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- The Social Anchor of Snohomish City
Before the boom, Isaac Cathcart’s hotel offered more than a bed, functioning as the premier hospitality hub of Snohomish County.
- The Last Night at the Winston Hotel
A hotel lessee in Satsop was severely burned while attempting to rescue his belongings from a fire that left the town without lodging.
- The Snohomish Hotel: A Hub of 1880s Hospitality
An archival look at Isaac Cathcart’s establishment, once the premier destination for travelers and locals alike in Snohomish City.
- The Snohomish Hotel: A Hub of Hospitality and Vice
A historic advertisement from Isaac Cathcart’s hotel reveals the competitive edge of 19th-century frontier hospitality.
- Postmaster Cuts Hours Over Low Pay
Seattle's post office will close earlier as the postmaster struggles with inadequate funding to support his staff.
- Steamboat Service to Bypass Ellensburg? Trade Route in Jeopardy
Word is that the steamer Ellensburgh will make Wenatchee its lower landing, cutting off a vital trade link for Ellensburg and the communities along the Columbia.
- A Frontier Land Opportunity in Snohomish
An 1877 classified advertisement offers prime riverside acreage, signaling the rapid transformation of the Snohomish riverfront for settlement.
- Philadelphia Money Dredges Tacoma's Tide Flats for Ships and Grain
The Tacoma Land Company floats bonds back East to buy and fill the tide flats, cut a 25-foot channel, and build a grain warehouse and a 500-barrel flour mill on the water.
- The Vampire of Hard Times: Why Seattle's Banks Are Starving Its Growth
An editorial in the March 1877 *Seattle Intelligencer* blames the region’s economic stagnation not on a lack of enterprise, but on predatory lending rates that are strangling local industry.
- Black Lawyer Denied Service at Seattle Hotel
Tacoma attorney Gustave B. Aldrich files a complaint after being refused service at the Hotel Cecil's public dining room.
- Providence Hospital at Capacity
Surging patient numbers force hospital sisters to relocate to accommodate a hospital that is rapidly running out of room.
- McNeil Island Residents to Get New Ferry Float
County commissioners force construction after government restricts access to the penitentiary's private ferry service.
- The Standard of Comfort on the Snohomish River
Before modern tourism and boutique hotels, the Snohomish Exchange defined the frontier hospitality industry for weary travelers in the Washington Territory.
- The Snohomish Exchange Hotel: A Frontier Hub
Before the city grew into a modern commercial hub, Isaac Cathcart’s Exchange Hotel stood as the cornerstone of early Snohomish hospitality.
- The Canoe Habit: A Barrier to Progress
A traveler visits Dungeness and finds the local reliance on canoes and traditional methods a stubborn obstacle to the region's economic modernization.
- The Maryland House Offers a Temperance Haven
An early advertisement for a boarding house in La Conner promises 'No Liquor Sold,' marking a firm stance against the rowdier trade of the era.
- The Social Anchor of Snohomish
A look at the amenities of the premier hotel and watering hole serving the burgeoning Snohomish river community in the late 19th century.
- A Streetcar Cathedral Rises at Chestnut and Fifth
Olympia Light and Power plans a three-story headquarters with repair pits, a supply store and dormitory rooms for single employees — if City Council approves the route it wants.
- A Frontier Oasis at the Union Avenue Hotel
A look at the amenities of 19th-century Snohomish, where local business owners courted settlers with 'first-class' board and fine spirits.
- The Snohomish Hotel: A Hub for Loggers and Travelers
An 1870s advertisement captures the life of a frontier hostelry, promising 'first-class board' and the best liquor north of San Francisco for those taming the Pacific Northwest wilderness.
- Henry Villard’s Hotel Test: Seattle Wins the Coast’s Comfort Race
A railroad magnate’s refusal to overnight in Portland’s bad hotels becomes a Seattle booster’s proof that first-class accommodations were a competitive weapon.
- The Rebirth of the Riverside Hotel
New management promises a first-class experience for travelers in Snohomish City.
- The End of the Garrison
Despite efforts by the Commercial Club, the Secretary of War confirms the permanent closure of Fort Walla Walla.
- The Snohomish Exchange Hotel: A Haven for Travelers and Troublemakers
An 1876 advertisement for a prominent Snohomish establishment highlights the rough-and-tumble hospitality expected of a frontier boomtown.
- The Snohomish City Hotel: A Frontier Oasis
Promising 'first-class board' and the best spirits north of San Francisco, a local establishment markets its amenities to the growing logging community.