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152 stories matching priest
- The Fifty-Thousand Dollar Blueprint for the Future
Engineers wrap up a massive, privately-funded survey for the Priest Rapids Highlands Project, fueling hopes for rapid irrigation development.
- The Bid for the Priest Rapids Nitrate Plant
Federal cabinet members are set to investigate the Columbia River as a potential industrial powerhouse for national defense.
- The Bid for a Government Power Giant
Senator Poindexter eyes Priest Rapids as the potential site for a massive $20 million federal nitrate and munitions facility.
- The Battle for the Columbia
Fishing interests argue that a proposed 90-foot dam at Priest Rapids would slash their $10 million industry in half.
- A Parish Divided in Colton
A local priest denounces a young couple for their choice of marriage officiant, sparking a revolt among his congregation.
- The Fight for the Nitrate Plant
Federal engineers scour Priest Rapids, scouting a location for a massive $20 million government facility.
- A Cultural Tug-of-War in Tacoma’s Catholic Church
Thousands of Irish-American parishioners lobby the Vatican for an English-speaking clergy, citing a disconnect with the current leadership.
- The False Priests of Tacoma
Two con artists passing themselves off as Catholic missionaries hoodwinked a congregation in Buckley, performing masses and collecting offerings before being chased down and arrested in Tacoma.
- Milwaukee Line Wrecked Near Priest Rapids
A freight train jumps the tracks, closing the line for nearly 24 hours.
- The Struggle for Priest Rapids Power
As the Milwaukee Railroad pivots to electrification, White Bluffs residents pressure the federal government to break the deadlock on dam development.
- Railroad Expansion at Priest Rapids
A look back at 1908 reveals a surge of land speculation and railroad grading near the Columbia River, casting doubt on whether the work was truly meant to connect the valley or merely to obstruct.
- The Mail Carrier's Perilous Muck
A routine trek between Mukilteo and Priest's Point nearly turns deadly for a mail carrier trapped in the marsh.
- Dreaming of the Priest Rapids Dam
Community leaders and residents meet to push for federal involvement in the massive irrigation project that promised to transform the river valley.
- The Niagara of the West
Promoters promise a massive industrial city and the world's longest dam, envisioning Priest Rapids as a global manufacturing hub.
- 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 Promised Metropolis on the Columbia
A booster report envisions a massive industrial city of 50,000 residents rising from the sagebrush desert at Priest Rapids.
- A Dangerous Close Encounter at Priest Rapids
A local farmer narrowly survives a frightening accident after his team of colts went rogue.
- American Legion Post Calls for Exclusion
The Dallas McGlothlen Post 124 organizes to oppose Japanese colonization in the Priest Rapids Valley.
- The Long Wait for the Priest Rapids Dam
For six years, settlers have waited for the federal government to allow the development of the Priest Rapids power site, hoping it would turn their land into productive farms.
- An Ex-Priest Turns a Packed Seattle Hall Against the Jesuits
At Ranke's Hall, former Catholic priest J. B. Daly tells the A.P.A. that the Society of Jesus is a secret political machine—then drapes himself in the flag and leads three cheers.
- A $100 Million Power City Planned at Priest Rapids
A grand, hundred-million-dollar vision for an industrial city rises on the Columbia—though for now, it exists only on paper.
- The Railroads Are Coming for Your River: Milwaukee Road’s Secret Land Grab
Agents of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad are quietly buying up ranches along the Columbia below Priest Rapids, signaling a massive hydroelectric and irrigation project that will reshape the region's power grid.
- Priest Rapids Apple Growers Win Grading Concession
State inspector clears the way for 'striped' apples to be sold as 'extra fancy,' a major relief for local orchardists.
- Grief and Contention at the Cemetery
A Walla Walla priest and a mourning brother clashed at the graveside over whether a man who died by suicide could receive a Catholic burial.
- The Great Log Jam: How a River of Timber Threatened to Wash Away Snohomish
A massive tow of logs broke loose near Priest Point, sparking fears of a disaster that could have swept away the town's waterfront—and highlighting the precarious nature of life in the logging boomtown.
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