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151 stories matching kittita
- The Creamery Shuffle
A major dairy operator moves his business, leaving a vacuum in the Kittitas Valley market.
- Snoqualmie Pass Becomes a Free Public Road
King and Kittitas counties reach a historic agreement to stop toll collection, opening the mountains to the public.
- The Toll Road Gunman of Snoqualmie Pass
A mysterious defender emerges for the man who tried to charge immigrants with a shotgun.
- A Daring Jailbreak in Kittitas County
An Indian prisoner and a grand larceny suspect escaped through a sawed window, while a murder suspect was left behind.
- The Land Grabber of Kittitas Valley
A sick man discovers his homestead has been stolen out from under him while he was confined to his bed.
- The Boodle Ring Exposed in Kittitas
A leaked cache of letters reveals how Republican candidates were buying influence in the 1892 Senate race.
- The Business of Reclaiming the Desert
Mayor Nichols speaks on the promise and economic potential of the Northern Pacific, Yakima & Kittitas Irrigation Company.
- The Map of Water Beneath the Yakima Valley
A geological survey party returns from months across Yakima, Kittitas and Douglas counties with a precise verdict: Moxee is the one reliable artesian belt, and much of the rest of the region may have to depend on ditches.
- Smallpox Scare Triggers Camp Quarantine
Fear grips the Kittitas country as laborers flee a camp riddled with the 'dread malady' before authorities can secure a quarantine.
- A Sharp Defense in Yakima
A prominent Kittitas sheep rancher fends off a pair of highwaymen with a pocketknife during a visit to Yakima.
- Dynamite, Bloodhounds, and a Vanishing Safe Job in Kittitas
Two tramps blow open a creamery safe, rifle the contents, and elude bloodhounds by catching a train at a rural siding.
- The Invasive Threat in Kittitas Valley
A local rancher reports the arrival of the Russian thistle, a destructive weed, on farms near Ellensburg.
- The Bachelors of Teanaway
A desperate group of Kittitas valley bachelors place a bizarre ad in a local paper, hoping to lure women to their remote ranches.
- The Water Rights Dispute That Reshaped Kittitas County
A landmark court decision in Kittitas County clarifies the complex laws of water appropriation for arid Washington lands.
- The Snoqualmie Pass Road Proves Successful for Cattle Drives
Reports from the Kittitas Valley indicate the mountain road is in excellent condition for transporting livestock to the Sound.
- Water on Mortgage: A Seattle Man Offers to Irrigate Kittitas — If the Farmers Sign Away Ten Years
J. W. Wells proposes a ditch across the east end of the Kittitas valley at $1 to $1.25 an acre a year. At the mass meeting only 6,500 acres sign on, and the deal is left to W. H. Peterson to sell.
- The City in Ashes
After a devastating fire leaves Ellensburgh in ruins, North Yakima reflects on the fragile nature of boomtown prosperity.
- The Battle of the Kittitas Toll-Gate
A road construction project in the mountains has sparked a local rebellion, pitting frustrated residents against the private toll-road operators.
- The Saloons vs. The Dynamite
A railroad company’s failed legal attempt to ban saloons in Kittitas County on the grounds that drinking made workers careless with explosives.
- The Desert Awakens in Kittitas
A massive engineering feat to bring water to 15,000 acres, bankrolled by local Ellensburg businessmen.
- The Kittitas Range War
Armed settlers and their wives confront a canal company to defend their family farms from state-sanctioned land seizure.
- Warrant Wars and Financial Fights
A legal dispute over county warrants in Kittitas County highlights the volatility of public finance in the 1890s.
- Fourteen Saloons, One Deadline: The Dry Sweep Up the Wenatchee
A Kittitas County deputy shut down unlicensed liquor dealers from the Wenatchee River to Cascade City—then set his sights on eight holdouts in Okanogan.
- The Struggle for a New County
Citizens in the Wenatchee Valley argue that traveling across the Cascades to reach their county seats is an unreasonable burden for local governance.
- Mining Conflict at the Swauk
Tensions rise in the Kittitas Valley as miners clash over labor practices and claim ownership.
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- The 'Nile of the Occident' Demands a Road
A settler from Kittitas Valley writes a fiery open letter to Seattle, advocating for a direct mountain passage to boost the region’s agricultural potential.
- Harvest Hands Are Scarce, and the Bunch Grass Is Turning to Hay
Kittitas farmers face a labor shortage, prematurely ripened grain and a dry-weather hay crop as barley and fall wheat come in.