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4 stories matching reinig

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  1. The Great Land Grab: Tacoma Citizens Unite Against Northern Pacific’s ‘Squatter’ Tactics

    In a packed hall at Reinig’s Hall, leading citizens condemn the railroad’s seizure of public lands and its attempt to claim hundreds of thousands of acres for a coal line that will never be built.

    May 2, 1877The Daily IntelligencerTacoma, Pierce CountyFollow the Money

  2. The Great Land Grab: Citizens Unite to Stop the Railroad's Theft of Public Soil

    In a packed meeting at Reinig’s Hall, Snohomish leaders condemn the Northern Pacific Railway for hoarding millions of acres while building a secret coal line, vowing to fight Congress to return the land to settlers.

    May 5, 1877The Northern StarSnohomish, Snohomish CountyFollow the Money

  3. The Seattle Grocer Who Died Chasing Central American Trade

    J. E. Chilberg clawed back from a fire, a failed corporation and a panic to build a Puget Sound steamship trade with Guatemala — then went down with the foundering Colima on the voyage that was supposed to secure it.

    May 30, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyBoom & Bust · Disasters

  4. Seattle Invites the Whole Territory to Its Centennial Fourth

    As the United States turned 100 in 1876, Seattle's civic leaders mobilized an elaborate city-wide committee to prove the frontier outpost was a modern, patriotic city.

    Jun 27, 1876The Daily IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyBoom & Bust

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