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129 stories matching expedit
- A Sailor’s Memory of the 1841 Fourth of July
Before Seattle, Tacoma, or Olympia existed, the Wilkes Expedition celebrated Independence Day on the prairies near Fort Nisqually with a roasted ox and brass howitzers.
- 1,200 Cattle Bound for the Yukon Gold Camps
A Seattle-led expedition planned to drive a thousand head over the Dalton Trail and float them down the Yukon, with the herd fattening in the Wenas Valley before the journey.
- The Railroad Finally Calls It Mount Rainier
Under pressure from a newspaper expedition and the U.S. Board of Geographic Names, the Northern Pacific abandons 'Mount Tacoma' in its maps and ads.
- Searching for the Wenatchee Mines
An expedition returns to Olympia after failing to reach the mountains, but reports finding vast, promising new territory.
- The Gold Hunter Who Vanished in Seattle
An electrical engineer accused of homicide in Honduras disappears after weeks in Seattle, leaving a dead companion and an unanswered expedition behind.
- A Winter Expedition Saw Steam on Rainier—and Asked if the Mountain Was Awake
In December 1895, a Post-Intelligencer party climbed to 9,000 feet, reported smoke and steam from the summit, and left the public demanding proof that Washington's sentinel was an active volcano.
- Tragedy Strikes Gold-Seekers Bound for Alaska
A family and their guide are feared lost after their small boat is found capsized following a storm while attempting to reach Seattle to prepare for an Alaskan expedition.
- The Explorer’s Widow Visits Olympia
Lady Jane Franklin, still searching for answers about her husband's lost Arctic expedition, visits the Washington Territory.
- Call for Cavalry to Protect the Frontier
Oregon and Washington territory officials seek recruits for an expedition against the Snake Indians.
- The Snowbound Expedition to Find a Cascade Pass
State road commissioners and a private party set out from Whatcom County to discover a practical route over the Baker Range, with three feet of snow already on the ground and no certainty a pass exists.
- Oregon Cavalry Recruits Sought for Expedition Against Native People
A recruitment call for the First Regiment of Oregon Cavalry to combat Indigenous resistance on the frontier.
- The Foolhardy Expedition to Cannibal Island
An Aberdeen man is organizing a heavily armed, 100-man expedition to invade a remote island in search of gold, despite warnings of violence.
- The Skookum Bay Cattle War
A quiet surveying expedition in the Washington timberlands turns into a tense standoff over local property rights.
- A War Party Among the Makah
James G. Swan recounts the violent return of a Makah war party to Neah Bay after a retaliatory expedition against the Elwha people near Dungeness.
- The Last Survivor of Collins' Expedition
Robert Stevenson reflects on a grueling 1860 forest clearing journey and the vanished fort on the White River.
- The Pioneer Race Through the Snoqualmie Pass
Nineteen men embark on a daring expedition to map a route through the Cascade Mountains, seeking a passage where none had been found before.
- The Ghost of the Cascades
A surveying party deep in the mountains unearths an 'enchanted' sentinel—a booby-trapped cache of Russian gold and goods left behind by a doomed expedition from 1816.
- Frontier War Bounty
A recruitment call for the 1st Regiment of Oregon Cavalry, targeting the 'Snake Indians' on the frontier.
- The Great Snoqualmie Adventure: A Victorian Weekend Outing
A group of Seattle elites and their spirited guide, 'Mac,' trek into the wilderness to discover if the legends of Snoqualmie Falls and the local fishing are truly as grand as promised.
- Yakima Horses Marching to the Klondike — 150 Bought for the Ice
A Seattle-led expedition buys up 275 horses and 100 oxen, 150 of them through Coffin Bros. in North Yakima, to freight supplies overland to the ice-bound Yukon this winter.
- A Frontier Expedition to the Snoqualmie
A military detachment treks into the rugged wilderness near Snoqualmie to rescue travelers stranded by heavy snow.
- The Sailor Who Mapped the Sound
Rear-Admiral Charles Wilkes, whose 1841 expedition gave Elliott Bay its name and helped secure the Oregon Territory for the United States, has passed away at 76.
- Call for Cavalry to Patrol the Frontier
The Governor of Oregon calls for volunteers to suppress raids and secure the frontier against the Snake Indians.
- Call for Cavalry Volunteers to Fight 'Snake Indians'
The federal government initiates a recruitment drive for the First Regiment of Oregon Cavalry to serve on the frontier, citing a need to address attacks on immigrants.
- Recruiting Call for the First Oregon Cavalry
A recruitment notice seeking men to fight on the frontier, specifically targeting the Snake Indians.