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1. A Great Migration Toward the Pacific

   Rev. J.E. Davidson leads a group of twenty-five Southern families to settle in Puget Sound, the beginning of a larger organized movement to escape racial violence.

   Aug 14, 1903The Evening StatesmanTacoma, Pierce CountyExclusion & Resistance

2. County Printing Scandal Brews in Centralia

   Local newspaper proprietors accuse the News-Examiner of padding invoices for county work.

   Jun 25, 1903The Evening StatesmanCentralia, Lewis CountyCity Hall

3. The Ghost of a Forger

   A clever swindler slips out of Walla Walla after passing forged postal money orders, leaving authorities empty-handed.

   Jun 6, 1903The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla, Walla Walla CountyTrue Crime

4. Vancouver’s Saloon Fight Comes to a Boil

   As city registration closes, the liquor interest and the churches square off over control of the council.

   Dec 1, 1903The Evening StatesmanPresbyterian Church, VancouverCity Hall · Nightlife

5. Battle for Yakima Valley Water Rights

   A state land dispute pits the Sunnyside Canal Company against the Yakima Development Company in a high-stakes fight for irrigation rights.

   Nov 21, 1903The Evening StatesmanYakima, Yakima CountyFollow the Money

6. The Unlucky Duck Hunter of Riverside

   A simple afternoon gesture turned into a painful lesson on the dangers of uneven ground when a farmer's attempt to shoo a bird resulted in a trip to the hospital.

   Jun 1, 1903The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla, Walla Walla CountyStrange But True

7. The Bitter Struggle for a Unified Name

   Citizens of Whatcom and Fairhaven face a fourth attempt at consolidation, long stalled by a stubborn disagreement over the new city's identity.

   Sep 15, 1903The Evening StatesmanBellingham, Whatcom CountyCity Hall

8. A Bumper Prune Harvest Faces Wet Weather Threat

   Heavy rains and mold threaten to compromise Clarke County’s massive prune crop as thousands of workers descend on the orchards.

   Sep 17, 1903The Evening StatesmanVancouver, Clark County

9. Broken Leg on the Offner Ranch

   A routine day of breaking horses turns painful when a bookkeeper is struck by an iron-shod hoof.

   Aug 24, 1903The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla, Walla Walla CountyWork & Pay

10. Walla Walla's Growing Pains and Water Worries

    A civil engineer lays out a blueprint for the city's future water supply, warning that small, aging pipes are a danger to fire safety.

    Sep 24, 1903The Evening StatesmanMill Creek, Walla Walla, Walla Walla CountyFollow the Money · Boom & Bust

11. City Treasury Faces Potential Delinquency Crisis

    With less than one-third of city taxes collected by mid-August, Treasurer Shaw warns of an unprecedented pile-up of delinquent accounts.

    Aug 18, 1903The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla, Walla Walla CountyCity Hall

12. The Bureaucratic Standoff Over Yakima Water

    State Land Commissioner S. A. Calvert returns from D.C. after hitting a wall with the Interior Department over irrigation rights.

    Dec 5, 1903The Evening StatesmanYakima, Yakima CountyFollow the Money

13. The Fight for the Sunnyside Belt Line

    Residents are firing back at rumors of railroad abandonment, insisting their fertile soil promises a profitable future for the Northern Pacific.

    Dec 3, 1903The Evening StatesmanSunnyside, Yakima CountyBoom & Bust

14. Vancouver Spends $2,500 to Open Its River Gate to Bigger Ships

    The Northern Pacific dredger cleared a channel with at least fourteen feet of water over the bar below Vancouver, and citizens who guaranteed the cost now wanted an improvement district—and a federal jetty—to keep it open.

    Oct 9, 1903The Evening StatesmanVancouver, Clark CountyBoom & Bust · City Hall

15. Walla Walla Committee Asks General Funston to Keep Fort

    A committee from the Commercial Club met with General Funston to lobby against the military's plan to abandon the local garrison.

    Dec 22, 1903The Evening StatesmanFort Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Walla Walla CountyCity Hall

16. Seattle's Fruit Brokers Declared War on the Shrinking Apple Box

    In a market where every Puget Sound mill cut its own crate, Seattle commission men pushed a uniform standard—and growers demanded $5,000 bonds to keep the middlemen honest.

    Feb 1, 1903The RanchSeattle, King CountyCity Hall

17. The Tragedy at H Lake

    A young man breaks through thin ice while skating, leaving his companions helpless to save him.

    Dec 11, 1903The Evening StatesmanWilbur, Lincoln CountyDisasters

18. The 175-Pound Ghost That Fought Back

    A skeptic grabbed a séance spirit, discovered a 175-pound man under the gauze, and touched off a fistfight in a Fremont parlor.

    Nov 27, 1903The Evening StatesmanSeattle, King CountyStrange But True

19. A Missing Word Nearly Derailed Bellingham's First City Election

    Washington's Supreme Court ruled that Whatcom and Fairhaven could hold a combined city election in December 1903, reading past a clerk's drafting error to honor the legislature's intent.

    Dec 3, 1903The Evening StatesmanOlympia, Thurston CountyCity Hall

20. The Milk That Made Kent Grow

    Kent's condenseries turn White River Valley milk into Carnation and baby food, and a struggling village becomes a dairy boomtown.

    Apr 1, 1903The RanchKent, King CountyBoom & Bust

21. How an old mining ditch and a boulder patch became a $6,000 orchard

    A correspondent's tour of the Methow valley and the benches above Pateros finds peaches by the boxcar, seven-pound carrots, and a warning that California land had already outrun the poor man.

    Dec 1, 1903The RanchPateros, Okanogan CountyFollow the Money · Boom & Bust

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