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- The Unfilled Chair
The Washington Territorial Legislature pauses in solemn tribute following the sudden death of a pioneer lawmaker.
- Artesian Water Breakthrough in the Yakima Valley
A new artesian well discovery promises to boost irrigation capabilities in the region.
- The Bold Scheme to Irrigate the Desert
Local entrepreneurs hope to redeem 15,000 acres of 'worthless' land through an ambitious artesian well project.
- The First Territorial Legislature Debates Statehood Infrastructure
Lawmakers in 1854 wrestle with the practicalities of building a new government, from authorizing ferries across the Columbia to navigating relations with Governor Isaac Stevens.
- The Irrigation Boom and the Search for Water
Investors in North Yakima report successful artesian well drilling, fueling a real estate rush and regional transformation.
- The Irrigation Revolution: Transforming the Arid Desert
A detailed report on how massive irrigation canals and experimental artesian wells are turning the Yakima Valley into an agricultural powerhouse.
- The Desert Transformed: A Correspondent's View of North Yakima
A visiting writer discovers that irrigation is rapidly turning the 'arid' sagebrush plains into a lush, productive garden of fruit and hops.
- The Water Miracle in the Moxee
After expensive drilling, a new artesian well turns arid sagebrush into a potential oasis for Yakima settlers.
- The Many Lives of J. S. Howell: Gold Miner, Town Founder, Tacoma Broker
A Tacoma pioneer dies at his Twelfth Street home. His obituary is a tour of the nineteenth-century American West — Wisconsin lumber, Colorado gold, an Iowa townsite he platted and owned, and finally real estate in a rising Tacoma.
- A Church Built of Cement Blocks and Small-Town Pride
Hope Congregational Church dedicated its new $7,400 edifice, filled the pews, and raised $1,200 on the spot to pay down the debt.