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776 stories matching progress
- The Price of Progress: Railroads Sue for Unpaid Pledges
The Port Townsend Southern Railroad begins a wave of test cases in superior court to force residents to pay for land subsidies they had previously promised.
- 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 Iron Horse Reaches South Aberdeen
Construction crews push the Northern Pacific line toward the harbor, connecting the new city to the wider world.
- 1878 Seattle Grapples With Nationwide Money Shortage
While 1878 brought economic panic across the nation, Seattleites rejected the idea that their town was failing, pointing to local grit and coal-laden wharves as the true engines of progress.
- The Dawn of Political Equality
Washington Territory grants women the right to vote, marking a landmark triumph for human rights.
- The San Juan Island Standoff Cools Down
Tensions over the sovereignty of San Juan Island subside as the American settlement grows rapidly.
- The Price of Industrial Progress: A Port Madison Tragedy
A dockside worker is crushed while maneuvering heavy machinery, highlighting the precarious nature of labor in the Puget Sound timber industry.
- Tacoma Watchman Joe Taylor Dies After Warehouse Fall
Joe Taylor, a fixture of Tacoma’s early frontier history, dies after a drunken fall at the wharf.
- The City Council’s Late-Night Ordeal over Waterworks
A stormy session of the Seattle City Council lasted until after midnight as members wrestled with the city waterworks contract and debated the appointment of a new sanitary officer.
- The Rise of the Creamery Cooperative
Richland farmers see a booming future for their cooperative creamery as production numbers soar.
- Who Gets the Reservation When the Indians Are Allotted
Eastern Washington settlers cheer the survey of the Colville reservation, expecting homesteads — but President Cleveland's message warns the surplus land may not be thrown open at all, and the paper has a barb for the waiters.
- Skykomish Business District Consumed by Flames
A nighttime fire in a barbershop destroys four local businesses, exposing the town's complete lack of firefighting infrastructure.
- A Farmers’ Paper Warns: Don’t Ship to This Commission Firm
Ranch and Range says the Washington Fruit and Produce Union left Tacoma accounts unsettled and is now trying to do business in Seattle.
- The Trial of James F. Logan
A murder trial in Colville stalls as the court struggles to find an impartial jury among citizens who have already read the details in the press.
- A Fire Alarm in the Middle of Commencement
Newport's first accredited high-school graduation nearly ends in a stampede when a candle sets the neighboring Koch building alight.
- The Ballroom Ignored the Flames: Olympia’s Nonchalant Dance Amidst Disaster
While citizens and firemen battled a blaze at the Washington Hotel on Friday evening, revelers inside continued dancing with startling indifference to the falling cinders.
- Richland Drainage Ditch to Reclaim 450 Acres
Engineering work is transforming marshland into valuable agricultural property north of Richland.
- The Muddy Road to Greatness
As Seattle rapidly expanded in 1877, its editors lamented that the city’s commercial ambitions were literally stuck in the mud, demanding urgent infrastructure for a growing population.
- Miles Poindexter Takes On the Party Bosses
The Third District congressman launches a U.S. Senate campaign in Spokane, promising to break the grip of Cannon and Aldrich and return the Republican Party to its voters.
- The Desert Drill: A Quest for Water in North Yakima
A bold territorial experiment to strike water in the arid landscape of North Yakima hit a snag as machinery languished on the wrong side of the mountains.
- The Stench of Progress
A romantic carriage ride is cut short by the inescapable smell of a local slaughterhouse.
- Annie Besant and the Science of the Astral
A prominent Theosophist lecturer brings mystical discourse to the Seattle Theater, claiming that science confirms the existence of the 'astral body.'
- The Unwelcome Discovery at the Foundry
While excavating for a new skeleton for the foundry, workmen unearthed a human skull and long bones, a grim reminder of history beneath Seattle's industrial soil.
- Tacoma’s Newsboys Organize to Fund Their Own Band
Local newsboys are hosting a masquerade ball at the Dreamland rink to purchase equipment for the city’s first youth band.
- Olympia's High School Bond Fight, Priced at 25 Cents
The Tribune urges voters to approve a $40,000 school bond, rebutting claims of contractor influence and calculating the cost to a $7,000 homeowner at about a quarter.