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13 stories matching kalispel
- The Creamery Valleys: A State Dairy Tour Finds Prosperity in Northeast Washington
Washington’s dairy commissioner rides the rails and a river steamer through the Kalispell and Colville valleys, where a new co-operative creamery, purebred Jerseys, and farmers’ butter are remaking the countryside.
- The Tragic End of a Kalispel Valley Love Triangle
A farmer takes his own life after murdering his neighbor in a crime born of betrayal and a hidden cache of letters.
- The Kalispel Valley Diking Project
Farmers in the Kalispel Valley seek to protect their land from seasonal flooding through a private financing arrangement, bypassing the need for public bonds.
- The Valley the Kalispel Never Ceded
A federal allotting agent explains how the Kalispel Valley was divided into individual parcels—after much of it had already been treated as public domain and claimed by white homesteaders.
- The Kalispel Were Told to Pick Their Own Lands—While Settlers Hoped They'd Leave
A federal allotment agent was expected in the Calispel Valley, where the Kalispel were to select individual plots from land they already held.
- Newport's Petition to Expel the Kalispel
In 1909, a petition circulated by a local captain asked Congress to move Calispel families off their Pend Oreille Valley lands—using smallpox and timber fires as arguments for removal.
- The Industrial Armies on the Move
Across the West, unemployed men organized as 'Coxeyites' or 'Industrial Armies' are clashing with law enforcement and rail companies as they travel toward Washington, D.C.
- Homestead Dispute Ends in Fatal Gunfight
A prominent Black Republican politician kills a friend and neighbor after a tense standoff over a land claim in Stevens County.
- The Pend Oreille Swells Toward a Record Crest
Heavy rains in Montana send drift and broken booms downstream, threatening Newport’s mills and log supply.
- Chicago Capital Asks Newport for a 50-Year Power Franchise
A $10 million consolidation swallows up regional electric plants and promises 24-hour service, but first it wants the city council to extend the Northern Electric franchise for half a century.
- Surveyors Hunt a Mountain Pass for Newport’s Railroad Future
Great Northern surveyors reportedly found a low-grade route through the mountains, fueling hopes of a Newport–Chewelah cutoff and a rail boom across the Pend Oreille country.
- Tragedy at the Mouth of the Columbia
A broken hawser on a tow line claimed the lives of three sailors in a sudden, violent accident off the bar of the Columbia River.
- The Man Behind Newport's Electric Lights
A Chicago utility magnate's company invests $100,000 to bring electric power to Newport, promising modern service at fair rates.