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1. The Snohomish 'War Path'

   A rowdy night at the Snohomish riverfront ends in a knife fight between a local drunk and the city marshal.

   Sep 16, 1876The Northern StarSnohomish River, Snohomish, Snohomish CountyExclusion & Resistance · True Crime

2. The Boomtown Frontier: A Traveler's Account of New Tacoma and the Puyallup Valley

   As the Northern Pacific Railroad carves its path into the frontier, a correspondent journeys from Snohomish to witness the rapid, chaotic, and industrious birth of New Tacoma and the hop-heavy Puyallup Valley.

   Sep 29, 1877The Northern StarTacoma, Pierce CountyBoom & Bust

3. The Forgotten Strike of 1877 in Snohomish

   A radical labor meeting calls for an eight-hour day and government intervention, warning that starving workers 'don't reason' when pushed to the brink.

   Aug 25, 1877The Northern StarSnohomish, Snohomish CountyWork & Pay

4. The High Cost of Being 'Across the River'

   In 1878, Sumner settlers faced a familiar struggle: a transportation monopoly that forced them to pay as much to haul freight across the river as to ship it 150 miles by rail.

   May 15, 1878The Northern StarSumner, Pierce CountyFollow the Money

5. Forging the Frontier: The Perilous Push for a Stillaguamish Road

   A survey team traverses the wilderness from the Snohomish valley to Kent’s Prairie, scouting a path for a wagon road that promised to open the interior to settlement and trade.

   Sep 28, 1878The Northern StarPilchuck Creek, Snohomish, Snohomish CountyBoom & Bust

6. The Case for Universal Schooling in the Territory

   An early local advocate argues that education, not incarceration, is the only path toward ending poverty and crime in the Washington Territory.

   Jul 15, 1876The Northern StarSnohomish, Snohomish CountyCity Hall

7. The Great Ditch: How Snohomish Settlers Tamed the Marsh

   Before the land was dry, a few determined pioneers took shovels and grit to the wetlands behind Snohomish to carve a new path for trade and transit.

   Feb 6, 1878The Northern StarSnohomish, Snohomish CountyBoom & Bust

8. The Case for Statehood and Scientific Farming

   In an 1876 address to local farmers, W.M.T. McNeill argues that Washington Territory's path to prosperity lies in statehood, agricultural colleges, and the modernization of rural industry.

   Oct 7, 1876The Northern StarSnohomish, Snohomish CountyCity Hall

9. The Hustle of the Frontier Mercantile

   A deep dive into the aggressive marketing and 'work-from-home' schemes that fueled Snohomish's early economy.

   Dec 15, 1877The Northern StarSnohomish, Snohomish CountyBoom & Bust · Snake Oil

10. The Forgotten Stakeholders of the Rails

    In an 1877 labor manifesto, Wendell Phillips argues that capital has failed the American worker and that mutual committees are the only path to economic peace.

    Oct 27, 1877The Northern StarSnohomish, Snohomish CountyWork & Pay

11. The Unsolicited Burden of the 'Young Man's' Future

    An 1875 newspaper advertisement in Snohomish promised a cure for the 'uncertainties' of life, reflecting a 19th-century obsession with self-improvement and the fear of personal stagnation.

    Feb 8, 1879The Northern StarSnohomish, Snohomish CountySnake Oil

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