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- College Brings Purebred Hogs to Benton County
Agricultural agents are working to modernize dry land farming by providing free access to prize breeding stock.
- The Business of Better Breeding
A Kittitas farmer shares his success in upgrading his dairy herd, proving that selective breeding and data-driven management were the keys to agricultural prosperity in the 1890s.
- The First Silk Loom on Puget Sound Starts Spinning
Entrepreneurs in Whatcom bring machinery from New Jersey to test the viability of a local silk manufacturing industry.
- Kennewick Breeders Sweep the Interstate Fair
Local hog farmers prove the Northwest’s agricultural strength by taking home top honors in Spokane.
- Benton County Bets on Hogs, Corn and a Free Boar
Prosser's first annual Hog and Corn Show drew Kennewick crowds on the morning trains — and a warning that exclusive fruit raising would not carry the county forever.
- The Legal Battle Over Birthright Citizenship
A debate over whether children of foreign-born parents, including Asian immigrants, are entitled to American citizenship.
- The Hero of the Jersey Express
A young railroad engineer risks his life to save a passenger train, sparking a community celebration in Spokane.
- Midnight Cattle Rustlers at Richmond Beach
Three valuable animals, including a prize Jersey and two Holsteins, were spirited away under the cover of darkness.
- An Invitation to the Timberlands
A New Jersey pattern maker seeks a new life in the Pacific Northwest, prompting a classic territorial pitch for labor and land.
- Pioneer and Pataha Prairie Founder Dies at 77
Zenas A. Baldwin, an early settler of Garfield County who arrived in California during the vigilante era, passes away near Pomeroy.
- A $2 Million Power Plant Would Harness White River for Tacoma and Seattle
Promoters behind a New Jersey-chartered company plan a Lake Tapps reservoir and a Stuck Valley generator, aiming to power an interurban railroad and industry in Tacoma and Seattle.
- The Pride of Meadow Brook Farm
A Kennewick breeder argues that the aesthetic and psychological value of pure-bred livestock is just as vital to farm success as the bottom line.
- The Glasshouse Farm That Fed Seattle's Hotels
In 1898, an editor toured a Lake Washington model farm where seven greenhouses and a prize Jersey herd supplied the city's finest tables.
- Thomas Eastbrook, 22, Dies After Freeport Mill Injury
A tragic industrial accident claims the life of a recent arrival to Seattle.
- The Boomtown Spirit: Black Diamond Cheers a Presidential Ticket
While the nation looked to Chicago for the 1888 Republican ticket, the coal-mining town of Black Diamond organized a rousing local celebration to back Harrison and Morton.
- The Sudden Death of Judge Peter P. Good
A prominent New York-trained jurist who arrived in Seattle to participate in the ongoing anti-Chinese agitation has died of heart failure.
- The Valley's New Prize Pig
A local farmer bets on data-driven agriculture to master the hog market.
- A Sunday-Night Letter Asks Why Olympia Lets Main Street Saloons Run Loud
A reader complains of drinking, dancing and noise in the saloons below Third and demands that police keep young boys out of the crowds.
- The Scandal of the Navy Yard Font: A Love Triangle, a Divorce, and a Stolen Altar
In September 1876, Seattle was rocked by a domestic dispute between two prominent women that spilled into accusations of theft from the U.S. Navy Yard.
- The Tragic Death of a Young Printer
Nineteen-year-old George Schaar, a breadwinner for his widowed mother, dies after a week-long battle with a mysterious illness.
- The Fight Against Child Labor
A report on the national legislative battle to pull children out of mines and factories.
- The Con Man and the Tacoma Jail
After swindling banks for a half-million dollars, a notorious criminal is captured in Tacoma and offers an interview from behind bars.
- The Ghost Hand of a Seattle Brakeman
After a gruesome industrial accident, a local railroad worker claimed his severed hand was 'following' him, leading to a strange and macabre search by local undertakers.
- Portland Stock Buyers Head to Kennewick for Auction
General manager of the Union Stock Yards to attend first annual thoroughbred hog sale at the O-W. R. & N. depot.
- A Territorial Governor’s Controversial Advice
Governor William A. Newell's 1883 message to the Territorial Legislature advocates for the forced assimilation of Indigenous people and a rigid, unadorned approach to public institutions.