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- Federal Ruling Kills Tide Land Speculation
The Secretary of the Interior rejects the use of 'Valentine Scrip' for public tide lands, dealing a blow to speculators in Seattle and Tacoma.
- The Railroad Came for the Spokane Reservation's Odd Sections
Interior Secretary Ballinger told the Spokane land office to warn settlers that the Northern Pacific would sue for title to odd-numbered sections on the Spokane Indian Reservation—land the government had already ruled the railroad could not claim.
- A Special Train, 130 Stalled Homesteads, and a Vote That Didn't Count
The Interior Department has frozen some 130 homestead entries in the Walla Walla land district — and men who rode a chartered train to Franklin County to vote last year now find their residency there questioned. The ticket they backed lost anyway.
- Bureaucratic Blow to Kaniksu Homesteaders
A sudden reversal in federal policy by Secretary of the Interior R.A. Ballinger threatens the residency claims of forty settlers in the Kaniksu National Forest.
- The Battle for the Snohomish River Claim
A landmark interior department decision favors an ailing settler over a speculator who tried to exploit a technicality in federal land law.
- The Mystery of the Vanished Port Angeles Surveyor
A government townsite project stalls as the surveyor disappears, leaving the Interior Department scrambling to find his missing field notes.
- The Quillayute Land Dispute Ends in Eviction
After years of legal battles, the Secretary of the Interior rules that Daniel Pullen’s claim to Quileute lands at La Push must be surrendered to the tribe.
- 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.
- The Underwater Trial of the Submarine
A reporter goes below the surface in a revolutionary new vessel, experiencing the strange sensation of submerged travel through the dark waters of the bay.
- The Mysterious Government Inspector
A Tacoma man claimed a high-level federal appointment in the Department of the Interior, shaking down friends for cash before federal officials exposed the scheme as a total fabrication.
- The Great Spokane Land Rush
Hundreds of 'boomers' flooded a disputed railroad tract in the heart of Spokane after a legal ruling fueled rumors of unclaimed land.
- The Perils of a Dandy in Snohomish
A South End man discovers that his wife's penchant for artistic interior decoration on his favorite pair of trousers has left him with more than just a fashion statement.
- The Battle for the LeClerc Creek Homesteads
After years of legal uncertainty, the Secretary of the Interior rules in favor of settlers against the Forest Service.
- Puyallup People Wait on Delayed Land Patents
A century-old battle for property rights reveals how corporate interests and federal delays threatened to dispossess the Puyallup people of their ancestral home.
- The Settler's Victory Against the Northern Pacific
A landmark Secretary of the Interior decision in 1888 effectively blocked the Northern Pacific Railroad from seizing 'indemnity' lands held by Washington homesteaders.
- The Battle Over Snohoish County Timber Land
A definitive government ruling reshapes the future of land rights in Washington Territory.
- A Rabbi Died on the Road to Washington, Still Fighting for His Maury Island Homestead
M. Eisbert left Seattle to plead his land case to President Cleveland and the Interior Department. He died in Helena instead, leaving a family, a petition signed by 860 people, and a homestead the government had already taken from him.
- A Victory Over Land Speculation
A corrupt order favoring railroad interests over public land rights has been rescinded by the General Land Office.
- The Fight for Puyallup: A Last-Minute Land Grab
Before leaving office, Interior Secretary Teller attempted to block land titles for the Puyallup people, favoring the expansion of a local corporation.
- Childhood Accident Leaves Three Injured
A young boy playing with gunpowder in a home near Olympia caused an explosion that injured three children.
- A Million Acres on the Block: Colville Reservation Slated for Settlement
Secretary of the Interior James R. Garfield's annual report listed the Colville and Coeur d'Alene reservations among the Indian lands being prepared for opening to settlement in 1908.
- The Homesteader Who Outlasted a Mining Town
A long land fight at Loomis ends with Napoleon Sabourin keeping his homestead against Samuel Silverman's placer claims and the townsite of Loomiston.
- The End of the Wild West Land Grab
A look at the federal crackdown on corrupt land speculators and railroad giants in Washington Territory during the mid-1880s.
- The Axe That Struck the Root of Corporate Greed
A landmark 1885 federal land order threatens to forfeit the Northern Pacific Railroad's vast land grants for failing to meet its building requirements.
- Federal Funds Flow into Washington Backcountry
New highway construction projects in Whatcom and King counties aim to bridge the gap between wilderness and commercial accessibility.