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6 stories matching hardpan

  1. The Miracle Toad of Tacoma

    A small toad discovered buried beneath seventeen feet of hardpan sparks curiosity and scientific wonder.

    Oct 23, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerTacoma, Pierce CountyStrange But True

  2. The Seventeenth-Foot Toad

    Workers digging a cistern in Tacoma discover a living toad buried seventeen feet deep in hardpan.

    Aug 5, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerTacoma, Pierce CountyStrange But True

  3. The Scandal of the Ghost Sewers

    A newly appointed Board of Public Works uncovers evidence of rampant incompetence and political patronage in the city's sewer construction project.

    Feb 18, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSecond Ward, Seattle, King CountyCity Hall

  4. The Buried Forest Beneath Denny Hill

    Excavations for a new industrial facility in Seattle reveal a startling subterranean history: an ancient, preserved forest resting 22 feet beneath the city's surface.

    Sep 24, 1889The Seattle Post-IntelligencerDenny Hill, Seattle, King CountyStrange But True

  5. South Tacoma’s Quest for Clean Water

    City officials prepare to test new artesian wells, aiming to replace a water supply plagued by 'foul drainage' and contamination.

    Apr 26, 1904The Tacoma TimesSouth Tacoma, Tacoma, Pierce CountyCity Hall

  6. Seattle's Sewers Were Cracking All Over Town — and the City Engineer Blamed the Dirt

    A furious letter writer insists the pipes broke not from 'percussion' but from the very worst kind of trench work — and points the finger straight at the man in charge.

    Jul 26, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyCity Hall

Also about this, in other words

  1. The Hard Pan Tax Dispute

    A small-town legal battle in Anacortes reveals how railroad companies and local governments clashed over the definition of 'rock' to dodge municipal assessments.

    Mar 25, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerAnacortes

  2. The Human Cargo in the Ash Pan

    A steamship captain reveals the desperate lengths to which his crew went to smuggle Chinese laborers past authorities in the Puget Sound.

    Oct 5, 1887Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle

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