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28 stories matching burlington
- The Saintly Swindler of Burlington
A charismatic conman charmed his way through Skagit County, leading church hymns and social teas before vanishing with the town’s funds.
- The Burlington Quarry Strike
Forty laborers left behind in Burlington after the Great Northern railroad’s stone quarry abruptly shut down without paying their wages.
- Tacoma's One-Dollar Land Deal Lures an Iowa Rolling Mill
The Lake View Land Company deeds fifty acres south of Tacoma to Burlington, Iowa, mill managers for a dollar, betting a new plant will follow the subsidy.
- The Cheney Fog Tragedy
A dense morning mist on the Spokane, Portland & Seattle tracks led to a collision between two passenger trains, killing five prominent citizens and a Pullman professor.
- When the Water Came Up to the Post Office: Floods Cut Seattle’s Rail and Mail Lines
Spring freshets submerged low streets, stalled Great Northern and Northern Pacific trains, and left Seattle business houses waiting days for mail.
- The $5.5 Million Bet That Would Reshape Seattle's Waterfront
St. Louis investors sign on to fill the tide flats and dig a canal linking Lake Washington to Puget Sound, betting Seattle will become the Pacific coast's leading city.
- Explosion Levels Burlington Hotel
A saloon lamp explosion causes a total loss for a hotel and bar in Burlington, forcing a guest to leap from a second-story window to survive.
- Populists Nearly Come to Blows Over Their Own Platform
Fifty-five delegates, a hall full of converted Republicans and Democrats, and two competing sets of resolutions in Mount Vernon — the new People's Party of Skagit County almost wrecked itself before it named a single candidate.
- Disaster Strikes Spokane Falls Again
Mayor R.K. Nichols of North Yakima reaches out as news of a second major fire catastrophe hits Spokane.
- The $3 Million Strike: How the Great Northern Railway Bet on Breaking Workers
In the winter of 1893, the railroad’s board calculated that paying workers less was cheaper than losing millions to a strike. They were right—and Seattle paid the price.
- The Standard Oil Monopoly Comes to Tacoma
A secret land grab on the tide-flats marks the arrival of a massive industrial alliance between the Standard Oil company and transcontinental railroads.
- A Near-Fatal Train Wreck Averted by a Rooftop Signal
A head-on collision between a passenger train and a freight train on the outskirts of Kennewick results in mass wreckage but miraculous survival.
- The Canadian Pacific 'Ticket Scalping' Conspiracy
Federal agents entrap a transcontinental railroad for selling cut-rate tickets, leading to high-stakes indictments in Tacoma.
- St. Louis Capitalists Arrive to Bankroll Seattle's Waterfront
A delegation of wealthy Missouri investors arrives in Seattle to inspect the proposed South Lake Washington canal and tide flat reclamation projects.
- Tragedy on the Yakima River Line
A Northern Pacific train derails near Bristol, claiming the lives of a Tacoma engineer and fireman.
- Forced Marriage in Skagit
A young man looking for a way out of a paternity suit finds himself wedded to an Indigenous bride instead of boarding a train to Kansas.
- Tacoma's 1894: Falling Lumber, Rising Flour, and a New Rolling Mill
The Ledger's year-end review found reasons for optimism in shipping, smelting, meat packing, and new rail connections—even as low prices cut into the lumber trade.
- The Great Northern Labor Dispute
A railroad executive reflects on the escalating conflict with the American Railway Union and the nuisance of transient workers.
- The Northern Pacific Offers Strikers a Last Chance—With Strings Attached
General Manager Kendrick says former employees can reapply after the Pullman strike, but only if they were not leaders or agitators—and they will rank behind the men hired to replace them.
- The Iron Horse Makes Tacoma its Home
The Great Northern Railroad shifts its western terminus to Tacoma, promising a population boom and shifting the city's status in the eyes of national rail agents.
- Railroad Profits vs. Living Wages
While railway magnates plead poverty to block pay increases for switchmen, their own financial reports reveal a surplus that tells a different story.
- A Romantic Tragedy at the Ravenna Ravine
A couple from Illinois, caught in a horse-drawn carriage accident, met a fatal end in Seattle's wilder outskirts.
- The Double Standard of the Law
A commentary on how the courts punish labor organizers while letting corporate titans walk free.
- Skagit County Teachers Demand Pay Equity
At the close of their annual institute, local educators highlight the gender wage gap in the public school system.
- Three Thousand Miles by Bicycle
A Kentucky man completes an epic cross-country journey, navigating wagon roads, railroad beds, and mountain passes to reach Seattle.