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513 stories matching ranch
- Two Ranches, One Buyer, and a Railroad Rumor Near Ione
A single buyer pays nearly $20,000 for adjoining Ione ranches—then says she plans a dairy farm. Locals suspect the railroad is the real buyer.
- The Yakima Fruit Boom
A North Yakima ranch sells for $11,000 after shipping thousands of dollars in fruit to Montana.
- The Hop Bubble Bursts: Snoqualmie's Famed Ranch Sold at Auction
Once the largest and most profitable hop ranch in the country, the 1,240-acre Meadowbrook Farm goes to the highest bidder for $52,800 after a crash in hop prices and a receivership.
- Moonshine Violence at Vernita
A ranch manager, reportedly intoxicated on moonshine, threatened his wife and cook with a meat cleaver, sparking a local incident.
- The Hog Ranch That Stank Up Seattle: How One Interbay Farm Sparked a New Law
In 1900, a single hog ranch near the city’s water source forced the Seattle City Council to draft an ordinance limiting livestock—a rare early victory for urban sanitation and public health.
- The Unluckiest Ranch Hand in White Bluffs
After surviving four freak accidents, one local worker finally decided his employer's ranch was cursed.
- The Fight for Walla Walla's Subterranean Water
City officials and private landowners clash over the future of the municipal water supply at the Thomas Ranch.
- A Heartbreaking Tragedy on the Hunt Ranch
A young girl loses her life in a farm accident near Ralston.
- From Alfalfa to Grapes: A Local Ranch Transformation
E.W. Steffen shifts his agricultural strategy, betting that specialty fruit yields better profits than traditional alfalfa.
- The Closing of a Pioneer Era
After thirty-seven years on the land, one of Chehalis County's earliest settlers sells his river-bottom ranch for a small fortune.
- A Tragic End in the Winlock Mud
A lonely death on a ranch near Winlock highlights the brutal reality for those suffering from epilepsy in 1890s Washington.
- Island View Ranch Barn Destroyed by Fire
A workshop and barn burned to the ground while the owners were away fishing.
- Humpy the Fisherman Is Shot Dead Over the Right to Cut Hay
A disabled fisherman and a rancher quarreled over who owned a patch of grass near Palmer Lake. It was the third killing caused by a ranch-boundary dispute in a single year.
- Brush Fire Consumes Hay and Hog Pens at Costello Ranch
A routine cleanup of orchard waste turns into a local disaster when a sudden wind catches the rancher's winter feed supply.
- An Unusual Early Warning Saves a Ranch Barn
When a midnight fire threatened a local ranch, it wasn't a smoke alarm, but the persistent cries of farm animals that alerted the sleeping family.
- Children Capture Coyote on Horse Heaven Ranch
Two young children on a Horse Heaven ranch showed remarkable courage, roping a full-grown coyote with the help of their dogs.
- The $150,000 Land Swap
A major agricultural transition as a Walla Walla wheat tycoon trades urban real estate for 600 acres at the mouth of the Yakima River.
- Rancher Narrowly Escapes Death in Icy Road Accident
A farmer was buried beneath a load of hay on a side-hill road near the Bartlett ranch, requiring a desperate rescue by his son.
- Rabies Outbreak Struck Down by 'Mad Coyotes'
A series of violent livestock deaths across the Columbia River has been linked to an influx of infected coyotes, marking the first documented cases of hydrophobia in the region.
- The Whidbey Island Rancher Who Vanished Without a Trace
John G. Phinney has been missing for days from his ranch at Penn Cove. A search party aboard the steamer Idaho has not returned, and neighbors now fear he drowned — or met foul play.
- The Price of an Orchard
A lucrative land sale signals the high value of developed fruit ranches in the Klondyke neighborhood north of White Bluffs.
- The Fowler Ranch Rental
A prime piece of Snohomish riverfront property hits the rental market, offering a glimpse into the agricultural economy of the 1870s.
- Judge Hanford's Concrete Landmark Lost to Fire
A vacant ranch house near the town of Hanford, built of concrete and valued at $5,000, is reduced to ruins by a suspected electrical fire.
- A Bucket Brigade Saves the Barn, but the Gleichman Ranch House Is Gone
An early-evening blaze of unknown origin destroyed one of the finest houses on the Highlands Fruit Company ranch — a $4,000 loss that neighbors could only stand and watch.
- An Eight-Foot Seam of Coal Turns Up on a Pend Oreille County Ranch
The 'coal strike' on the Dieder place near Dalkena is bigger than first reported — eight feet wide instead of three — and Newport is already dreaming of a mine, a spur, cheaper fuel and a new town tributary to its own.
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- A Frontier Estate on the Market
Royal Haskell offers his 147-acre Snohomish dairy ranch, mill site, and town house for sale as he prepares to depart for the East.
- The Bachelor, the Rancher, and the $5,000 Mail-Order Bride
A Sumas rancher looking to turn his land into a fortune turned to the 'Heart and Hand' matrimonial columns to find a wife with capital.