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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1890 | 3 |
| 1891 | 31 |
| 1892 | 14 |
| 1893 | 3 |
| 1894 | 3 |
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- The Shingle Men Try to Tame the Market
Manufacturers meet in Seattle to cap production, set 1894 prices, and bind every mill to the plan—with forfeits for anyone who breaks ranks.
- The Never-Ending School Board Debate
Despite a successful bond vote, Aberdeen’s children are left without a school house due to bureaucratic stalling.
- The Secret Lumber Pool
A clandestine plan to monopolize Pacific Coast timber shipments emerges from the shadows.
- The Engineers' Plan for Grays Harbor
A government report details an ambitious $150,000 scheme to redirect the Chehalis River's flow, potentially deciding the fate of competing town sites.
- The Price of Progress: Aberdeen’s Early Water Fight
A $65,000 bond for a new water works sparks a real estate boom on Highland Hill, pushing the dream of homeownership as the ultimate solution to the city's housing crunch.
- The Never-Ending Battle for Aberdeen's First Schools
Before the foundation for the city's school was even poured, a series of bitter land disputes, budget overruns, and public petitions threatened to bring city governance to a standstill.
- The Dominican Sisters Build a Future
Establishing a vital medical outpost in the heart of a dangerous lumbering region.
- A Hospital Built for the Logging Camps
Established by the Dominican Sisters, a new hospital treats the frequent, dangerous accidents of the Grays Harbor timber industry.
- Rising from the Ashes in Centralia
Despite losing his building in a recent fire, Richard T. Dabney is already planning a larger, more modern brick block.
- The Iron Road Reaches Aberdeen
Northern Pacific presents its final route plans for the line into town, threatening to disrupt waterfront commerce and mills.
- The Struggle for a Passable Road
A survey of the Humptulips road reveals treacherous conditions, sparking a debate over the best way to connect the county.
- Aberdeen's Schoolhouse Standoff: Bonds, Bids, and a $3,000 Lot
A petition drive and a landowner's counteroffer stalled the city's new school while the board tried to build around the bond money.
- The Bridge That Wasn't: A Legal Battle Over Aberdeen’s Lifeline
In December 1890, a judge struck down the county commissioners' plan for the Heron Street bridge over the Wishkah River, forcing a redesign that would finally connect the east side of town.
- Victoria’s Million Dollar Bet on a Railway
The city of Victoria, B.C., plans to bond itself for a million dollars to lure the Northern Pacific Railroad to build a northern route through Aberdeen.
- A Hospital Built for Industry’s Toll
How the Dominican Sisters established a critical medical lifeline for Aberdeen’s dangerous logging and mill works.
- The Need for a New Hospital
A report on the medical needs of a growing logging town, where industry accidents necessitated larger facilities.
- An Oasis for the Injured
As Aberdeen’s mills and logging camps expanded, the Dominican Sisters stepped in to provide vital medical care for an increasingly dangerous industrial front.
- Aberdeen’s Shipbuilding Boom
The S. E. Slade Lumber Company announces plans to build two new vessels in Aberdeen, signaling a surge in local industry.
- A Sanctuary for the Harbor’s Injured
Established by the Dominican Sisters, St. Joseph's Hospital is expanding to accommodate the high rate of industrial accidents in Grays Harbor’s mills and logging camps.
- The Harbor’s First Hospital
Established by the Sisters of Saint Joseph, a new hospital is meeting the urgent medical needs of Aberdeen’s booming logging and milling industries.
- A Frontier Infirmary for a Logging Boomtown
As Aberdeen's timber mills and logging camps surged with industrial activity, the Dominican Sisters established a hospital to care for the constant influx of injured workers.
- Healing the Hardships of the Harbor
Established by the Dominican Sisters, the city's first hospital was a vital, life-saving response to the high frequency of industrial accidents in the local logging camps.
- The Frontier Hospital Built for the Harbor's Injured
Established by the Dominican Sisters, a new hospital fills a vital need for the Grays Harbor timber and shipping industries.
- Aberdeen’s School Board Stalls on New Building
A local newspaper feud spills over into accusations of administrative incompetence and backroom dealing in the selection of an architect.
- The Hospital Built for the Woods
As Aberdeen’s mills and logging camps expand, a new hospital provides critical care for the city's labor force.