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1 story matching colston

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  1. The Cold Truth at City Hall

    A winter coal shortage brings a parade of desperate applicants to a city official who doles out fuel with a mix of bureaucratic cruelty and casual dismissals.

    Feb 15, 1883Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerCity Hall, Seattle, King CountyCity Hall

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  1. The Secretive Coal King of Seattle

    James M. Colman is quietly opening the McCallister mine, signaling a new industrial play near Renton.

    Jan 20, 1884Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerColman Dock, Seattle

  2. A Sinking Buggy, a Borrowed Team, and a Reservation About to Open

    In 1892 a newspaperman packed his wife and infant into a rickety buggy to cross the soon-to-open Colville Reservation, fording the Kettle River and leaning on Native families along the way.

    Aug 22, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerOsoyoos Lake, Oroville

  3. The Sagebrush Metropolis

    A state representative predicts Clarkston will soon eclipse Lewiston as the premier railroad hub of the Snake River Valley.

    Dec 11, 1903The Evening StatesmanClarkston

  4. The Iron-Jawed Worm That Ate Seattle's Wharves

    At the foot of Harrison Street, the Colman family has a new weapon against the teredo worm: steam, a vacuum, and a dose of dead oil of tar.

    Jan 1, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle

  5. The Price of Disposal: Colville Reservation Opens to Homesteading

    Federal authorities announce the opening of 350,000 acres of the Colville Reservation to white homesteaders, touting the financial management of tribal wealth.

    Sep 22, 1916Coulee City DispatchColville Reservation, Nespelem

  6. The Colville Reservation Is Surveyed for White Settlement

    A treaty strips the Colville Indian Reservation down to individual allotments, and surveyors are called to run more than 1,000 miles of lines across northeastern Washington.

    Jan 25, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerColville

  7. The Commercial Hotel Changes Hands

    Management of Kennewick’s Commercial Hotel shifts as the proprietor departs to pursue mining ventures.

    Jul 1, 1915The Kennewick Courier-ReporterKennewick

  8. The Usk Station Forgery

    A railroad operator's attempt to cash stolen money orders in Newport leads to a swift arrest and a multi-year sentence.

    Jan 13, 1910The Newport Miner (Newport, WA) 1899-CurrentNewport

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