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| 1854 | 4 |
| 1858 | 2 |
| 1859 | 4 |
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| 1861 | 7 |
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| 1863 | 4 |
| 1864 | 4 |
| 1865 | 1 |
| 1872 | 5 |
| 1876 | 51 |
| 1877 | 51 |
| 1878 | 27 |
| 1879 | 7 |
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| 1882 | 10 |
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| 1885 | 37 |
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| 1889 | 54 |
| 1890 | 7 |
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| 1892 | 99 |
| 1893 | 70 |
| 1894 | 43 |
| 1895 | 33 |
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24 stories matching region
- Vanishing Act: The Search for Two Teenagers
Two Tacoma teenagers disappear, sparking a region-wide search after rumors suggest they eloped with newsboys.
- The Birth of a Utility Titan: The Stone & Webster Merger
A new $8,000,000 holding company, the Puget Sound Power Company, has been incorporated to consolidate regional electric and streetcar systems.
- Loggers Used a Dead Man's Skull for a Ball Game — and Wrecked the Only Clue to a Wood Full of Skeletons
A week of horseplay in the timber near Newport has left the coroner unable to explain why one body after another keeps turning up in the same thicket.
- Shingle Weavers Organize for Strength
Snohomish County shingle weavers look to expand their influence by partnering with Whatcom County, as union organizing gains momentum in the region.
- Preserving the Past at Old Fort Sales
Local residents rally to save and restore a historic site south of Tacoma where the first white child in the region was born.
- Full-Time Work Returns to Northern Pacific Shops
South Tacoma railway workers see their hours increased as business picks up at the regional repair facility.
- The Million-Dollar Timber Grab
A newly formed corporation has consolidated massive timber holdings on the Tacoma Eastern line, signaling a shift in regional resource ownership.
- The Loomis Mining Boom
New York capital eyes the Palmer Mountain mines as experts arrive to begin large-scale tunnel operations.
- Surveyors Hunt a Mountain Pass for Newport’s Railroad Future
Great Northern surveyors reportedly found a low-grade route through the mountains, fueling hopes of a Newport–Chewelah cutoff and a rail boom across the Pend Oreille country.
- Local Magnate Acquires Seattle Automobile Agency
Tacoma businessman H.A. Cummings expands his empire by purchasing the Capitol Hill Auto Club garage, signaling the rise of the automobile as a regional industry.
- City Hall Scrambles to Power Tacoma
As the power trust exerts pressure, Tacoma’s leadership struggles to staff the Nisqually plant.
- The First Inter-School Field Meet
Youth from Chesaw, Riverside, and Oroville gathered for the county's first-ever organized field sports and oratorical competition.
- The Power Trust Tries to Woo Tacoma
A regional power company offers the city cheaper rates, fueling the municipal argument for public utility ownership.
- Railroad Strike Paralyzes the Northwest
A massive walkout of switchmen leaves freight stranded from Duluth to the Pacific, forcing shops to close and threatening regional industry.
- Railroad Switchmen Walk Out in Massive Strike
Everett switchmen join a regional effort to shut down rail traffic from the Great Lakes to the Pacific in a fight for higher wages and safer working conditions.
- The 'Water Nymph' of the Northwest
At only 19 years old, Marie Arant, daughter of a Seattle lumber king, has rescued five drowning victims from the region's most dangerous waters.
- The Federal Land Freeze on the Pend Oreille
A sudden government order halts settlement along 30 miles of the Pend Oreille River, leaving homesteaders in limbo as a major power company eyes the region's massive hydroelectric potential.
- Portland Wins the Milwaukee Road—and the Yakima Valley Gets a New Town
A planned extension through the Ahtanum and Klickitat valleys would carry Oriental trade to the Columbia, tap fruit and wheat country, and redraw the map south of North Yakima.
- The Battle for Sullivan Creek
A high-stakes legal fight over water rights and industrial development reveals the tension between speculative land-holding and the growth of the new town of Metaline.
- The Milton Mutiny: A Town Divided
A town council defies the federal government to bring back the saloon, sparking a fierce rebellion from local women.
- Spokane Capitalists Map an Electric Railroad and Irrigation Empire West of Newport
Surveyors traced a line from Arcadia to Newport while a syndicate secured water rights on five Stevens County lakes, promising power, irrigation and a transformed countryside.
- Tacoma Shut Out in Regional Wrestling Championship
Local wrestlers struggle against Seattle, Everett, and Vancouver at the YMCA tournament.
- A Niagara-Scale Power Play Comes to Newport
A Spokane-backed electric company takes over Newport's service, seeks a city franchise, and eyes 75,000 horsepower at Cabinet Gorge.
- Chicago Capital Asks Newport for a 50-Year Power Franchise
A $10 million consolidation swallows up regional electric plants and promises 24-hour service, but first it wants the city council to extend the Northern Electric franchise for half a century.