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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1884 | 1 |
1 story matching checkmat
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- The Struggle for a Coal Railroad
Business is stagnant, and a local editor argues that the only path to prosperity is building a city-backed rail line to the Green River coal fields—despite opposition from the Northern Pacific.