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4 stories matching hinterland
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- The Ghost of a Industrial Metropolis
A century ago, planners envisioned Priest Rapids as the 'Niagara Falls of the West,' a massive industrial city of 50,000 destined to power the Pacific Northwest. It never arrived.
- The Railroad That Quietly Claimed the Sauk and Skykomish Country
In May 1895 the Great Northern filed land-grant selections for river and mountain tracts in Snohomish and Skagit counties—turning a federal subsidy into private ownership of some of the Puget Sound hinterland.
- The Promised Industrial Metropolis
A massive 100-million-dollar hydroelectric and industrial project proposed for the Columbia River promises to transform the region into a global manufacturing hub.
- The Correspondent Called Spokane Poor and Dull. The Local Paper Fired Back.
In 1883, a traveling writer dismissed Spokane Falls as a speculative boomtown with no real hinterland. The local press answered point by point, defending the mills, the grain trade and the city's future.