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- The Kennewick Red Cross Mobilizes for War
Local women open new headquarters at the Commercial Club to begin a massive knitting effort to support troops in the trenches.
- The Palace for the Poor
Walla Walla County commissioners spar over a controversial, high-cost proposal to replace the county’s humble poor farm with a luxury-equipped facility.
- The Great University Feud: A Lawmaker’s Stand
Gordon C. Moores breaks with local sentiment to support a contentious bill restricting academic duplication between Washington State College and the University of Washington.
- Walla Walla Devastated by Lower Main Street Blaze
A massive fire wipes out a half-block of wooden buildings, revealing the city's total lack of adequate firefighting equipment.
- The Unsung Militia: A Push for National Readiness
A proposed Congressional bill aims to overhaul the state militia system with federal funding, training, and equipment to ensure national security without maintaining a large standing army.
- The Siege at the Cascades
A veteran recalls the harrowing 1856 skirmish at the Columbia River portage, where soldiers and settlers faced a desperate battle against hostile forces.
- Securing Freight Cars for the Apple Harvest
A collapse in the California citrus market offers a rare logistical lifeline for Northwest apple growers worried about transporting their crops.
- The Great Rail Strike Cripples Pacific Northwest Logistics
Defective equipment and massive delays plague the Harriman system as the national strike by railway workers intensifies.
- Newport's Telephone Revolution: A 600-Line Exchange Built for Growth
A Wisconsin telephone man bought out the old exchange, discarded it, and spent $11,000 to give Newport one of the most modern switchboards in the Northwest.
- The Self-Help Gospel of the Wishkah Mill
An editorial urging local unemployed men to bypass wage labor and directly operate a shuttered sawmill to kickstart the regional economy.
- Cusick’s New Water Works
A local entrepreneur brings modern infrastructure to a growing valley town.
- The Great Northern Replaces the Telegraph Key With a Telephone
Starting May 26, the Great Northern begins dispatching trains by telephone between Spokane and Leavenworth, with portable sets aboard every train — and telegraph operators' jobs left hanging.
- A Massive Education Project for Native Youth
Catholic mission leaders acquire 100 acres near North Yakima for a new industrial training school.
- The Unsung Heroes of the Fire Line
When the flames rose, a small team of steamboat captains rushed into the fray to save Seattle's firefighting equipment, a vital act of civic solidarity in the 1870s.
- Major Moonshine Raid in Grays Harbor
Federal agents dismantle massive bootlegging operation, leading to a high-profile arrest.
- The Wild Frontier of Washington’s Legal System
Before high-rises and air-conditioned courtrooms, pioneer lawyers traveled by canoe, slept in tents, and sometimes held court with a loaded derringer in their pockets.
- The City's Ladder Was Too Short
When the volunteer fire company staged a demonstration at Frye's Opera House, the Mayor found the equipment wanting—and the resulting public spat was published in full.
- The Tragic Finality of William Naff
A Seattle man, driven to despair by illness, orchestrated a gruesome end to his life using telephone company equipment.
- The Old Todd Pumping Plant Dismantled
A piece of local history fades as scrap dealers dismantle the engine that once fueled the ambitious, struggling White Bluffs irrigation project.
- Hanford’s New Model School
A growing rural community prepares to christen a modern educational facility built for the future of vocational training.
- The Transformation of Front Street
As property values soar in 1887, Seattle’s downtown business district begins a rapid transition from wood to brick, signaling a new era of permanence.
- Tools of the Trade: Equipping the Snohomish Valley
A look at the essential machinery and blacksmithing services that powered the growth of Snohomish's logging and agricultural industries in the late 19th century.
- They Planned to Pull Iron Out of Columbia River Sand
A Hanford inventor and the Great Western Iron Company claimed the Columbia Valley's sand held high-grade magnetite worth $90 a ton.
- Kennewick Equips for Chain-Gang Labor
The city council implements a new ordinance requiring prisoners to serve their sentences performing hard labor on the streets.
- The Great Fourth of July Camp-Out Fiasco
When Seattle’s local militia attempted to prep for a military parade, their poor planning and lack of supplies resulted in a humiliating, mud-soaked retreat.