gunfight.
- The Oasis in the Arid Belt
How irrigation transformed the Yakima Valley from desert to a model of agricultural productivity and speculative ambition.
- The Railway Race for the Wheat Fields
A major expansion of the Oregon Improvement Company’s rail network aims to link Seattle directly to Eastern Washington’s wheat belt, setting the stage for a showdown between rival railroad titans.
- The Land Office Rules for Lowe
A landmark land dispute, long considered impossible to resolve, has finally been decided by the federal government.
- The Great Irrigation Ambition
Northern Pacific Railroad directors back a massive canal and reservoir system to transform the arid Yakima Valley for settlement.
- The Herald's Scathing Feud with the P.-I.
When North Yakima was scolded by Seattle’s 'royal' newspaper for suggesting a statehood convention, the new local paper hit back with a venomous letter and a call for better manners.
- Uproar Over the Removal of the Yakima Agency
Local outrage mounts as the federal government ousts an Indian agent despite tribal protests.
- The Water Wars of Ahtanum Creek
Forty-five farmers organize to protect their water rights against upstream diversion, signaling the beginning of a long-standing struggle for irrigation in the Yakima Valley.
- Taming the Bench Lands
Settlers in the Wenas Valley organize to bring irrigation to higher ground.
- Drought Grips the Yakima Valley
A mild, snowless winter leaves ranchers facing a disastrous crop failure and calls for immediate expansion of irrigation canals.
- 1889 Ballot Pairs Capital Site With Suffrage and Prohibition
North Yakima lobbies to become the permanent seat of government as the territory prepares for statehood.
- The Political Shadow of the Civil War in North Yakima
When the President nominated a former Confederate leader's son to a federal land office in North Yakima, the local press ignited a firestorm over whether the territory should be a landing pad for the sons of secessionists.
- The Ghost Railroad Through Cowlitz Pass
Booster papers are peddling impossible surveys for a transcontinental line that exists only in the imagination of speculators.
- The Cowboy Lion Hunters of Rock Creek
Two local stockmen display frontier grit by lassoing a massive lion in the hills near Yakima.
- The Bid to Connect Yakima to the Rail Hub
Portland and Omaha capitalists promise a new railroad line if North Yakima residents provide a $60,000 land bonus.
- The Miracle Town Rising from the Sagebrush
A visiting reporter describes North Yakima’s rapid transformation from a vacant townsite to a bustling center of commerce and irrigation.
- The Printer Who Won the Lottery
A local newsman strikes it rich, prompting talk of a career change into banking.
- The Fever Dream of a State Capital
North Yakima land speculators are betting their fortunes that the town will be chosen as the seat of the new state government.
- Tensions Over Land Allotment on the Yakima Reservation
Agent Thomas Priestley reports on the progress of indigenous agricultural development while highlighting conflicts over land ownership and assimilation.
- Spokane’s Ashes Hold a Lesson for Yakima
After a massive fire devastated Spokane, the Herald argues that wide streets and low-rise architecture are the only true defense against the region's high winds.