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1 story matching shagit

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  1. The Weight of the Mill: A Logger’s Victory on Puget Sound

    For years, loggers were cheated by mill-owned scales that rigged the weight to keep pay low—until the Papal Mill Company broke the cycle.

    Oct 6, 1887Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerPuget Sound, Seattle, King CountyWork & Pay

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  1. The Skagit Farm Courtroom Battle

    A landmark inheritance case hinged on the validity of an 1880s marriage between a white settler and a Swinomish woman.

    Mar 20, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSkagit City

  2. The Log Jam That Held Back the Skagit

    Settlers bet their savings on cutting a channel through a massive timber jam—and begged Sound steamboat captains to link the Skagit to Seattle.

    Dec 16, 1876The Northern StarConway

  3. The Skagit Jam: A War Against Nature for the Sake of Steam

    Seattle businessmen and territorial officials unite to clear a massive logjam on the Skagit River, betting that removing the obstruction will unlock fertile farmland and restore vital steamboat navigation to the region.

    Dec 9, 1876Puget Sound DispatchSeattle

  4. Tragedy on the Skagit

    A young worker loses his life in a whirlpool while attempting to transport shingle bolts downriver.

    Nov 15, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSauk

  5. The Skagit's Buried Treasure

    A survey of the booming coal prospects near the Skagit River, and the physical toll extracted from the pioneers who first uncovered them.

    Dec 16, 1876The Northern StarSkagit River, Snohomish

  6. Mining in the Skagit Wilderness

    Prospector J. C. Rouse details the rugged reality of life at the headwaters of the Skagit, where miners hope for a railroad to unlock hidden silver.

    Oct 5, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerRockport

  7. The Great Jam: Seattle’s Gamble on Clearing the Skagit River

    As a massive log jam threatens to stall trade in the fertile Skagit Valley, enterprising locals are betting their fortunes on a dangerous engineering feat to open the river for commerce.

    Apr 5, 1877The Daily IntelligencerSkagit City

  8. Defying the 'Sassy' Indians on the Skagit

    A party of explorers ventures deep into Snohomish's wild interior, clashing with local tribes and staking claims on land 'no white women live above.'

    Dec 21, 1878The Northern StarConcrete

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