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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1908 | 1 |
1 story matching canneryman
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:cannerymen, canner, canneri, cannel, cavalryman, can
- The Secret Parentage of a Bellingham Heir
A custody battle in Bellingham uncovers a hidden family history involving two wealthy men and a child caught in the middle.
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- The Tragedy of the Columbia River Cannery Boat
A diligent cannery worker, Otto Land, vanishes into the cold waters of Elliott Bay during a treacherous solo trip, leaving a community searching for answers.
- The First Cannery on the Sound: Vining’s Giant Fish Factory Opens in Mukilteo
A new industrial giant rises on the Puget Sound waterfront, promising to feed Seattle and bring prosperity to a small town.
- The Cannery Boom: Salmon, Chinamen, and the Gold Rush of the Columbia
A detailed look at the massive industrial scale of the Pacific Northwest's salmon industry in 1877, revealing the harsh labor conditions and the central role of Chinese workers.
- The Looming Expulsion of Chinese Workers from Grays Harbor Canneries
As local salmon canneries gear up for the season, the paper notes an ominous understanding regarding the workforce.
- The Mob That Stopped a Cannery
Business owners in Everett face threats and intimidation for attempting to hire Chinese labor.
- Farmers and Merchants Plot a Cannery
Producers gather at the Chamber of Commerce to organize a cooperative cannery, seeking to solve the region's surplus waste problem.
- The Price of White Labor in the Sound's Salmon Canneries
Prominent cannery man George T. Myers threatens to abandon Puget Sound if local sentiment forces him to abandon Chinese labor for white workers.
- The Industrial Slaughter at the Edge of the State
How a remote peninsula became the center of a massive salmon-canning boom.