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4 stories matching chilcat
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:chilkat, chilcoot, chilcott, child, chile, chili
- A Captain’s Final Journey
The commander of the steamer Chilcat passes away in a carriage just after returning from an arduous trip to Alaska.
- A Wharfside Standoff Over a Sewing Machine
A passenger aboard a steamer bound for Alaska attempted to physically resist a constable serving an attachment writ for a debt owed to the Singer Sewing Machine Company.
- The Alaska Steamship Price War
Seattle's shipping giants slash fares to the North, vowing to drive competitors out of business.
- A Missionary's Memory of the Russian Border
A Seattle Chamber of Commerce committee gathers testimony that the land north of Portland Canal was Russian, not British, as the Alaska boundary fight heats up.