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256 stories matching montana
- The Silent Delegate: Why Washington Territory Is Falling Behind
While Montana’s representative aggressively lobbies for statehood and investment, Washington’s Delegate Voorhees remains inexplicably quiet, missing crucial opportunities for federal patronage and political clout.
- The Railway War on the Seattle Waterfront
A high-stakes legal standoff between competing rail lines leaves the Seattle waterfront in limbo, as judges scramble to halt construction near King Street.
- Two Railroads Cut a Deal Through Ballard
The Ballard council ratified a track-swap agreement between the Seattle & Montana and the Lake Shore & Eastern, settling access to Shilshole Avenue and the mills.
- A Saloon Shootout Averted
A Montana man faces justice after drawing a pistol in a Mill Street saloon over a gambling dispute.
- The Seattle Milk Scandal of 1891
A police investigation in Helena, Montana, leads back to a Seattle man selling a recipe for 'manufactured' milk, highlighting the early days of consumer food fraud.
- The Lumber Monopoly’s Messy Breakup
A multi-million dollar lumber corporation face an attachment suit after failing to pay for timber contracts in Walla Walla.
- The Fugitive Baker of Puyallup
A Montana sheriff tracks down an embezzlement suspect hiding in plain sight within the Puyallup labor movement.
- The Great Snohomish Shake: A Tremor That Shook the Skykomish Valley
Just after midnight on Thursday, a distinct earthquake rattled Snohomish, with heavier tremors felt in Northern Montana and Idaho.
- The Price of Silence: How Big Rail Controlled the Press
When the Northern Pacific Railroad forced a Spokane newspaper to drop its investigation into timber fraud, it exposed the industry's grip on the territory's news.
- The Yakima Fruit Boom
A North Yakima ranch sells for $11,000 after shipping thousands of dollars in fruit to Montana.
- Clearing the Tracks for Progress
A deal is struck between city industry and the railroad to move a major obstacle, clearing the way for new lines.
- A Mother's Desperate Search for Her Son
Three years after a family separation in Montana, a mother travels to Colfax hoping to find a man who was once spotted with a traveling photography business.
- Wa Chong’s Trade Initiative Opens Seattle to the Orient
A Chinese merchant bridges the gap between Montana and Hong Kong, pushing Seattle to become a major Pacific port.
- The Great Statehood Gamble: Why Washington Was Left Behind While South Dakota Joined the Union
As North Yakima pushes for an independent convention and Congress favors executive proclamation for other territories, Seattle’s leaders warn that the 'omnibus bill' is actively discriminating against Washington's path to statehood.
- Great Northern Right-of-Way Case Resumes
Railroad giants clash over terminal access, threatening to destroy the city’s existing shipping infrastructure.
- A Dance-Hall Manager, a Terrible Beating, and the Midnight Train to Montana
Newport police only learned of the assault after the man had already boarded a midnight train out of town — and the paper's whole account turns on that gap.
- Customs Officials Intercept Opium Shipment
Inspector John A. Plum uncovers a sophisticated smuggling operation involving opium hidden within a picture frame on a train bound for Montana.
- Kennewick Capital Flows into Okanogan Mines
Local investors bet on gold and silver in the north, as a new wagon road pushes into the mountains to tap untapped veins.
- The Railroad That Never Was: How Wall Street Strangled Seattle’s Future
In January 1891, a top Northern Pacific executive visits San Francisco and delivers a devastating blow to the region's economic hopes, citing a 'stringency of money market' that will halt all new railway construction in Washington and Montana.
- When the Hills Tried to Wash Away the Railroad
A series of massive landslides repeatedly blocked the Seattle & Montana tracks, forcing a superintendent into the muck and halting all rail traffic between Seattle and Everett.
- The Roslyn Race War: How a Strike Turned Seattle into a Fortress
In February 1903, hundreds of armed Black miners from Montana arrived in Seattle bound for the coal mines of Roslyn. The city braced for violence as white workers threatened to close down the town's economy and seize its property.
- The Hunt for an Assassin
A violent robbery attempt in Butte, Montana, triggers a manhunt in the Seattle Chinese community, as local leaders fear a dangerous fugitive has arrived by steamer.
- The War Department’s Secret List: Why Washington Was Ignored
A Montana Senator reveals that federal supply contracts are being diverted from Seattle to San Francisco due to 'unsatisfactory' local facilities and inflated railroad rates.
- The Railway's Endless Fight Against the Mud
High hills between Seattle and Everett continue to collapse onto the tracks, creating a nightmare for the Seattle & Montana Railway.
- The Fight for 'Japanese Jennie'
A Spokane court battles a Montana requisition order for a woman held under a restrictive labor contract, marking a local test of indentured servitude.
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- The Millionaire, the Colonel, and the $100,000 Snowbank
Montana copper king Marcus Daly poured a fortune into a Cascade mountain mining camp — then sent an auditor up to see what the colonel had been doing with it.
- The Political Battle for the New West
As Washington prepares for statehood, national parties prepare for a heated contest over legislative control and future congressional influence.