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2 stories matching foreland
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- A Sudden Tragedy on the Tide Flats
A dray team loses their footing on a rain-slicked plank road and plunges into the dark water below.
- The Struggle to Save the Harbor
Engineers and locals debate the best way to keep Seattle's waterfront from choking on silt and debris in 1876.
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- The Great Richland Land Shuffle
A complex, multi-state real estate trade involving land in Idaho, North Dakota, Minnesota, and Hanford reshuffles several prominent residents.
- The Battle Over Tacoma's Tidelands
Federal court hears closing arguments in the dispute between landholders and those asserting Indigenous treaty rights to the waterfront.
- The Battle Over Public Tidelands
A recurring civic headache resurfaces as the City Council weighs conflicting claims on the city's valuable waterfront property.
- The Battle for the Bay
A federal judge rules that Commencement Bay belongs to the state, paving the way for industrial rail expansion over local Indigenous land claims.
- The Promised Land on the La Grande Marsh
Developers in the late 19th century marketed Snohomish's tide lands and marshy acreage as prime agricultural real estate, promising fertile soil and easy access to market.
- Richland's Spasmodic Boom
Construction of new drainage ditches and an influx of workers brings a wave of prosperity—and busy dinner tables—to Richland.
- U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Private Tide Land Claims
A landmark decision solidifies the state's control over waterfront property, ending years of speculation via 'Valentine scrip'.
- The Survey Line That Decided Who Owned Port Angeles' Waterfront
A tide-land appraiser says a corrected meander line puts Front Street back where it belongs—and preserves waterfront owners' prior right to buy the state's tidelands.