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695 stories matching pick
- The Annual Migration to the Puyallup Valley
A historic snapshot of the diverse, bustling encampments that formed every autumn when the hop harvest drew thousands to the riverbanks.
- The Annual Migration to the Seattle Waterfront
As the hop-picking season nears, hundreds of Indigenous families from as far north as Sitka gather on the tide flats below the mills, turning the city's shore into a bustling hub of commerce and seasonal labor.
- Tragedy on the Skookum Chuck
A mother and her young daughter drown while attempting to cross a river on a log boom during a berry-picking trip.
- The Political Auction of Senator Foster's Seat
Railroad lobbyists are allegedly moving to replace Senator Foster with a hand-picked stevedore, sparking a fierce debate over corporate influence in Washington politics.
- The Final Voyage of the James Cheston
The ship had a storied past, including a journey across the Atlantic while rudderless and half-submerged.
- The Makah Mariners Who Returned from the Spirit Land
Two sailors picked up 600 miles out at sea by the bark Buena Vista were thought dead, only to reappear at Neah Bay to a hero's welcome.
- The Unlikely Rise of the Washington Hop King
How an accidental crop grown in a kitchen fire turned into a Pacific Northwest agricultural empire.
- The Chicken Hustle
A clever local character recalls how he once outwitted a prominent grain merchant by turning a chicken trade into a public spectacle.
- The City’s Strawberry Obsession
A local glut of strawberries has upended the market, left bakers with half-empty pie tins, and frustrated fruit merchants.
- The Massacre at Squak Valley
A coroner's jury investigates the brutal 1885 killing of three Chinese hop-pickers, uncovering a mob's systematic effort to ethnically cleanse the valley.
- Nine Men in the Sail Locker: Seattle's Stowaway Haul
A single Chinese stowaway picked up on the wharf leads Seattle immigration officers to nine more men, plus sacks of raw silk and boxes of Manila cigars, hidden aboard the Great Northern liner Minnesota.
- Corporate Lobbying Against Miners' Eight-Hour Day
A major mining company pays to bring immigrant miners to Olympia to lobby against the very labor protections intended to help them.
- The Manufactured 'Venice of America'
A writer discovers his picturesque essay on the Sound country was secretly rewritten into a promotional advertisement for Tacoma.
- The Union Candidates for Everett's New Commission
Labor Journal highlights the three union-card carriers entering the race for city commission under Everett's new 1912 charter.
- A Grisly Discovery Near Ballard
A young boy picking berries stumbled upon a gruesome scene north of Ballard, leading investigators to a suspected suicide.
- The Bustle That Ambushed a Gentleman
A chivalrous attempt to help a lady on Main Street goes hilariously and disastrously wrong.
- The Best and Most Reliable Pickers to Be Obtained
Hop tying and strawberry picking brought cash onto the reservation and goods into Yakima's stores — and the growers knew exactly whose labor they were counting on.
- A Treasure Hunt Gone Underwater
While digging for a water source on Shaw Island, a local man struck a geyser that swallowed his tools and promised a new lake.
- The Grocer and the Cheese Thief
When local police were too busy to help, a Front Street store owner took matters into his own hands.
- The Hotel Yakima Pocket-Picking
A theft at a temperance lecture leads to an arrest, a suspicious discharge, and a swift sentencing for a second offense.
- Life in the Yakima Prospecting Camps
A vivid look at the daily grit, dashed hopes, and stubborn optimism of the men digging for fortunes in the upper Natchees.
- The Hop Harvest Wanted White Hands
As nearly 200 people left Seattle for the White and Green River hop fields, growers and the city labor bureau made clear that Native pickers were no longer wanted.
- The Shadow of the Anti-Chinese Expulsions in Squak Valley
Court testimony reveals a night of armed intimidation and a lethal 'misunderstanding' at a hop farm in 1885.
- The Chinese Expulsion Crisis at the Seattle Waterfront
Federal authorities arrest thirty Chinese laborers arriving from British Columbia, highlighting the intense racial tensions and labor politics of the 1885 Washington Territory.
- The Hop Blight and the Fall of Washington's Premium Crop
Ezra Meeker warns that poor cultivation and sloppy picking are costing the region its competitive edge in the global market.